Mylnikov Andrey Biography

Born on February 22 in the city of Pokrovsk s - the city of Engels of the Saratov region. In years, he studied in Leningrad now St. Petersburg at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture by I. Grabar and V. Oreshnikov's thesis-“The Oath of the Baltic”. From the year he taught in the same place with - professor. In the year he graduated from graduate school.

The epic canvas “The Baltic Oath” is a reflection of what he saw and experienced during the war. And today this work, written freely and confidently, despite the existing stagnation and theatricality of the composition, sounds like a requiem of dead heroes. The next milestone in his work was the canvas “on peaceful fields”; The USSR State Prize, permeated by the mood of the raised optimism inherent in the first post -war years.

The mosaic “abundance” for the lobby of the Vladimir metro station in Leningrad now St. Petersburg is also devoted to the topic of return to peaceful work. In it, the artist synthesizes the unity of the multinational people united by the pathos of victory. Mylnikov managed to avoid the cold staffing of the composition, characteristic of many works of this period.

In the year, for the metal curtain of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses, there are a portrait of V. Lenin in the complex technique of minting on brass silver, and in the year - the Florentine mosaic “V. In these works, such a necessary constructiveness and architectural imagery were found. Their organic synthesis helps a clear perception of the image of V. Lenin at a great distance.

Interest in a person organically pours out in Mylnikov in a portrait gallery, mainly female images. The subtleties of poetic perception, harmony of the wife’s portraits are “white night”, “at breakfast”, “portrait of the artist’s wife” on the white night’s canvas, the figure of a young woman envelops a silver light pouring from an open window, passing a special romantic state of this short period in the year.

A special place in the author’s work is occupied by portraits of a daughter written in different years. The artist penetrates the world of the child in early portraits, admires children's spontaneity, and then the grace of the young girl. In the works “Verochka”, “Portrait of Verochka”, “Verochka” and others, the development of the image in time is underway. For several years, the artist worked on two “Sleep” and “Morning” canvases, creating numerous options, looking for new expressive means.

The composition “Morning” is balanced and majestic - on the shores of a quiet lake, bordered by green scenes of trees, a naked woman is sleeping. This is the hymn to the beautiful and eternal. The artist does not fully give the meaning of the canvas, hoping that "... in the process of perception of the work of art, as if in the process of co -creation of the artist’s thoughts become the thoughts of the viewer." If the work “Morning” conveys the state of peace, peace, then the picture “Farewell”; The USSR State Prize is dramatic and tense in its artistic decision.

The parting of a mother with a son, leaving for war, develops from a private episode into a universal tragedy.

Before us is three pages of the history of a great country, each of which is tragic in its own way-“Corrida”, “Crucifixion”, “Garcia Lorca”. For fifteen years of work on this topic, eight options for compositions have been created. The central part of the triptych - “crucifixion” is a sign of the historical inevitability of the coexistence of good and evil - next to the crucified figure of Christ an eternal symbol of the continuation of life - a mother protecting her child from possible troubles.

The marginal point of the plot is emphasized by a nervous and sharp linear rhythm, anxious color of red and gray. Along with the creation of difficult compositions, the artist constantly writes landscapes, still lifes, as if resting in them from a great emotional stress. There are a favorite circle of motives in the landscapes-these are the types of St. Petersburg-“Leningrad Embankment”, “Karpovka”, “Black River”, Pskov lands-“Meeting in Petrovsky”, “Winter in Mikhailovsky”, “On Ladoga”, “Spring Evening” of Mylnikov’s work genre, landscapes, portraits, mosaic The panel, monumental-decorative paintings are characterized by emotional elation, clarity of composition, festive brightness of color.

Monumental works and a classic easel picture - the area of ​​Mylnikov’s work. In his monumental works, the tragedy of human being paradoxically combines with vigor and power of the spirit. In his mosaics and curtains, the author is manifested as a master of constructive, architectural, logical composition, meaningful and clear image. In the plots of his machine work, symbolic characters appear, and at the same time, some genre compositions acquire features of philosophical generalization.

The image of a woman is interpreted as a symbol of the world, motherhood, harmony, which marks the unshakable power in the life chaos of passions. In the dramaturgy of color and acute compositional solutions, the pathos of philosophical parables is manifested. The gallery of portraits reveals the subtlety of the poetic perception of the artist.Landscapes and still lifes of Mylnikov provide a kind of “rest” from the emotional intensity characteristic of most of his works.

The complex world of the master also reflect his drawings, always expressive, with a dynamic, confident line, masterfully building form, and conveying the sensation of a stretched nerve. The combination of harmony and chaos, rage and tranquility is the essence of the work of a master who knows how to turn the events of the surrounding life into capacious symbols. For more than years he conducted pedagogical work in the St.

Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after I. In the years, the People’s Deputy of the USSR. Since the year, Vice President Rah. He lived and worked in St. Petersburg. He died on May 16. He was buried on the writer's bridges of the Volkovsky cemetery in St. Petersburg. The People’s Artist of the USSR was awarded by Soviet 2 orders of Lenin, Repin Honorary Citizen of Engels in the city of St.

Petersburg, a memorial plaque was installed on the house where the artist lived.