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Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov (Russian: Аркадий Александрович Пластов; 31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1893 – 12 May 1972) was a Russian socialist realist painter.

Arkady Plastov
Born
Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov

31 January [O.S. 19 January] 1893 (1893-01-31)
Prislonikha, Simbirsk, Russian Empire
Died12 May 1972 (1972-05-13) (aged 79)
Prislonikha, Ulyanovsk, Soviet Union
NationalityRussian
EducationState Free Art Workshops
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Known forPainting
MovementSocialist realism

Biography


Spring, 1954. State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Oil on canvas, 210×123 cm.
Spring, 1954.
State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow. Oil on canvas, 210×123 cm.

Plastov was born into a family of icon painters in the village Prislonikha in the Russian Governorate of Simbirsk. He attended the sculpture department of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture beginning in 1914. In 1917, he returned to his native village, where he occupied himself with painting, drawing from nature.

Starting in 1935, he steps introduces his category painting into the public. According to the strict political-artistic doctrine of the time at that time, which only permits the style of socialist realism in all art kinds, Plastov pictures the life in the Soviet Union, the pervasive building up of socialism. His work is characterized by his knowledge of the life in the villages of the Soviet Union, his love for his native land, strong, live pictures and his skills of painting. As the reaction to the events, which moved the population of the Soviet Union at that time, Plastov showed in his pictures, how the village life had changed by the collectivization. As models of the Protagonists of his works Plastov chose characters of his homeland village. The outbreak of World War II inspired new motives for the work of Plastov. He depictured suffering of the Soviet people, work of the women, old people and children on the kolkhoz fields during the war. After the war Plastov kept the motives of the village life.

A characteristic for Plastov's works is the 1951 painting Spring (Весна). It shows a young naked woman dressing up a girl in front of a wood hut (a Banya, the Russian counterpart to the Finnish sauna). It snows, and in the background there are snow-covered pastures. Spring is considered as a turning point in the Soviet history of art. For the first time since the introduction of socialist realism a work of art showed an unpolitical everyday life scene in Soviet Union, without bringing any political message, as could be found in Plastov's earlier works that glorified the collectivization.

During his artistic career Plastov was awarded two Orders of Lenin, he was laureate of the Stalin Prize, (1946), Lenin prize (1966) and he also (in 1972, posthumously) was nominated for the State Prize of the RSFSR named Ilya Repin – for his painting "Balefire in a Field", "Out of the Past" and a series of portraits of his contemporaries.


Museum Collections


A 2020 stamp sheet of Russia featuring a self-portrait of Plastov (1969–1971) and his painting Midday (1961).
A 2020 stamp sheet of Russia featuring a self-portrait of Plastov (1969–1971) and his painting Midday (1961).
A 1928 illustration by Plastov for the short story Chelkash by Maxim Gorky
A 1928 illustration by Plastov for the short story Chelkash by Maxim Gorky





References


  1. Volgograd Museum of Fine Arts, Soviet Art Department: Soviet Artist. Set of 14 postcards. Text: T. A. Dodina.- Moscow, Soviet Artist, 1990. Plastov's painting on the cover.
  2. The world's richest art prize was launched in London by Russia to revitalise the out-of-favour style of figurative art. «Daily Mirror», Jan 23, 2013

Bibliography


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На других языках

[de] Arkadi Alexandrowitsch Plastow

Arkadi Alexandrowitsch Plastow (russisch Аркадий Александрович Пластов, wiss. Transliteration Arkadij Aleksandrovič Plastov; * 19.jul. / 31. Januar 1893greg. in Prislonicha, Oblast Uljanowsk; † 12. Mai 1972 ebenda) war ein russisch-sowjetischer Maler des Sozialistischen Realismus.
- [en] Arkady Plastov

[fr] Arkadi Plastov

Arkadi Plastov (en russe : Пластов, Аркадий Александрович), né le 19 janvier 1893 (31 janvier 1893 dans le calendrier grégorien) à Prislonikha en Russie et mort le 12 mai 1972 à Prislonikha est un peintre soviétique.

[it] Arkadij Aleksandrovič Plastov

Arkadij Aleksandrovič Plastov (Prislonicha, 31 gennaio 1893 – Prislonicha, 12 maggio 1972) è stato un pittore e incisore russo.

[ru] Пластов, Аркадий Александрович

Арка́дий Алекса́ндрович Пла́стов (19 [31] января 1893[1], Прислониха, Карсунский район — 12 мая 1972[2][3][4][…], Прислониха, Ульяновская область) — советский художник-живописец. Народный художник СССР (1962). Лауреат Ленинской премии (1966) и Сталинской премии первой степени (1946).


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