On August 27, a boy named Abram was born into a peasant family from the village of Egorovo, Ryazan Province. When he grew up, he painted “everywhere, always, wherever possible,” and later willingly learned from icon painters who came there.
1862 - 1930
Abram Arkhipov
description
A Russian artist, master of domestic genre and landscape, member of the Association of the Wanderers, one of the founders of the Union of Russian Artists and a talented teacher.
The central place among the narrative paintings was the leitmotif of the young peasant woman (the so-called “Arkhipov peasant women in red”), as well as landscapes depicting the expanses of the central Russian zone and the north.
Key ideas:
– Having refused from the style of his early works, which were modest everyday etudes in the spirit of Peredvizhniki (The Wanderers), A. Arkhipov, who had successfully mastered the experience of Impressionism, learned how to colorfully convey both the colorful appearance and the inner drama in plot canvases.
– The artist developed a manner that conveys a precarious mood – vaguely disturbing, then more peaceful, then festive.
– Using warm colors, Arkhipov mainly created rural paintings depicting peasants as the main characters. At the same time, he chose red color as dominating. The distinctively temperamental way of presenting color of the talented colorist “improved” the deepest spirit of the plots.
1862
1877
1884 - 1886
1886 - 1888
1887
1890
1896
1902
1904
1917 - 1924
1927
1930
The birth of the artist
Began to study at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Began to study at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; was a student of Vasily Perov.
Improved his skills at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts
Improved his skills at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts.
Returned to the Moscow School
Returned to the Moscow School and attended the workshop of Vasily Polenov.
"Visiting a sick person"
Received a large silver medal and the title of the class artist for the painting “Visiting a sick person”.
Was admitted as a full member of the Association of Traveling Exhibitions
Was admitted as a full member of the Association of Traveling Exhibitions.
Traveled to France, Germany and Italy
Traveled to France, Germany and Italy. He actively worked as a teacher at the Moscow School and at the Free art workshops.
The first trip to the north
The first trip to the north, to the White Sea. There he learnt the preserved medieval way of life. He visited the Russian North several times after 1912.
Became one of the founders of the “Union of Russian Artists”
Became one of the founders of the “Union of Russian Artists”.
The artist joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia
After the revolutions, neither the style nor the themes of his works changed. Soon the artist joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia.
He received the title of People's Artist of the Republic
In connection with the fortieth anniversary of creative activity, he received the title of People’s Artist of the Republic (among the first painters of the newly formed state).
The death
The artist died in Moscow on September 25.