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Mykola Stepanovych Barsamov (5 December 1892, Tbilisi–10 March 1976, Feodosia) was a Ukrainian Soviet artist and researcher of I.K. Aivazovsky's work.
Mykola Barsamov | |
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| Born | 5 December 1892 Tbilisi, Georgia |
| Died | 10 March 1976 (aged 83) Feodosia |
| Education | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture |
| Known for | artist, researcher of I.K. Aivazovsky's work |
Biography
editIn 1913, he graduated from the Rostov School of Drawing. He studied in the private studio of II Mashkov in Moscow. In 1913–1917, he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In the late 1910s and early 1920s, he worked as a drawing teacher in the city of Izyum, in Samara, and as a retouching artist in Moscow.[1]
Director of the Feodosia Historical and Archaeological Museum (1923–1936), Feodosia Art Gallery (1923–1962); scientific consultant of the Feodosia Art Gallery. I.K. Aivazovsky (1962–1976).[2] He made a disproportionate contribution to increasing the funds of the art gallery, because the artist I.K. Aivazovsky left 49 of his works in Feodosia, and all of them were painted in the last years of the marine painter's life. Barsamov organized an art studio at the gallery in the 1930s and an art school in 1952.[3]
He was awarded the title of Honored Artist of the USSR (1969). Honorary citizen of Feodosia (1962).
The figure of Barsamov became a link that connected the representatives of the Cimmerian school of painting of two generations: the beginning and the middle of the twentieth century. M.S. Barsamov's students were: S. Mamchich, V.O. Sokolov, P.K. Stolyarenko, M. Ya. Shorin.
Art
editBarsamov created a number of paintings on the heroic history of the Crimea, portraits, landscapes and still lifes. Paintings "The Battleship Potemkin" (1941), "Marines in Feodosia" (1942), "recover port in Feodosia" (1947), "Grapes and peaches" (1959), portraits, landscapes of the Crimea, etc. Tr. about the work of Aivazovsky, including kN. "Ivan Konstantinovich Aivazovsky" (1941).[4]
References
edit- ^ "КАРТИНЫ БАРСАМОВА. Барсамов Николай Степанович - крымский художник, искусствовед, педагог, почетный гражданин Феодосии". gallery.crimea.ua. Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ "Artist Barsamov Nikolay Stepanovich". artinvestment.ru. Retrieved 2020-10-12.
- ^ "Барсамов Николай Степанович (1892-1976)". feo.travel (in Russian). Retrieved 2020-10-10.
- ^ "Nikolay Stepanovich Barsamov: biography". Artchive. Retrieved 2020-10-12.