Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky (Russian: Ростисла́в Ива́нович Вовкуше́вский; March 22, 1917 – August 14, 2000) was a RussianSovietrealist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation),[1] and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.[2]
In 1925 his family comes to Leningrad. In 1936 after graduation high school Rostislav Vovkushevsky entered at the Department of Architecture of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied of noted art educators Pavel Shillingovsky, Ivan Bilibin, Konstantin Rudakov, and Leonid Ovsannikov.
Rostislav Vovkushevsky has participated in art exhibitions since 1949. He painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, genre scenes, worked as easel and monumental painter. His personal exhibition was in Saint Petersburg in 1995. Most famous for his decorative paintings of still lifes and portraits.
His individual style evolved under the strong impression of dating as far back as the 1930s, with the works of French artists Claude Monet, Pierre Bonnard, André Derain, love to which he retained for life. Painting of Rostislav Vovkushevsky bright and decorative. He uses pure color and half-tones, almost without having to mix paints.
Since 1949, Rostislav Vovkushevsky was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (since 1992, named as Saint Petersburg Union of Artists).
Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky died on August 14, 2000, in Saint Petersburg. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, England, Germany, Italy, in the U.S., France,[4] and others.
^Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p.206.
^Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 18, 26, 29, 231, 240, 298, 359, 388–396, 402–406, 413–417, 421–423, 446.
^Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. p.60.
^L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 27 Novembre 1989. - p. 66.
Bibliography
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Vol. 2. Moscow, Iskusstvo Edition, 1972. P.308–309.
Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. P.25.
L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. Paris, Drouot Richelieu. 1989, 27 Novembre. P.66.
L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. Paris, Drouot Richelieu. 1990, 12 Mars. P.98-99.
L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. Paris, Drouot Richelieu. 1990, 11 Juin. P.156-157.
A Parisian from Leningrad. Rostislav Vovkushevsky. Saint Petersburg, Costa Edition, 2007.
Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.9, 18, 26, 29, 231, 240, 298, 359, 388–396, 402–406, 413–417, 421-423, 446. ISBN5-901724-21-6, ISBN978-5-901724-21-7.
Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 – 2005. Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.60. ISBN978-5-903677-01-6.