RIA Novosti rings in the New Year with a look at masterpieces from Russian and Soviet artists. Today’s picture story will deal with the creative work of Yury Pimenov.
© RIA Novosti . Adam Shterenberg / Go to the mediabankYury Pimenov (1903-1977) was a Soviet painter and graphic artist. In 1926, he co-founded the Society of Easel Painters. Pimenov recalled that society members had a passion for “football, boxing, industrial-plant architecture, cranes and all state-of-the-art and most nearly perfect things.” Photo: “Football” (1926)
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Yury Pimenov (1903-1977) was a Soviet painter and graphic artist. In 1926, he co-founded the Society of Easel Painters. Pimenov recalled that society members had a passion for “football, boxing, industrial-plant architecture, cranes and all state-of-the-art and most nearly perfect things.” Photo: “Football” (1926)
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankBy the 1930s, that “industrial” austerity disappeared from Pimenov’s creative work. “I would like to create lyrical and smart art,” Pimenov announced. Photo: “A Pink Model” (1932). Canvas, oil
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By the 1930s, that “industrial” austerity disappeared from Pimenov’s creative work. “I would like to create lyrical and smart art,” Pimenov announced. Photo: “A Pink Model” (1932). Canvas, oil
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankPimenov used swift and light brush-strokes to paint female portraits. Photo: “Portrait of L. A. Yeryomina” (1935). Canvas, oil
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Pimenov used swift and light brush-strokes to paint female portraits. Photo: “Portrait of L. A. Yeryomina” (1935). Canvas, oil
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankPimenov depicted glittering multi-color objects and fabrics inside an actress’ dressing-room. Photo: “Actress” (1935). Canvas, oil
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Pimenov depicted glittering multi-color objects and fabrics inside an actress’ dressing-room. Photo: “Actress” (1935). Canvas, oil
© RIA Novosti . Ignatovich / Go to the mediabankPimenov always wanted to be a modern artist and to embody a contemporary feeling of life that would match the spirit and image of every current day. That’s why his artistic concepts fitted perfectly well into the Soviet era. Photo: “New Moscow” (1935)
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Pimenov always wanted to be a modern artist and to embody a contemporary feeling of life that would match the spirit and image of every current day. That’s why his artistic concepts fitted perfectly well into the Soviet era. Photo: “New Moscow” (1935)
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankSince the late 1950s, Pimenov began to focus on and poetize new districts surrounding Moscow. Photo: “Wedding on Tomorrow’s Street” (1962). Canvas, oil
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Since the late 1950s, Pimenov began to focus on and poetize new districts surrounding Moscow. Photo: “Wedding on Tomorrow’s Street” (1962). Canvas, oil
© RIA Novosti . V. Gromov / Go to the mediabankPimenov liked those sparsely populated new streets with their rudimentary infrastructure. Photo: “Moving City Boundaries”
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Pimenov liked those sparsely populated new streets with their rudimentary infrastructure. Photo: “Moving City Boundaries”
© RIA Novosti . Oleg Ignatovich / Go to the mediabankHe looked with sympathy at female trend-setters of an expanding city, … Photo: “Fashionable Women” (1958)
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He looked with sympathy at female trend-setters of an expanding city, … Photo: “Fashionable Women” (1958)
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Balabanov / Go to the mediabank… at the never-ending hustle and bustle of Moscow. Photo: “Downpour” (1954)
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… at the never-ending hustle and bustle of Moscow. Photo: “Downpour” (1954)
© RIA Novosti . Selimkhanov / Go to the mediabankPimenov brought his impressions of everyday life in other countries from his foreign trips. Photo: “A Venetian Laundry-Woman” (1958)
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Pimenov brought his impressions of everyday life in other countries from his foreign trips. Photo: “A Venetian Laundry-Woman” (1958)
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“A Straw Hat Shop” (1959)
© RIA Novosti . Rozhdestvenski / Go to the mediabankYury Pimenov also worked in the theater world. Photo: “Galina Ulanova – Giselle”
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Yury Pimenov also worked in the theater world. Photo: “Galina Ulanova – Giselle”
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“Before Going on Stage”
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Vdovin / Go to the mediabankYury Pimenov died in 1977 in Moscow and was buried in the Novodevichye Cemetery. Photo: “A Piece of Glass” (1966). Canvas, oil
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Yury Pimenov died in 1977 in Moscow and was buried in the Novodevichye Cemetery. Photo: “A Piece of Glass” (1966). Canvas, oil