Александр Васильевич Шевченко 1883 - 1948. Графика. Из музеев и частных собраний. Каталог.

Shevchenko Alexander Vasilievich (1883-1948) - graduated from the Stroganov School (1907) and the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1909) in Moscow, before that (1905-06) he studied in Paris with Quarry. Together with Larionov, he opposed the aestheticism of the World of Art and the picturesque sensationalism of the Jack of Diamonds (exhibitions Donkey's Tail, Target, No. 4, 1912-14) and published two books: Principles of Cubism and Neo-Primitivism (M., 1903). In 1918-19 he was a member of the collegium for art and fine arts of the People's Commissariat of Education, in 1918-1930 he was a professor and (for seven years) dean of the painting faculty of VKhUTEMAS - VKhUTEIN. Member of `Makovets`, OMC. The main way Sh. through the processing of European and Eastern primitives - Cezanne, Derain - to a generalized monumental form. Some sharpness of color and linear clarity (`Poet`, 1913, `Laundresses`, 1920 - both in the State Tretyakov Gal.) give way from 1923-25 to freer picturesqueness, from 1930-31 to simplification of form and composition and blackness reaching primitivism colors (`Passer-by`, 1932, State Tretyakov Gallery, monotype `Two Girls`, 1932, State Museum of Fine Arts). From the end of 1932, blackness is replaced by a light and cheerful tone. Despite the abstract-formalist searches, the paintings of Sh. are distinguished by their invariable simplicity and completeness of composition. In terms of mastery of color and texture, Sh. is one of the most significant Soviet painters. d-hood-play