Morozov, Andrey Vasilievich

Born on August 9 (22), 1901 in the village of Molotitsy, Murom County, in the Vladimir province in a family of hereditary blacksmiths. In 1913 he graduated with honors from a rural school. Being left-handed , he did not go into blacksmithing ^[1] .

On April 28, 1917, he graduated with honors from the Murom Second Higher Primary School. For some time he studied in the art studio of the academician of painting I. S. Kulikov with a teacher P. I. Celebrovsky . In 1919 he joined the Komsomol and became the organizer and secretary of the first Komsomol cell in the village of Molotitsa.

From 1920 to 1924 he was in the ranks of the Red Army .

In 1921 he was enrolled as a cadet of the Political-Military School. At the same time he attended the studios of Moscow teachers - in 1922, the special art studio of M.V. Leblanc , and in 1924 - the art studio of F.I. Rerberg .

In 1930, he established business contact with the All-Union House of Folk Art. Krupskaya, in absentia performing program tasks, sending out sketches, still lifes and sketches. In 1938 he painted a diploma picture, focusing on the plot, where Vladimir Ulyanov and his sister Anna carefully listen to the mother’s play on the piano. The thesis was highly appreciated by the artists E. E. Lansere , A. V. Moravov and V. S. Svarog .

In 1934, on the recommendation of I. S. Kulikov, the artist was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR .

During the Great Patriotic War, the artist was engaged in battle scenes: he created a series of sketches about the heroism of Soviet soldiers, about the life of rear workers, and later painted an epic landscape called “Kuibyshev-Moscow Route”, where a winter pine forest is depicted on a large canvas.

In the 1940s and 1950s, the artist worked in the Murom Museum of Local Lore and in the city art studio.

He died on May 18, 1972 in Murom.

In 1919, being enthusiastic about Komsomol work, the young artist created the painting “On the Great Initiative. First Subbotnik ”, which was later recorded in his diary:

That was in the twenties. The Molotitsky Komsomol members went out to harvest firewood, the pious went to church, and the young on one of the “holy” holidays for the first time in their life violated established traditions. Reproaches and insults rained down, but the first Komsomol members of Molotits, unperturbed and proud of their initiative, held a cleanup to the end. This served as the plot of the picture "First Subbotnik."

- from the diary entries of A. V. Morozov ^[2]

The painting “Maxim Gorky at the Old Fisherman”, where the writer is listening to the story of a gray-haired Volgar, is depicted poetically by the artist.

At exhibitions in Vladimir and Murom, the artist’s lyrical landscapes were regularly exhibited. Among the best works of Morozov include paintings "The Veletma River", "Rafting of the Forest", "Evening on the Oka."

There is an art museum in the comprehensive school of the village of Molotits, dedicated to the work of Andrei Vasilyevich Morozov. Works exhibited at the museum were donated by his son, artist Alexei Andreyevich Morozov (1931–2015), and part of the works were donated by the villagers ^[3] .

From 1924 to 1929 he took part in two All-Russian and one All-Union exhibitions. The artist's works were awarded with a diploma of the Central Committee of the Komsomol and the award of the first prize.

Since 1935, the artist has been a regular participant in republican, union, zonal, regional, city and inter-district exhibitions. His best paintings, for example, “V. I. Lenin listens to his mother’s game ”,“ Forest rasporchevka ”,“ Mother’s meeting at the exit from the maternity hospital ”, portrait of N. K. Krupskaya,“ Meeting ”,“ Chkalov on the Volga ”,“ Handing over the act for the eternal use of land ”,“ M. V. Lomonosov in Denisovka "reproduced.

In 1948 he took part in the 12th group city exhibition of Murom artists, held at the Museum of Local Lore ^[4] . From 1948 to 1961, the master took part in 23 exhibitions of them - 8 city and 10 regional. In the village of Molotitsy, the artist arranged solo exhibitions several times.

In 2001, in Murom, to the 100th anniversary of the artist’s birthday, his personal exhibition was held. ^[5]

• Father - Vasily Morozov, a farmer smith in the village of Molotitsy .
• Son - Alexei Morozov (1931-2015), Murom artist

• Morozov Andrey Vasilievich, artist
• Painters - Morozov Andrei Vasilievich (1901-1972)