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Victor
Grigorievich Sevastyanov

Russia • 1923−1993

Painter. During his service in the army, a volunteer visited OXY (1945). 1958 - production artist-art workshops Vladimir Popov of the USSR. Candidate (1961) and member (1963) of the USSR Union. Participated in Republican and all-Union exhibitions (from 1958). After his death his works were exhibited abroad: Nantes, Rennes, Brussels. Works are in KG Gorlovka, Donetsk and Khmelnytsky HMM, private collections of England, France, Canada, Germany, Belgium.

The biography of our hero in many respects typical of that generation: nine classes of the Odessa school, work as a mechanic at the farm of olbramovice the mobilization in 1941. The battle of Odessa, the retreat, several years of life in the occupied territory, 1944 — return to the ranks of the red Army. Even in the occupation Sevastyanov did not forget about his passion — football. In the family archive of the artist's daughter a photograph of the city team of Odessa, dated 1942. Among the players stands a tall, blond (Forehead — this nickname was already in the player of Kiev "Dynamo" for its growth and ability to play well head).

In 1945, during service, Victor as a student volunteer began to attend art school. A year later, immediately after demobilization, Sevastyanov was enrolled in the Odessa team "Pishevik". In the same 1946 during a friendly game with Dynamo Kyiv coaches noticed the player and was invited to their team. In the main part of the main club in the country, he made his debut on 9 may 1947. And since then defended the honor of the "Dynamo" for four seasons. As a Central midfielder in the championship and the USSR Cup 63 games (3 goals). As recalled in his book "the Goalkeeper" the legendary goalkeeper of "Dynamo" Oleg Makarov, Victor Sevastyanov, along with Alexander Prince were a very strong couple of Midfielders, and Victor was reliable in the midfield and in front of the penalty area, and at gate of the contender. Well, the high growth and good coordination made him, along with another talented football player Abram Lerman is very dangerous at set-pieces near the opponent's goal.

Game for Dynamo, of course, left little room for painting, although teammates recalled that Sevastyanov did not miss a single case to draw. It was necessary to sacrifice something. You can imagine how hard Viktor had to move from Dynamo Kiev team "ODO" that is not played in the Premier League. Now Sevastyanov had more time for systematic lessons in the Studio of fine arts. Two more seasons he spent on the football field, then finally hung up his boots...

Two years after completing his football career, he joined the Kiev Association of artists. Since 1958 Sevastyanov — artist production-art studios Vladimir Popov of the USSR. April 1, 1961, he was issued a PhD, and two years later the membership card of the Union of artists of the USSR.

Sevastianov is an artist by nature apolitical, for him, the art world is the natural world. Aesthetic emotions he shows, drawing the melting snow outside the shed at the edge of the forest; lonely tree over the river and the white, descending low to the horizon clouds. Here they are, the "heroes" of his paintings: old rural fence, horse-drawn sleigh, lilac, forest... the Game of colors, shades, blends some of the items in the other... Every landscape Victor Sevastyanov is a certain state of mind: lyrical tone blue-gray, gray-green with their understated, calm, and sometimes boredom, loneliness; expression and optimism of bright red, green, and yellow with their rudeness and deliberateness.

During his career, the artist Sevastyanov demonstrated a clear commitment to the Odessa school, with its warm colors and nuances of a color palette, a constant interest in nature and the open air as a stylistic principle. He participated in many Republican and all-Union exhibitions, among which the most important was probably the first collective exhibition in Moscow in 1958 on the 40th anniversary of the Komsomol. Of course, the era left its imprint on the landscape of the Sevastyanov. For example, in the best traditions of socialist realism, he wrote canvases from the cycle "Azovstal". But this is just a random episode, a forced nod in the direction of the Soviet requirements for a "proletarian art," in order to safely create scenery, chat with the outstanding and talented Ukrainian artists Shatalin, Sledai, Chichkan, Plamenitskiy, Zakharov, participate in workshops...

...After the death of Victor Sevastyanov (1993) his family held several exhibitions of his paintings in Nantes, Rennes and Brussels. The Belgians have named our artist of the impressionist that, in General, far from the truth. One of the leading Belgian Newspapers "Lake" wrote about the works of Ukrainian: "In his snowy landscapes feels calm and clear, talking about the severity of the season during which life slows down, home, sleep, sleigh doing routine work. The while waiting for the time when spring comes, wakes meadow, the glow paint will revive the tree. The canvases convey the excited atmosphere, changing with the rhythm of the seasons".

The works of V. G. Sevastyanov stored in the picture gallery of Gorlovka, Donetsk art Museum, Khmelnytsky art Museum and several other museums of Ukraine, are in private collections in England, France, Canada, Germany and Belgium, they have the opportunity to enjoy visitors to the many art galleries in the world.

(author - Igor Sharov, head of the International economic Committee, candidate of historical Sciences "Kiev Telegraph" number(323))

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