Artist Andrei Zakharov: brief biography and creativity

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Artist Andrei Zakharov is a talented painter who does not hesitate to use a bold style of painting in his work. Most often he performs with landscapes filled with lyrics and a fleeting mood. With his paintings, he not only captivates the audience, but also makes you think about the broader concept of the theme of the Motherland.

Short biography

The biography of the artist Andrei Zakharov begins with the city of Rostov-on-Don. Born into a family of civil servants in 1967, from the age of five, the child begins to attend art school. The genes of a great-grandfather (self-taught) showed up in a young talent from an early age, as the desire to become an artist overcame dreams of a career as an astronaut, fireman or anyone else.

In 1981, the artist Andrey Zakharov entered the school of miniature painting and then continued his studies at the Yaroslavl Art College, graduating in 1987.

At the same time, Zakharov enlisted in the Soviet Army in the city of Poltava.

The painter's family can rightfully be called very creative: his wife is also an artist, and his daughterengaged in vocal art.

Creative path

The first teacher of the artist Andrey Zakharov was the master enameller Alekseev, who, according to Andrey himself, had a huge impact on the young man's creative life. The second to whom Zakharov gives his thanks is Zabelin. He takes the place of a professor at the Moscow Institute of Arts named after Surikov. When Vyacheslav Nikolaevich saw Zakharov's works, he immediately insisted on his entering the school, and later he even took him with him to create sketches.

Even during his studies, Andrey's creative works were put forward for participation in shows. So his work called "Portal of the Church of the Resurrection in Rostov" the artist exhibits at the Yaroslavl regional exhibition in 1985.

In 1990, his two works "Winter in Makariev" and "Winter Day in Plyos" flaunt at the seventh exhibition of the region of artists from all regions of Russia in the city of Vladimir.

Since 1993, the artist Andrei Zakharov has been enrolled in the ranks of the members of the Union of Artists of Russia.

The master participates in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad: in Hungary, Poland, Italy, Montenegro, France, Greece, China and Germany.

He is also involved in charity work, participating in Christie's and Sotheby's auctions.

The artist's works belong to both museums with galleries and private collections.

July 4, 2011 opens a personal exhibition of the artist Andrei Zakharov in Kostroma.

Creativity: themes and paintings

Masterwas and remains in love with the elements of the landscape, which he quite sensitively and subtly understands. Due to the fact that the artist constantly traveled in his youth and continues to do so until now, his geography in the paintings has a wide territorial range. Andrei Zakharov managed to visit the lands of the White Sea, Karelia, the Republic of Kholmogoria and Komi, where some of his best landscapes were painted.

The artist builds a color balance in subtle coloristic details, but at the same time, in terms of composition, he thinks in rather large-scale volumes, due to which his works acquire the features of monumentalism and epicism.

The artist's work belongs to the outstanding and bright peaks of landscape painting of the XXI century.

An important and respectable fact: Andrei Zakharov paints all his paintings only from life, perhaps because his works are able to convey the whole diversity of Russian nature and its incredible images that cannot be described in words.

The artist seems to be able to control time, stopping it for one moment and allowing the audience to enjoy a wonderful and unique moment.

Especially dear to his heart are the places of the Upper Volga, which entered his canvases, poetically and gently filled with the rays of the sun.

"Pomor etudes", "Fishing Soyms" were drawn on trips to the shores of the White Sea, to the places of the Republic of Karelia and the cities of Novgorod and Volkhov.

In the works depicting fishing boats on the Ilmensky and Onega lakes, the author not onlyshows beautiful places, but also reveals the life of fishermen's villages.

In epic landscape paintings, such as "After the Thunderstorm", the author introduces viewers to the historical monuments and architecture of the homeland.

The detailed naturalistic style of drawing is alien to the artist, he gives in to his will and desire, creating general plastic and captivating images.

Merits and awards

Andrey Zakharov is an Honored Artist of Russia and a member of the scientific organization of the Russian Academy of Arts.

Among his awards:

• a silver medal awarded to him by the Russian Academy of Arts;
• gold medal donated by the Creative Russian Union of Artists;
• gratitude from the governor of the Kostroma region.

Where to find

The creative evening of the artist Andrei Zakharov on Kutuzovsky Prospekt can be visited from 10:00 to 20:00, and there are also such exhibitions:

• aforementioned Kostroma personal gallery;
• folk gallery in Solnechny village;
• Belgorod Museum of Arts;
• Vyshne-Volotsk Museum of Local Lore.