Alexander
Petrovich Zyryanov

(b. 01.10.1928, S. Pokrovskoe Egorshinskijj R-on, Sverdlovsk region). Schedule. Member of the Union of artists (1960), people's artist of Russia (2003). He graduated from the Sverdlovsk art College (1950), the Moscow art Institute im. V. I. Surikov, Department of graphics (1956). Studied at B. dehtereva, M. V. Matorin, M. S. Rodionov. Thesis - the design of the book "Battleship 14-69" Ivanov V. V. (hands. B. A. Dehterev). After graduating from the Institute he worked in Sverdlovsk, collaborated with book publisher, issued the book of V. V. Mayakovsky "whatever page - then an elephant, then the lion." Since 1956, lives in Perm. The master of easel prints. Engaged book graphics, poster, bookplate, drawing. Participant of exhibitions since 1957 For many years worked on the theme "Our land". Created cycles of linocuts dedicated to nature, ist. pages, monuments of culture and architecture, art workers of the Kama region. The first prints were made in the technique of color linocuts. In a loop of colored linocuts in the 1950s and 1960s, he was presented with the scenery of the city of Perm ("Karl Marx Street", "Komsomolskaya square"). In 1962 Perm. book was released on the album "Perm in the engravings of Alexander Zyryanov" with 20 linocuts by the artist, printed with copyright boards. In the second half. The 1960s turned to black and white easel engraving: the artist caught the democracy, concise expression of this graphical technique.

Con. 1950s - 1960s - the era of the "severe style" in Soviet art. A lot of popularity in graph is becoming the technique of linocut. Zyryanov turned to civil subjects, subjects connected with revolutionary events in the country and Kama. In 1966, made a series of prints dedicated to the 50th anniversary of the October revolution. The monumental, severe, generalized forms, the contrast of black and white colors emphasized the symbolic meaning of the images. In a series of prints became large leaves "get out of the Komsomol", "Kizelovskaya GRES – the first in the Urals in the electrification plan," "We ours, we will build a new world", "Lenin and the revolution", "war", etc. In 1974-1987, he was created the album "Motovilikha" (86 engravings). In the 1960s, the artist turned to the small genre of graphic paper bookplate. Played a number of story book characters in the engraving for a well-known creative individuals: writers V. P. Astafiev and A. M. Domnina, journalist B. N. Nazarovskiy, artists M. S. Brusilovsky and M. V. Tarasova, artists M. V. Alpatov, A. G. Budinoi, by L. F. dyakonitsyn. In the 1970s, created a series of panoramic rural landscapes of his native land, presenting the beauty and harmony of human life, working on the land ("Spring on the farm", "Haying time", "Field camp"). Initially, the artist always paints from life, then think through the composition and figuratively-plastic solution of engravings, developing a picture of the barcode.

Since the 1970s, consistently working to the theme of "Monuments of history and culture." Created cycles of prints on the masterpieces of architecture, the Stroganov icon, Perm. a wooden sculpture of Perm. animal style. Working on the albums "Chud antiquities of the Urals" (1973) and "Perm animal style", studied and creatively interpreted the ancient monuments of the so-called Perm. animal style, and are kept in the collections of the Hermitage, the state historical Museum, museums of Perm. region. In 1973 the publishing house "Soviet Russia" published the book "Chud antiquities of the Urals," with engravings by A. Zyryanova. Constantly improving skills, expanding technical possibilities of linocuts, finding an individual style. The artist becomes one of the recognized masters of Russian linocuts, a regular participant of all-Union, Republican and international. exhibitions. In 1980-1982 created 20 prints album, "Perm. wooden sculpture", which presents a unique collection of temple sculptures 17th-18th century from the collection of the Perm. state gallery of art: Paraskeva Pyatnitsa, St. Nicholas of Mozhaisk, Christ in prison, hosts... the Simplicity and restraint of the images, depth of black, the beauty and expressiveness of patterns and texture and luminous white bar made this album a notable phenomenon in the artistic life of the city of Perm. Work continued on a cycle Ural landscapes. Created the album "Perm motives" (1983-1989), which includes 130 prints depicting different parts of the old Perm, Kama river embankment, buildings of the city. In a series of engravings "of the Ural nature" (1983-1987) panoramic and chamber compositions have represented a kind of beauty of nature of the Kama region ("My region", "Kama spaces").

In 1960-1990-ies. was created the portraits of outstanding figures of culture and science of the Kama region: the collector of Perm. wooden sculpture N. N. Serebrennikov, Acad. N. D. Zelinsky, writers, A. M., Domnina, L. I. Davydychev.

In the 1980s Zyryanov turned to a new topic – legendary Perm. ballet. Created a series of prints inspired by the images of the performances of Perm. theatre of Opera and ballet. Techniques in pencil drawing and pastels were made a series of portraits of the leading dancers of the theater: Shmorgoner K. A., I. A. Shapovalov, O. R. Levenkova, V. I. Dubrovin, S. A. Alexandrov, chief choreographer, Vladimir N. Salimbayeva, conductor O. M. Belentsov.

Self-importance a artist's drawings created from life in the city of Perm and Perm region, as well as the impressions of creative travel to the Crimea, France (1970), Georgia (1980), Italy (1982).

In the 1990's - 2000 engaged in applied graphics. Developed and executed: a sketch of the standard of the Governor of Perm. region; the coats of arms of cities of Kurgan, Lysva, Chusovoi, Krasnovishersk, Wasps, Cherdyn, got Spruce and Frequent.

