Irina Nikolaevna Vorobyova - Soviet and Russian schedule. Her work is familiar to many readers of children's literature published in the USSR. The name of the artist herself is less known. Information about the biography and work of Irina Nikolaevna will help to better know the domestic master of engraving and book illustration.
Biography
The artist was born in 1932. The future schedule, Vorobyeva from childhood was fond of drawing, preferring pencils to paints. Having survived the war years in Moscow, Irina graduated from the capital’s secondary art school, after which she continued her studies at the Surikov Institute in the graphic department. In 1957, Vorobyeva graduated from high school with honors. The final qualifying work of the artist is a series of engravings "People of the Virgin Lands".
After graduation, the young specialist Irina Nikolaevna Vorobyeva for distribution was sent to work in the city of Schelkovo. Since the late 1950s, Moscow Region has become a permanent place of her life and work. In 1957, Irina Nikolaevna began working as a print specialist in Moscow art institutions.
Vorobyeva collaborated with Soviet publishers of adult and youth literature. She created illustrations for children's fairy tales and novels, including the work of V. Malyshev, “The Gloomy River”.
Since the 1960s, Vorobyova has traveled throughout the USSR and abroad. The result of creative business trips is a series of graphic works about life in the Soviet Union, cities of Europe, Asia and Africa.
Irina Vorobyeva was a regular participant in national and international exhibitions of fine art. Since 1964, personal exhibitions of the Soviet master of graphics were held. In 1979, Irina Nikolaevna was awarded the title of Honored Artist of Russia. In the last years of her life, Vorobyeva made a trip to India, which brought esoteric and religious themes to her work. The artist died in 1993
The works of Irina Nikolaevna Vorobieva are in private collections and funds of state repositories, including the Tretyakov Gallery and the Pushkin Museum in Moscow. In 2017, the last to date exhibition of her graphics was held. An exposition of Vorobyeva's works was organized at the Shchelkovo Art Gallery.
A family
The personal life of Irina Nikolaevna Vorobeva is intertwined with her creative biography. The husband of the artist is the Soviet and Russian painter German Aleksandrovich Bezukladnikov. He was born in 1928 and was a classmate of Vorobyeva at the Surikov School. The couple met in their student years. The daughter Alena was born in the family.
Irina Nikolaevna and German Aleksandrovich together made creative business trips. They were united by attachment to the land near Moscow. The Russian nature, life and work of Soviet people interested both participants in a family duet - a painter and a graphic artist. The artist’s husband lived with her in Schelkovo and died in 2009.
Characteristic of creativity
Irina Nikolaevna Vorobyova went down in the history of Russian art as the inventor of a special engraving technology, which involved the creation of color prints on cardboard. The technique, discovered in the 1930s, was tested by senior colleagues of the Shchelkovo schedule. Vorobyova brought the technology of color engraving to perfection and made it a unique feature of her work. Irina Nikolaevna also worked in etching techniques, watercolors and tempera painting.
Vorobyova proved herself as a master of several art genres:
- Portrait.
- Landscape.
- Still life.
- Genre painting.
Models for the portraits of Vorobyeva became close people of the artist and she herself. Still lifes have become realistic and stylized images of bouquets and forest plants.
The fruit of creative travels of Irina Nikolaevna Vorobeva - landscape sheets. Color and monochrome works recreate the look of the regions of Russia, urban views of Europe, the exotic nature of Africa. Foreign impressions coexist with the native landscape near Moscow, to which Vorobyeva returned throughout her career.
The genre work of Irina Nikolaevna Vorobeva forms a series united by the plot. Large graphic complexes are devoted to human labor in different regions of the Soviet Union - from the Moscow Region to Central Asia. Heroes of engravings and watercolors Irina Nikolaevna - contemporaries of the artist, residents of the city and village. The master depicts them at work and in moments of leisure.
The work of the artist Irina Nikolaevna Vorobeva is devoid of the pathos of socialist realism. The works of the Moscow Region master are a view of a private contemporary observer on the surrounding life. Recording everyday everyday moments, the graphics of Irina Vorobyeva create a chamber portrait of the socialist era.