Alexey Nikanorovich Komarov (1879-1977) - Russian and Soviet painter , sculptor , animal artist .
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| Birth name | Alexey Nikanorovich Komarov | ||
| Date of Birth | October 1 (14), 1879 | ||
| Place of Birth | with. Skorodnoye, Efremov district , Tula province | ||
| Date of death | March 31, 1977 (97 years old) | ||
| Place of death | pos. Sands, Moscow region | ||
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire ,  the USSR | ||
| Genre | illustration , poster , graphic , sculpture | ||
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| Style | animalistic | ||
| Awards | Honored Artist of the RSFSR People's Artist of the RSFSR | ||
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Biography
Born in the village of Skorodnoye, Tula province (now - in the Dankovsky district of the Lipetsk region ) [1] . The illegitimate son of the landowner P.F. Rosetti and his housekeeper, peasant women D.K. Inshakova. He was brought up by his father's sisters, his aunts Ekaterina Feliksovna, Daria Feliksovna and Margarita Feliksovna [2] . First he lived in his father’s estate near Tula , later, when Alexey grew up and it was time to study, the aunts moved with him to Tula, where they rented an apartment first on Pavshinskaya, and then on Rubtsovskaya street. He studied in Tula in a private school A.N. Konopatsky and in the Tula real school [2] . I tried to illustrate the books of famous writers. Walked to Yasnaya Polyana , met more than once with Leo Tolstoy [1]
In 1898 A.N. Komarov came to Moscow and entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (MUZHVZ), in the class of N.A. Kasatkina , where he studied for only two years. He visited the studio of the master of animalistic landscape A.S. Stepanov . A.N. Komarov in his work continued the national-romantic line, begun in Russian art by such masters as A. S. Stepanov, F. A. Roubaud , P. O. Kovalevsky and N. S. Samokish [3] .
He lived in Tula, Kazan , Moscow . In 1906 he traveled a lot. Known as an illustrator of many children's books, the magazine " Murzilka ". He designed the books in the publishing house of I. D. Sytin . He performed posters in support of children's health during the years of World War II . He painted many famous paintings.
Alexey Nikanorovich died at his summer house in Sands . He was buried in the cemetery of the neighboring village of Konev Bor, Kolomna district [4]
Works
A.N. Komarov illustrated books by naturalist writers: Peter Manteifel , George Skrebitsky , Evgeny Spangenberg , Vera Chaplina .
Now his works are in the State Darwin Museum (Moscow), Kursk Regional Art Gallery , Moscow Regional Museum of Local Lore (Istra) , Kolomensk Regional Museum of Local Lore (Kolomna), Biological Museum named after K. A. Timiryazev (Moscow), Tarusa Art Gallery (Tarusa) and others [5] .
Opinions and criticism
S. Turov in the magazine “ Hunting and Hunting ” (No. 11, 1974) wrote: “He has come a long way, we call Alexei Nikanorovich the patriarch of the Russian animalistic movement in the visual arts. It is remarkable that, despite his advanced age, he retained firmness in drawing and coloring in painting. His talent is diverse and wide, you are convinced of this by mentally casting a glance at Komarov’s work from the first years of his work. ”
Awards and titles
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1947)
- People's Artist of the RSFSR (1972) [3]
Family
Married to Natalya Alexandrovna Walter.
| Children | Grandchildren |
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| Anna Nikolaevna | Yan Alexandrovich |
| Alexander Nikolaevich | Margarita Radionovna |
Notes
- ↑ 1 2 Komarov Aleksey Nikonorovich: artist // Donkovye - network media about culture and society.
- ↑ 1 2 Polozov E. M. Komarov Aleksey Nikonorovich // tounb.ru, Tula Regional Universal Scientific Library .
- ↑ 1 2 Good Wizard // State Darwin Museum . - 2013 .-- September 24.
- ↑ Kuzovkin A. The unsurpassed artist-animalist // Angle of View: Information Weekly. - 2014 .-- November 26 ( No. 46 (724) ).
- ↑ Komarov Aleksey Nikanorovich // ARTinvestment.RU.
Literature
- Gankina E.Z. "Russian artists of children's books" - M., 1963
- Komarov A.N. "Tales of the Old Goblin" - M., 1998