Exhibition "Leonid and Olga Tikhomirov. Unity - in dissimilarity"

On August 3, in the Theater Salon on Tversky Boulevard, the exhibition “Leonid and Olga Tikhomirov. Unity is in dissimilarity. ” The exhibition will present selected works written by artists both jointly and separately over more than 35 years of joint activity.

The exhibition has a two-part structure: the first part will be devoted to the period of the formation of the character and style of artists, which took place in 1950-1960. Among the works of this period the Crimean series will be presented, as well as other landscape works reflecting the seasons of Central Russia. The central works of each of the artists - “Noon” and “March” - comprehensively embody the approach to the painting of artists - this is nature, which for the Tikhomirovs was the lifeblood of their art.

The second part of the exhibition will present a mature period of artists’ work - these are Moscow landscapes such as the Garden Ring, Mayakovsky Square, Moscow is under construction, and portraits, the most famous of which are portraits of composer Aram Khachaturian and the great Russian ballerina Galina Ulanova. The active creative life of the spouses will be emphasized by photographs of Moscow and the famous friends of the Tikhomirovs, who were guests in the artists’ studio, and became the heroes of their portraits.

About the artists:

Tikhomirov Leonid Petrovich /16.07.1925–17.09.2016/ - Honored Artist of the RSFSR. He studied at the art faculty of the Moscow Textile School. In 1943, he joined the army. From 1943 to 1946 he served in aviation. After the war he entered the art faculty of VGIK | 1946-1952 |. He studied with Professor F. Bogorodsky, Yu. Pimenov, G. Shegal. Leonid Tikhomirov created many of his works with his wife Olga. Leonid Petrovich Tikhomirov’s works are presented at the Kaluga Museum of Cosmonautics, the Institute of Russian Realistic Art, the Shchedrinsk Museum of Local Lore, etc., as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Tikhomirova Olga Vyacheslavovna /09.04.1937/ - Honored Artist of the RSFSR, Honored Artist of Russia, full member of the International Academy "Creativity". I did not receive a special art education, but I was engaged in painting from a young age. She worked in collaboration with her husband Leonid Tikhomirov. The works of Olga Vyacheslavovna Tikhomirova are presented in the Kaluga Museum of Cosmonautics, the Institute of Russian Realistic Art, the Kemerovo Museum, etc., as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.