Artist Ivanov Viktor Ivanovich is a fairly well-known figure. Many beginners and prosperous brush masters strive to comprehend the style with which the author's works are saturated. Ivanov is an artist in every sense of the word. He devoted his whole life to painting. In this article we will tell you some facts about his life for those who are fond of his wonderful works.
Ivanov Victor: biography
The master of his craft, the future artist Ivanov, was born in the city of Stavropol in 1949. In 1969, he became a graduate of an art school in the city of Tashkent. Then he entered the Moscow Art College. Of all the departments of the school, Victor liked monumental
decorative painting. He studied at the famous workshop of the national artist of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics G. Korzhev In 1977, Victor graduated from college and soon left for Stavropol. Viktor Ivanov linked his entire creative life with his country and partially with Kazakhstan and Uzbekistan.
Creation
His works are well known not only in Stavropol, but also in the Caucasus. Viktor Ivanov is an artist of a high professional level, and the residents of Stavropol are very proud that such a great man was born, lives and works in the same city as them. Ivanov’s paintings are distinguished by a peculiar style. They are imbued with a special spirit that reflects the feelings and moods of the author, his vision of the environment.
Types of jobs
Ivanov Victor is not only a landscape painter. Although most of his work is landscapes. He also created many other works, among which are portraits and still lifes. The special spirituality present in every work does not leave indifferent any spectator. The artist sees something special in those things that seem to us uninteresting and mundane at first glance. His portraits make us feel the character of the image and understand the mood of the person depicted in the portrait. Having created a work called Self Portrait with a Bird, the artist makes us think for a long time about what feelings possessed him at the time when he was writing it.
Landscapes of the artist
As already mentioned, Victor Ivanov has a lot of landscapes among his works. This is largely due to the fact that the author had to travel a lot around the country and abroad. In his youth, Victor was in Asia, and then studied in Tashkent. It was in those days that he painted many landscapes in which we can see beautiful gardens with flowering trees, steppe expanses, the majestic Pamir mountains. The artist managed to convey in his paintings the magnificent exotic beauty of the East. Warm oriental tones entered his work, style, soaked through them and remained there forever.
While Viktor Ivanov was in Moscow, his work took on a new form. Now added cool notes of the middle of the country. The most beautiful images of lakes and steppes convey the artist’s mood so vividly that it seems that he speaks to his audience through paintings. While in the Caucasus, the author published many landscapes depicting mountain rivers, gorges and mountains of the Caucasus. This variety of works made Ivanov a very famous landscape painter, although he does not consider himself to be such, but considers him a universal master, capable of creating in different genres.
The style of work
Ivanov has a unique ability to feel nature. Applying his skills and mastery, he skillfully conveys this beauty on the canvas. He does not just draw a picture and draws what he sees around. He passes the image through himself and adds his feelings and emotions. Enriching the picture with his vision, he conveys it as he imagines in his head. Speaking about the artist’s favorite directions, it is impossible to state with certainty which types of paintings are his favorite and that he likes to draw more and what less. The author is able to convey the autumn mood: the autumn cold combines perfectly with the magnificence and variety of colors. The play of shades and a combination of warm and cold tones show the artist’s mastery.
One of the features of his paintings is a tendency to distant prospects. He masterfully depicts paths or paths that strive into the distance, and beckon to him, cause a desire to walk along them and think about the meaning of life. Many who had the pleasure of seeing Ivanov’s paintings in real life agree that his paintings make a person think. They call to get closer to nature, find solitude, feel the peace and quiet that people need so much in our noisy times. Many of Ivanov’s paintings were sold to private individuals and now adorn more than one house with their beauty and originality. Having in his collection at least one work by Ivanov, one can safely boast that you are the owner of a painting by a great artist.