The German surname Mitta is known to many residents of Russia and the CIS countries primarily due to the famous director Alexander Mitte, who shot many cult paintings of the Soviet era, such as “The Crew”, “The Tale of Wanderings”, etc. The father’s talent was inherited by the son of Eugene , the successor of the family business, who has invested a lot and continues to invest in the world cultural heritage.
Biography
Mitta Evgeny Alexandrovich was born on June 11, 1963 in Moscow in the family of world famous film director and screenwriter Alexander Mitta.
Zhenya’s childhood passed in an atmosphere of constant creative work. Famous cultural figures such as Vysotsky, Schnittke, Tabakov, Filatov came to Mitte’s house.
At the age of nine, Eugene first appeared on stage, making his debut in his father’s film “The Tale of How Tsar Peter Arapa Married”, which immediately brought the boy all-Union popularity, since the film met all, even the most daring expectations of the creators, taking sixth place in the box office THE USSR.
Surname
The real name of Eugene, like his father - Rabinovich. Alexander invented the pseudonym Mitt, while still studying at VGIK. Taking the name of one of the relatives from the mother. Eugene did not begin to change the family tradition and embarked on a career under the name of his father, immediately securing the attention of many famous creators, as well as giving a ton of informational reasons to various electronic and print publications. Eugene Mitta, whose personal life is so interesting to journalists, became popular partly thanks to his paternal pseudonym.
Artist calling
From an early age, Zhenya was fond of drawing and devoted all his free time to a new hobby, filling out one by one albums with drawings. At school, Mitta received brilliant grades in all creative subjects, including drawing, singing, and labor subjects.
Young Eugene realized the vocation of the creator quite early, right after the graduating class of the Lyceum, enrolling in the famous V. I. Surikov Art Academy. The teachers noted the zeal of the boy, innate talent, as well as the ability to notice unusual properties in very simple objects.
The years of training passed quickly, especially since, in addition to his studies, Eugene also organized his own exhibitions at the school, where he exhibited his works and the works of his classmates. The exhibitions were successful, and Eugene realized that he could also find himself in socio-cultural activities.
Social and cultural activities
At the graduation course of the school, Eugene suddenly realizes the full power of independent art, realizing that it will be almost impossible to receive state support for the popularization of these types of art works. This pushes him to the idea of founding the first independent gallery, which would specialize in exhibiting and promoting works by unknown artists.
In 1989, Eugene Mitta creates the “First Gallery” - at that time the only private gallery in the USSR. Aidan Salakhova and Alexander Yakut became consultants, as well as co-owners of the young creator.
The room immediately becomes the object of close attention of the creative hangout of Moscow and St. Petersburg. Many eminent artists of the Russian underground are happy to give their work for exhibitions.
Cultural Achievements
Due to the high level of artistic skill, Eugene Mitta is quickly becoming popular in the field of art. His work is highly regarded by critics and quickly snapped up by collectors from around the world. Over the past ten years, such eminent art connoisseurs as P. Sprovieri, F. Kadot and R. Kursner have acquired several paintings by Evgeni Mitta in their personal collections.
The works of Mitta are hosted by the Prague National Gallery, the Street Art Gallery of New York, and the Gallery of the Ministry of Culture of the Russian Federation.
Since 1990, the artist has been actively organizing his own exhibitions in the best halls dedicated to world art. In 1990, Mitta's works were exhibited in his personal First Gallery in Moscow, as well as in the Personal Gallery of F. Kadot in New York.
Three years later, Eugene Mitta organizes the display of his paintings at the Patricia Shia Personal Gallery in Los Angeles, and three years later he conducts a limited display at the XL Gallery in Moscow, called "Objects for Meditation."
Director's career
Eugene Mitta never planned to become a filmmaker, because he did not see the point, sincerely admiring the works of his father, Alexander Mitta, and also realizing that his calling was artistic work in the field of painting.
In his youth, Eugene worked as a stage designer, designing theater scenes, as well as background panoramas for filming various films. Close to Mitte was the profession of a film artist. Young Eugene felt satisfaction, giving the frames of the film a completely different look, editing and restoring the film.
However, interest in film production still persisted in Eugene from childhood. And in 2008, Mitta launches its first film project - the documentary film Oleg Kulik: Challenge and Provocation.
Three years later, Eugene consolidates the success by releasing the second documentary film “Vinogradov and Dubossarsky: Painting to order”.
Eugene Mitt, whose films have been repeatedly praised by critics, on the contrary, does not consider directorial art to be his vocation.
Personal life
Evgeni Aleksandrovich Mitta does not like to spread about personal life. Despite the fierce enthusiasm of the paparazzi who want to find out the nuances of his family life, almost nothing is known about his wife and children.
Eugene Mitta lives with his wife Elena Bakanova, who, like her husband, devoted herself to the art of creating and assembling galleries. The happy couple has two children - the boy Sasha and his younger sister Eva.
Eugene Mitta, whose family photo is so zealously sought by journalists, carefully guards his family from high society, providing peace and comfort to his family.
The Mitta family lives in a separate cottage in one of the suburban areas of Moscow.