Vasily Sitnikov
Vasily Yakovlevich Sitnikov (Script error: The function "langx" does not exist.; August 19, 1915 – November 28, 1987)[1] was a Russian painter. He was one of the most vivid "landmark" figures of the post-war Soviet Nonconformist Art of Russia, and a living legend in Moscow artistic milieu.[2] His work is in the collection of the New York Museum of Modern Art (MoMA),[3] and the Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University.[4]
Biography
Sitnikov was born in Novo-Rakitino, Tambov Governorate in 1915.[5]
He was arrested by the Soviet Union authorities in 1941, barely escaped summary execution and was later committed to a mental asylum in Kazan. He survived harsh conditions and starvation and was released shortly before the end of World War II.
Formally, Sitnikov's works are based on the traditional system of academic studies of nude nature and elaborate graphic shading. His nudes, however, acquired surrealistic eroticism, and his shadings created rippling, airy covers enveloping forms like snowy mist, marshland fog, or haze of light. In addition to that, he employed the characteristic features of 'Russian style' in the spirit of Symbolism (arts) and modernism.
The artist was also keen on teaching art. His system involved methods of *épater* and paradox. A whole range of artists (V.G. Veisberg, Y. A. Vedernikov, M. D. Sterligova, A. V. Kharitonov, Evelina Brozgul, etc.) were associated, by direct study or creative contacts, with 'the school of Sitnikov'.
In 1975 Sitnikov emigrated to Austria. He lived for five years in Kitzbühel, Tyrol where he painted his masterpiece "An ancient Russian monastery defiled by a Communist propaganda center; It's winter and snow is falling". In 1980 Sitnikov immigrated to the United States.
He lived in New York City until his death in New York in 1987.[5]
In 2002 Andrei Zagdansky produced a feature-length documentary film Vasya (film) about the life and art of Vasily Sitnikov.
In 2007 a LiveAuctioneers.com buyer paid a record price for a Vasily Sitnikov painting of $496,900.
On May 24, 2009 a major personal exhibition of the artist's works opened in the "Our Artists" art gallery in Moscow.
References
- ↑ "Sitnikov, Vasili". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00170387. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ "Vasily Yakovlovich Sitnikov | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ "Zimmerli Art Museum in New Jersey gets treasure trove of Soviet dissident art". The Art Newspaper - International art news and events. 9 November 2017. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
- ↑ 5.0 5.1 "Vassili Yakovlevich (Vasily) Sitnikov - Biography". AskArt. Retrieved 6 December 2024.
External links
- Dazzling Lantern of Vasily Sitnikov
- "Vasya", a feature documentary about Vasily Sitnikov Archived 2015-09-06 at the Wayback Machine
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