Since 1995 – Professor of the Ural branch of the Russian Acad. painting, sculpture and architecture (Department of academic drawing and painting).

Prints are in the collections of the State Tretyakov gallery (Moscow), Museum of fine arts of the Republic of Karelia, North Ossetian Museum of fine arts, Tambov Museum of fine arts, Voronezh art Museum, Orenburg Museum of fine arts, Art Museum of the Republic of Buryatia, the Irkutsk art Museum, the State Museum of musical culture (Moscow), Penza art Museum, Tomsk art Museum, the Art Museum of Sakha Republic, the Kemerovo picture gallery, Stavropol Museum of fine arts, the Art Museum, Rostov-on-don, the Art gallery of the Republic of Kalmykia, Vladimir-Suzdal historical-artistic Museum-reserve, Chitinskiy art Museum, the Historical and cultural center of Lenin in Ulyanovsk, Tyumen Museum of fine arts, Art Museum of the Republic of Belarus, Art gallery, Naberezhnye Chelny, Perm. state art gallery, the city art gallery, art gallery, Krasnokamsk, Perm. regional regional Museum.

Exhibition

International

Exhibition of books. Moscow, 1967.

Of works by Soviet artists. GDR, Poland, 1969.

Intergrafika. Berlin, 1970.

Exhibition printing. Leipzig, 1970.

"Fighting Vietnam". Vietnam, 1972.

Replicated graphics in Africa, 1975.

Book exhibition-fair. Moscow, 1977.

The Soviet schedule. Bulgaria, 1978.

"Perm artists. Favorite land" EXPO 2000. In Hanover, Germany. 2000.

Union

To the 50 anniversary of October. Moscow, 1967.

IV all-Union exhibition of print. Vilnius, 1969.

The 100th anniversary of Lenin's birth. Moscow, 1970.

"USSR – our homeland". Moscow, 1972.

"Glory to labor": the XXV Congress of the CPSU. Moscow, 1976.

To the days of Soviet art in Georgia. Tbilisi, 1980.

"Always alert". Moscow, 1981.

"We are building communism" to the XXVII Congress of the CPSU. Moscow, 1986.

"Home country". Moscow, 1981.

Republican

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the Great October revolution. Moscow, 1957.

To celebrate the 40th anniversary of the red Army. Moscow, 1958.

"Soviet Russia". Moscow. 1960, 1965, 1967, 1972, 1975, 1980, 1985.

"On the Leninist path": to the 60 anniversary of October. Moscow, 1977.

Exhibition of prints. Leningrad, 1989.

Zonal

"Ural socialist": Sverdlovsk, 1964.

Perm, 1967.

Chelyabinsk, 1969.

Ufa, 1974.

Tyumen, 1979.

Sverdlovsk, 1985.

"Ural. Siberia. Far East". Moscow, 1971.

Personal

Perm, 1961, 1967, 1978, 1989.

Lit.: The exhibition "Soviet Russia": collection of articles, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. 180 p.: ill.; Zyryanov, A. P. Perm at the engravings A. Zyryanova / text N. Serebrennikov. Perm: Book. publishing house, 1962. 20 otd. L. prints; Alexander Zyryanov: cat. CA. / ed. introd. St. L. F. Diyakonichyn. Perm, 1967. 44 p.: ill.; Yagodovskaya, T. A. stern Poetry of the Kama region // Artist. 1968. No. 6. Pp. 20-22; A. P. Zyryanov: booklet. Perm, 1974; Alexander Zyryanov. Graphics: cat. CA. / AVT.-comp. A. F. Efimov. Perm, 1978. [44] c.: Il.; Motovilikha: [album of engravings] / art. A. P. Zyryanov, ed. text A. D. Krasheninnikov. Perm: Book. publishing house, 1978. 64 p.: Il.; Chud antiquities of the Urals art. Zyryanov, ed. text V. Oborin. M.: The Council. Russia, 1973. [44] p.: Il.; The Perm organization CX RSFSR: a set of booklets / ed. A. F. Efimov. Perm, 1979; Perm Artists: [collection of essays] / ed. N. Kazarinova. Perm: Book. publishing house, 1981. 175 p.; Artists of the USSR: mobiblog. words.: in 6 T. M., 1976. Vol. 3. S. 542; Perm branch of the Union of artists of the RSFSR: painting and monument. art, sculpture, graphics, knig. graphics, decorative.-butt. and the theatre.dekorativ. art: set / Perm. org. Of the Union of artists of Russian Federation, Perm. state art. gallery. Perm: b. I., 1984. 10 l. in.: Il.; Artists Perm / AVT.-comp. N. V. Kazarinova. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. P. 45, 111, 131-137, 170: ill.; Alexander Zyryanov. Graphics: cat. CA. / ed. introd. article N. V. Belyaeva, EDS. kat. A. F. Efimov. Perm, 1989. 53 [1] p.: Il.; "Perm artists. Favorite land." EXPO 2000. Hanover, Germany: booklet / comp. I. P. Fedotov. Perm, 2000; Union of artists of Russia. The Perm organization. 65 years of activity: brochure / auth. O. M. Vlasova. Perm, 2004; Zyryanov Alexander // the pages of the history of artistic culture of the Kama region: proc. allowance. Perm: Book. the world, 2006. P. 127-128: portr., Il.

(Source: encyclopedia of "Perm Krai", I. P. Fedotov)