Artist Pivovarov Viktor Dmitrievich: biography, paintings, photos

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Viktor Dmitrievich Pivovarov is a Russian and Soviet artist who can be considered one of the founders of conceptualism in Moscow. At the moment, several cycles of his paintings, having gained wide popularity, are exhibited in many cities, including abroad.

General Biography

Viktor Pivovarov is a person who tried himself in different types of art, but each was associated with self-expression. He looked for himself everywhere, but did not find satisfaction everywhere: writing did not warm the soul of a man, but the image of his own thoughts on canvas …

With paints and a brush, Pivovarov creates a completely different world, and makes it understandable not only for himself, but for everyone else, which is so often missing from many famous artists. The mood of each picture reflects the emotional plan of the author in different periods of his life or at different moments. But invariably the plots of the works find a response and understanding in the hearts of the audience. In a word, in our century, his work is very popular, and among people of all ages.

Childhood

The future artist was born in 1937 on the night of January 14th. The mother raised the boy alone, but the lack of a strong male hand did not prevent her from instilling strength of character in her son. When Victor was 4 years old, the war broke out in the country. They were evacuated with their mother to the most remote corner of Tatarstan, where there was no communication, no electricity, or even other children. Every day they expected something terrible, which is why the adults hardly communicated with the child at all. Pivovarov himself talks about those events with a bitter smile, because even then a little creator woke up in him. On one of the days of his stay in that empty place, little Vitya found a couple of pieces of dirty rags in the backyard. The boy gathered them together, washed them, and then made a friend out of these rags and a wooden chock - this doll became the boy's little savior from loneliness.

Early years

Having survived the war, the young man decided to devote himself entirely to creativity. I just couldn't figure out which one. In 1957, Pivovarov graduated from the Kalinin Moscow School of Industrial Art. Now his dream is another university, but fate confuses all the cards. Victor submits documents to the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Surikov, but only fails all the entrance exams. Having no other options, the guy still goes to a place where he can be creative - to the Moscow Polygraphic Institute, where he graduated in 1962.

During his studies Victor Pivovarov meets Pavel Dmitrievich Korin,who secretly becomes the teacher of the future artist. Communication is started spontaneously, and also spontaneously the paths of young creative people diverge.

I'm not lucky in money, I'm lucky in love

A year after graduation, Viktor Pivovarov, whose biography takes an interesting turn, meets his future wife, Irina. Over time, the couple forms a wonderful tandem, because Irina, as it turned out, is an aspiring writer practicing writing children's fairy tales, and by chance she does not have an illustrator. Pivovarov Victor takes this position with pleasure and now spends almost all his time with his beloved, getting to know her talents better. In cooperation, many children's books are born, in each of which Irina laid an instructive meaning, and Victor supplemented it with a picture.

The love story of two talents continues with renewed vigor, and now, in 1966, Irina and Victor's son Pavel is born. Happy parents dissolve in caring for the child and in fulfilling orders, and they are no longer joint. As a result, they have less and less time for each other, they begin to lose a common language, and in 1974, in order not to torment either themselves or their son, they decide to get a divorce.

But the black time for Pivovarov is quickly ending in 4 years. At the beginning of summer, at one of the exhibitions, he meets a charming art critic named Milena Slavitskaya. The girl is from the Czech Republic, and came to Moscow as part of her work, so in any case she will have to return to her homeland. But this time Victor Pivovarov is so simpledon't let go of your happiness. In 1982, the artist moved from Russia to the Czech Republic to be closer to his new love.

Own workshop

In 1967, the artist's main dream comes true - he opens his own studio with the help of one of his good friends, David Kogan. And with the acquisition of his own creative studio, Viktor Pivovarov, whose paintings until that moment could not be considered real painting, is now truly becoming an artist.

In 1967, his early work in serious painting, the cycle of monotypes “The Temptation of St. Anthony. Victor Pivovarov (an artist, now in the full sense of the word) writes his first paintings with selflessness and diligence. This is how his own style is born, which gave impetus to the birth of a whole movement - conceptualism.

The Age of Conceptualism

From 1972 to 1976, a completely different style of painting was born in Moscow, which had never been taken seriously. Following Pivovarov, Eric Bulatov and Ilya Kabakov performed their famous works in the same style, and each work was so characteristic that it was impossible to assign any other genre to the paintings.

The artist Viktor Pivovarov is going to paint in the same genre from now on.

At this pace, in 1979, the very first exhibition of the artist, now a conceptualist, took place. The exhibition receives the creative name “Color, Form, Space”, characteristic of artists. For the first time at this event, Pivovarov exhibits a completely newcycle "Seven Conversations". The main part of the artist's works was exhibited at that time in the Czech Republic. In Russia, the artist gained popularity much later.

Literary activity

During the years of searching for himself, Viktor Pivovarov, whose photo can be seen below, tried many different creative paths, and two of them really touched him to the core: painting, which became his life's work, and writing. With the latter, Viktor Pivovarov, an artist, not a writer, could not connect himself for a long time. And yet, the man achieved some success in this field: under his authorship, several novels were published, such as “Agent in Love”, “Grey Notebooks” and “About Love of Words and Images.”

Current activities

Currently, Viktor Pivovarov is an artist who actively exhibits at the best exhibitions in Russia.

Two diverse exhibitions were held in 2016 in completely different places: one at the Museum of Modern Art, the other at the famous Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts. But each was equally warmly received by the public.