Prokhorov, Semyon Markovich

Born in a family of weavers. He studied privately with an artist-restorer. In 1895-1898 he served in the army. In 1898 he received the title of public teacher.

He graduated in 1904 from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture , in 1909 - from the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts (with Ilya Repin and P. P. Chistyakov ). Received the title of artist (10.30.1909) for the painting "Anxiety" ^[1] . In 1910 he studied in Italy.

In 1910-1913 he lived in Tomsk , on the recommendation of I. E. Repin, he was admitted to the leadership of the drawing and painting classes of the Tomsk Society of Art Lovers. He taught at the Tomsk Teachers' Institute ^[2] .

Since 1913 he lived in Kharkov. He taught at the Kharkov Art College (1913-1914).

Member of the First World War , mobilized in 1914, ensign, participates in battles near Warsaw and Dvinsk. In 1916 he fell into German captivity. In 1918 he returned from the front and resumed work at the Kharkov Art College, then at the Kharkov Art Institute (1922-1948, from 1936 - professor), where among his famous students was Victor Savin .

June 15, 1944, the 100th anniversary of the birth of Ilya Efimovich Repin, founded the Kharkov Art School No. 1 named after I.E. Repin .

Among his students, M. M. Cheremnykh and N. G. Kotov , who studied in Tomsk , as well as Inna Gorodetskaya and Victor Savenkov , A. M. Dovgal (in Kharkov), stand out for him.

Prokhorov is one of the best portrayers of children. Each time he interpreted the world of childhood in different ways: the wary thoughtfulness of “Girls with a Doll” ( 1929 ) is conveyed by the combination of bright red spots of a ribbon in braids with muffled brown tones of clothing. But the successful combination of white-red and green-blue colors convincingly shows the cheerfulness of "Pioneer, illuminated by the sun" ( 1928 ). The painting "Near the Sea" is filled with the poetry of a happy childhood. Close, however, to the artist is a quick sketch image, the main task of which is to display the individual characteristics of nature, her mood and condition at the time of the creation of the picture. ^[3]

Among the famous works there are the following:

• “Winter Etude” ( 1905 ) - Tomsk Regional Art Museum .
• The Autumn Carpet ( 1906 ).
• “On the shore of the lake” ( 1907 ) - Tomsk Regional Art Museum .
• “John the Terrible. Study of the head ”( 1907 ) - Tomsk Regional Art Museum .
• “Sick Child” ( 1909 ).
• "Portrait of Maxim Gorky " ( 1910 ).
• "Portrait of M.F. Andreeva"
• “Portrait of I. L. Fuchsman ”
• "From Matins"
• Oprichniki
• "From past"
• “I am unhealthy”
• "Storyteller"
• “The Girl in the Flowers” ​​( 1911 ).
• “Portrait of G. N. Potanin on the Katun River” ( 1911 ) - TSU Scientific Library .
• “Portrait of V. A. Fedorova” ( 1912 ) - Tomsk Regional Art Museum .
• The cycle "In the Colony" (1915-1918)
• "Reapers" ( 1922 - 1923 ).
• "On the Dnieper Construction" ( 1929 ).
• "Speech by S. Ordzhonikidze in a working club" ( 1937 ).
• The Return of the Demobilized Warrior ( 1947 ).

• Prokhorov S.M. Catalog. - 1950.
• Mittsі Ukrainy: Biographical dovidnik. - K., 1997 .-- S. 493.
• Tyurina I.P. S. M. Prokhorov - the successor of the traditions of the Russian art school

- Bulletin of Tomsk State Pedagogical University. Issue 1 (29. 2002. Series: Humanities (Philology) .— Tomsk, 2002

• Art Tomsk: The Beginning of the 20th Century: On the 90th Anniversary of the Tomsk Society of Art Lovers: Exhibition Catalog / Ed. ed. I.P. Tyurina. - Tomsk, 2002.- S. 22-23.
• Chronicle of the artistic life of Tomsk. 1909-1919: On the 90th anniversary of the Tomsk Society of Art Lovers: (Based on materials from the Siberian Life newspaper. - Tomsk, 2000. P. 137.
• S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914. - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2. - P. 161. - 454 p.
• Prokhorov, Semyon Markovich // Tomsk from A to Z: A Brief Encyclopedia of the City. / Ed. Dr. East. Sciences N. M. Dmitrienko . - 1st ed. - Tomsk: NTL Publishing House, 2004 .-- S. 280. - 440 p. - 3,000 copies. - ISBN 5-89503-211-7 .

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