Mayorov, Igor Evgenievich

Born in Leningrad in a family that had no relation to art. Father - Mayorov Evgeny Sergeevich (1910-1965) worked in the civilian fleet, participated in the laying of the port of Tiksi . Mother - Anna Maklakova (born 1919), blockade woman. Brothers - Sergey (1948), Vasily (1951). The family lived in a communal apartment on 3rd Krasnoarmeyskaya Street. Neighbors are the family of architect Mikhail Semenovich Bakshtein.

Igor began to paint in the regional House of Pioneers, the code went to first grade. The teachers predicted the young man a career as a successful artist. When he turned 10, his work won the Grand Prix at the children's drawing contest held in 1957 in India as part of the festival of youth and students. After winning the competition, the boy is enrolled in the famous Central Art School. Johanson at the Academy of Fine Arts, which accept only gifted children who have high expectations. There he studies for 4 years.

After graduating from the Central Art School, Maiorov enters the Art College. Serov (currently bears the name of Nicholas Roerich). It was there that the niece of Alexander Blok, Marina Georgievna Blok , taught the marriage of Tim (1913-1999). Marina Georgievna is called the heiress of Russian traditions of XX century modernism. At seventeen, the young man became one of her favorite students.

To date, several dozen personal exhibitions of the artist have been held. His works are in the collections of M. Rostropovich , M. Plisetskaya , S. Mikhalkov , Paul McCartney , Jacques Chirac , V. Tereshkova . After the death of the artist, his works were exhibited in Hamburg, Munich, Helsinki, Paris, Vienna.

One of the first works by Igor Mayorov was acquired and exhibited by the Foundation for Free Russian Contemporary Art - a non-profit creative association of artists - non-conformists and public figures of St. Petersburg, Moscow, Minsk and other cities, created in Munich in 1987.

Mayorov Igor Evgenievich (1946-1991) Directory of the Professional Union of Artists of Russia “ Unified Artistic Rating ” - category 4B “held professional artist demanded by the art market”

• Natalia Papanova "Igor Mayorov is not a romantic of his time." “Gallery of the modern masterpiece”, Moscow. 2007 year
• Elena Skvortsova “Chirac introduced Yeltsin to Mayorov’s work” February 12-18, 1998 “General Newspaper” No. 6 (236)
• Evgeny Vasiliev “And Shirak said to Yeltsin. Watercolors by Igor Mayorov "June 12-24, 1998" Culture "No. 22
• Elena Gusarenko “At the bottom of the suitcase, customs made out national value” March 13, 1996 “Change” No. 57 (21346)
• Lyudmila Chernykh “Women of Mayorov were at the bottom of the suitcase” March 14, 1996 “Chance” No. 20
• Marina Dashkova “I want to live like that ...”, May 14, 1992 “Evening Petersburg” No. 111 (19701)
• Elizabeth Mayetnaya “Customs also understands painting” March 16, 1996 “Komsomolskaya Pravda” No. 49 (21300)
• Marina Ovsova “The Myth of the Major” February 17, 1998 “Moscow Komsomolets”
• Elena Zakhvatov “As an artist, Mayorov worked as an artist Shilov” June 18-24, 1998 “General Newspaper” No. 24 (254)
• Valery Povolyaev “The last romantic of Russia. Why does an artist need an exhibition ”July 20, 1998“ Evening Moscow ”
• Natalia Selivanova “St. Petersburg Zverev. Fate "December 21, 1996" Culture "No. 49 (7059)
• Natalia Tyurina “Do not cross me offenses” March 21, 1998 “Working tribune” No. BN
• Victoria Tretyakova “Isn't roads a gift? McCartney was awarded the order. English sir became the owner of the Russian award "June 25, 2004" Change "
• Alina Tulyakova “Do not cross me offenses ...” March 31, 1994 “Change” No. 59 (20741)
• Victoria Tretyakova “Artist from God” January 1998 “PLUS Center (St. Petersburg) No. 1 (156)
• Ramzia Musagitova “An angel for the floor of McCartney. Our fellow countryman awarded the Beatle with the Order of Rus Sovereign July 8, 2004 Youth newspaper
• Anatoly Baranov “Transparent Visions of Igor Mayorov” (May-June 1998) Planet Beauty Magazine No. 15
• "Master of winged fantasies." Magazine "Stool" No. 2 1998
• Lyudmila Andreeva “The Great Mystifier” “Petersburg Style” winter 2001
• Marina Dashkova “The Brilliant Igor Mayorov” Collection “Roman with Faberge”, St. Petersburg 1995, Library of the almanac “Petropol”;
• Galina Zykalina “An Artist Who Was Not? ...” “Art for All” No. 2 2018

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• http://www.pv-gallery.ru/author/1533/Majorov-IE/