Exhibition of the artist Roman Donskoy

On May 26, 2017, an exhibition of the famous artist Roman Donskoy will take place, who left the world in 2013 but left a fond memory in the form of beautiful paintings. The event will be held at 32 Starokonyushenny Lane, in the Omelchenko Gallery. The name of the exhibition expresses the peculiarity of the artist’s work - “Colors of the brightest power”. Indeed, each painting is fraught with incredible power that can be acquired by every person who studies it, who understands what real art is or who just wants to start this path.

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Features of creativity

The exhibition of paintings by Roman Donskoy is an important event, because the work of this talented person combines the education of an academician and the traditions of the avant-garde of the beginning of the last century. Roman’s works reflect his life, unique and attracting attention. The bright colors of the paintings seem to fill the spectator with energy, allow him to look at life, both in general and in particular, from a new perspective, positive and bold. A thirst for creativity was what was inherent in Roman. Each of his paintings was born with renewed vigor, with a new thought, with a new idea.

In the paintings that the artist painted in the last years of his life, avant-gardeism can be traced with great emphasis, which can be seen in the canvases presented at the exhibition. Perhaps this is how he expressed his experienced attitude to life, the denial of certain ideas. Interestingly, such famous personalities as Picasso, Van Gogh and others influenced the work of Roman.

Visitors to the exhibition will be presented more than 50 paintings, each of which is unique. But this is a small part of the amount of work that Roman Donskoy did. He painted more than fifty paintings. They will be shown for the first time in 2017 in two countries, Switzerland and Russia.

Biography of Roman Donskoy

Roman Donskoy was born in January of the 64th year of the last century in the city of Pushkino, which is located in the Moscow region. He began to get involved in drawing from childhood, and his father helped him in this. While studying at school I attended classes conducted by the honored artist of the RSFSR Vladimir Andrushkevich. Then he studied at an art-industrial school led by famous people and eventually became a stone carver. After the army, he liked to restore monumental painting in Moscow churches, so he entered the corresponding institute and became a restorer of monumental painting.

By painting and restoring the temples, Roman was engaged in painting. He did a lot of work from nature. He liked to leave the city, he found inspiration in the nature of the Moscow region and other areas. The creative potential of the artist in a special way revealed in multi-figure compositions and portraits. An important source of inspiration for the artist was his family - his wife and three children.

Pictures of Donskoy can not leave indifferent. It’s hard to look away from them. They create a special mood and convey a unique, lively impression. You can verify this by visiting the exhibition on May 26.