The seventieth anniversary of the national artist of Udmurtia Pyotr Yolkin was marked by the exhibition "On People and the World" Automatic translate

Izhevsk. Until July 31, the Republican Museum of Fine Arts awaits guests at the opening exhibition of the works of Pyotr Vasilievich Yolkin, the national artist of Udmurtia. The exhibition, presented to visitors under the title "On People and the World", museum employees celebrate the seventieth anniversary of the artist, whose works are known not only to Russian art lovers. The works of Peter Yolkin are often and successfully demonstrated at foreign exhibitions.

The exposition dedicated to the artist’s anniversary combines paintings from the museum’s collection with paintings and graphics provided by Peter Yolkin from his own collection. The works collected in the exposition show how great the artist’s interest is in different sides of the world around him.

Each of the works, regardless of the genre used by Peter Yolkin in the implementation of his plan, is marked by a special intonation characteristic of the artist. The originality of his talent is evident in every work created by the artist. The older he got, the more difficult the contents of his paintings looked.

They were filled with philosophical meaning, the images created by the master were filled with metaphors. Portraits occupy a special place in the work of Peter Vasilievich. He believes that it is not too important how famous a person is, it is much more important when when meeting with him there is excitement and a desire to share thoughts with him. Then the need arises to paint his portrait.

The artist has also written many landscapes, among which there are both epic and chamber works. A lot of the exhibition and graphic works created in different techniques. Most of them were made by Peter Vasilievich during trips to Africa, Vietnam and India, and next to them are graphic portraits of our contemporaries.

Ludmila Trautmane © Gallerix.ru