''Spring is on the way'' is a painting by the Russian painter
Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov, who lived and worked in
Leningrad
Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
. A member of the
Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, he is regarded as one of the leading representatives of the
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...
, and is known especially for his landscape paintings.
History
The painting depicts the view of the high bank of the
Volkhov River
The Volkhov (russian: Во́лхов) is a river in Novgorodsky and Chudovsky Districts of Novgorod Oblast and Kirishsky and Volkhovsky Districts of Leningrad Oblast in northwestern Russia. It connects Lake Ilmen and Lake Ladoga and forms pa ...
in the
Staraya Ladoga
Staraya Ladoga (russian: Ста́рая Ла́дога, p=ˈstarəjə ˈladəɡə, lit=Old Ladoga), known as Ladoga until 1704, is a rural locality (a '' selo'') in Volkhovsky District of Leningrad Oblast, Russia, located on the Volkhov River ne ...
with the Church of St John the Baptist, with the Chapel of
St Paraskeva and bell tower.
The painting was first exhibited in 1988 in a posthumous exhibition of works by Vladimir Ovchinnikov in the
Leningrad Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...
. In 1994, it was shown again in the halls of the Leningrad Union of Artists at the exhibition ''The Paintings of 1950-1980s by Artists of the Leningrad School''. In 2007 the painting was reproduced and described among 350 works by Leningrad artists in the book ''Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School'',
[''В. Овчинников. Весна идёт. 1972. // Иванов С. В. Неизвестный соцреализм. Ленинградская школа.'' СПб., НП-Принт. 2007. С.219.] published in Russian and English.
See also
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Artist Vladimir Ivanovich Ovchinnikov (1911–1978)
*
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...
References
Bibliography
* ''Владимир Иванович Овчинников. Выставка произведений. Каталог. Вступительная статья Н. В. Васильевой. Составитель каталога В. В. Овчинников.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1984.
* ''Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР.'' — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1972. — с.39.
* ''Справочник членов Союза художников СССР. Том 2.'' — М: Советский художник, 1979. — с.145.
* ''Ленинградские художники. Живопись 1950—1980 годов. Каталог.'' СПб., Выставочный центр ПСХ, 1994. С.4.
* ''Лирика в произведениях художников военного поколения. Выставка произведений. Каталог''. СПб., Мемориальный музей Н. А. Некрасова, 1995. С.4.
* ''Иванов С. Владимир Овчинников в воспоминаниях современников. К 100-летию со дня рождения // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради. Вып. 21''. СПб, 2011. С.46-53.
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