Vasily Golubev
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, USSR - 1985, Leningrad
, USSR) - Soviet
, Russian
painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
.
, USSR, into a peasant family.
In 1938 Vasily Golubev graduated from elementary school in town Soligalich
and came to Leningrad, where he lived and worked since 1938. In 1941 he graduated from the Building college. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic war Vasily Golubev volunteered for the Red Army
. In January 1942 he was enrolled in flying school in Omsk, then studied at the Omsk tank school. Since March 1944 he served as a mechanic-driver 2-nd reserve tank regiment in Nizhny Tagil
. In 1945 Golubev became seriously ill. He was treated at a hospital in Nizhniy Tagil, and then Leningrad. Later, he was discharged as a disabled veteran.
In 1948 Vasily Golubev entered the Tavricheskaya Art School where he stadied at V. Petrova, G. Shakh, M. Shuvaev. In 1952 he graduated from Art School with the qualification of an artist and teacher of painting and drawing. After graduation, he lived to benefit disabled veterans and the funds received for the execution of paintings under contracts with the State Art Fund.
Since the end of 1950s he was constantly involved in art exhibitions of Leningrad artists. He painted landscapes, still lifes, and genre compositions. He was most famous as a master of landscape. In 1966 Vasily Golubev was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. A Solo exhibition of his works was in Leningrad (1991).
Vasily Golubev's painting style is original and individual, causing some association with the art of post-impressionism. Later, in the 1970s to 1980s, the latter style becomes more generalized and emotionally charged, expressionist, with elements of primitivism. Among his works are such paintings as "A Village of Putiatyno" (1957), "Horses" (1962), "Spring Rain", "Ladozhka River" (both 1963), "At the Fence", "A Summer" (both 1964), "A Winter Sketch" (1966), "Spring Brook" (1968), "Soldier's Family" (1969), "Light-Blue Day" (1971), "Golden Russia", "A Summer" (both 1972), "Geologists" (1976), "Green Spaces", "Autumn Harvest" (both 1977), "Green Lake", "Summer harvest", "In the Northern Land", "Light-Blue Spaces" (all 1980), and others.
Vasily Vasilievich Golubev died of heart disease on August 31, 1985, in Leningrad at the sixty-first year of life. In 2005 in the U.S. was published the first monograph devoted to the work of Vasily Golubev. His paintings now reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, Finland, Germane, England, Japan, France, and the USA.
Yaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblasts. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of proximity to Moscow and St. Petersburg...
, USSR - 1985, Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR) - Soviet
Soviet Union
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painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
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Biography
Vasily Vasilievich Golubev was born June 15, 1925, in the village of Medvezhje, Yaroslavl ProvinceYaroslavl Oblast
Yaroslavl Oblast is a federal subject of Russia , which is located in the Central Federal District, surrounded by Tver, Moscow, Ivanovo, Vladimir, Kostroma, and Vologda Oblasts. This geographic location affords the oblast the advantages of proximity to Moscow and St. Petersburg...
, USSR, into a peasant family.
In 1938 Vasily Golubev graduated from elementary school in town Soligalich
Soligalich
Soligalich is a town and the administrative center of Soligalichsky District of Kostroma Oblast, Russia, located on the right bank of the Kostroma River. Population: -History:...
and came to Leningrad, where he lived and worked since 1938. In 1941 he graduated from the Building college. After the beginning of the Great Patriotic war Vasily Golubev volunteered for the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
. In January 1942 he was enrolled in flying school in Omsk, then studied at the Omsk tank school. Since March 1944 he served as a mechanic-driver 2-nd reserve tank regiment in Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil
Nizhny Tagil is a city in Sverdlovsk Oblast, Russia, situated east of the virtual border between Europe and Asia. Population: -History:...
. In 1945 Golubev became seriously ill. He was treated at a hospital in Nizhniy Tagil, and then Leningrad. Later, he was discharged as a disabled veteran.
In 1948 Vasily Golubev entered the Tavricheskaya Art School where he stadied at V. Petrova, G. Shakh, M. Shuvaev. In 1952 he graduated from Art School with the qualification of an artist and teacher of painting and drawing. After graduation, he lived to benefit disabled veterans and the funds received for the execution of paintings under contracts with the State Art Fund.
Since the end of 1950s he was constantly involved in art exhibitions of Leningrad artists. He painted landscapes, still lifes, and genre compositions. He was most famous as a master of landscape. In 1966 Vasily Golubev was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. A Solo exhibition of his works was in Leningrad (1991).
Vasily Golubev's painting style is original and individual, causing some association with the art of post-impressionism. Later, in the 1970s to 1980s, the latter style becomes more generalized and emotionally charged, expressionist, with elements of primitivism. Among his works are such paintings as "A Village of Putiatyno" (1957), "Horses" (1962), "Spring Rain", "Ladozhka River" (both 1963), "At the Fence", "A Summer" (both 1964), "A Winter Sketch" (1966), "Spring Brook" (1968), "Soldier's Family" (1969), "Light-Blue Day" (1971), "Golden Russia", "A Summer" (both 1972), "Geologists" (1976), "Green Spaces", "Autumn Harvest" (both 1977), "Green Lake", "Summer harvest", "In the Northern Land", "Light-Blue Spaces" (all 1980), and others.
Vasily Vasilievich Golubev died of heart disease on August 31, 1985, in Leningrad at the sixty-first year of life. In 2005 in the U.S. was published the first monograph devoted to the work of Vasily Golubev. His paintings now reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, Finland, Germane, England, Japan, France, and the USA.
See also
- Leningrad School of PaintingLeningrad School of PaintingThe Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- List of the Russian Landscape painters
- Saint Petersburg Union of ArtistsSaint Petersburg Union of ArtistsUnion of Artists of Saint Petersburg was established on August 2, 1932, as creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". Since 1959 was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation...