Valentin
Alexandrovich Shavrin

Valentin A. Shavrin was born on 15 June 1936.
In the 1950's, the future artist attended a children's art Studio in the Palace of pioneers, led by I. F. Fedyanin. It was then at the age of sixteen he creates watercolor "Pereyaslav Rada", which was exhibited at the exhibition in Kiev, were reproduced in print. For the future of the artist is crucial. Further education V. A. Shavrin gets at the painting Department of the Dnepropetrovsk College, where he studied from 1960 to 1965.
Since 1969 working in the arts Fund.
Since 1971, regularly participates in regional and Republican art exhibitions. The exhibitions were shown in the main graphic work - the drawings and watercolors.
The artist's talent natural and full of inner spiritual strength that determined its authenticity and originality. The artist created his own world on the brink of the senses and the mind. Hence, a harmonious balance of composite parts, sound logical completeness of the structural plastic of their decision. However, the symbolism of color emphasizes dissonant opposition of colour, and gives his paintings an expressive expression. These qualities of the individuality of the artist to represent the uniqueness and originality Valentina Shavrina.
Works are in Fund of Zaporizhia art Museum and private collections.


Shavrin, Valentin was born in 1936 and passed away on the eve of his 55th anniversary...the Age of human maturity, a period when the artist possessing a skill does freely and confidently. Interest in the art determined his path of vocational training. In the 1950s, he visited a children's art Studio in the Palace of pioneers, who led I. F. Fedyanin. It was then sixteen years of age he creates watercolor "Pereyaslav Rada", which was exhibited at the exhibition in Kiev, were reproduced in print. For the future of the artist is crucial. Further education Valentin Shavrin gets at the painting Department of the Dnepropetrovsk College (1960-1965). Since 1969 working in the arts Fund. 1971 participates in regional and Republican exhibitions. A trip to Donetsk in 1978 where he worked in the national creative team "the Stan 3000", gave a considerable material for the artist. It is understood, and the expression on his planned themes and favorites, he has worked on over the years.
Persistently returning to the paintings has already begun, he was demanding for his work. Solution of his paintings "In the shower", "Fisherwoman", "Bathing boys" to amaze and surprise with its simplicity and directness of interpretation of the subjects, desire to Express their feelings and thoughts with the greatest credibility. Maximizing the harmony and tension of color, he strove to clear the image, bringing it almost to the symbolic sound. Scheme and compositional structure of his paintings is simple and follows the classical traditions. A distinctive feature in some is the desire to underline and to convey the dynamics in its natural manifestation. It is also in the works - "Bathing boys", "Fisherwoman", "Joy of victory", "Summer", "Dancing soldiers", where the movement determines the feature of the image, that is, almost opens it. In other works dominated by the statics-"Family", "Ancient Russia", "car", which corresponds to the task and the nature of the shaped structures of the compositions.
The artist's talent natural and full of inner spiritual strength that determined its authenticity and originality. To find your theme or be able to speak in new ways about familiar the task is difficult and a true artist always finds its unexpected turns. So Valentine Shavrin had a similar problem and found new incarnations and interpretations. For example his early work "Madonna and son" (1966), where the unusual combination of two principles - the genre of the story and monumental generalized significance with almost symbolic sound color.
"Kiss of Judas", 1987, strikes a sophisticated approach to interpretation, which has features
our time in understanding and vision of the gospel story. The essence of the eternal theme expressed through the intensity and psychological drama, in a figurative interpretation is insight, and warmth.
In the field of view of the interests and creative searches of the artist was always people. Stared Shavrin in the world in which he lived, and took it. in line with his understanding of humanity. His thoughts and feelings expressed in plastic images, unexpected from the standpoint of an official. Using concrete observations of life, he is able to find the beauty in everything and Express it in accordance with its talent. And his talent can even be seen in the fact that elected them, the stories were simple, which opens up a world of wise, philosophically perceive life.
Among the portraits the self-portraits stand out is undoubtedly its approach and provide an opportunity not just to look at myself and stare intently, and without demanding discounts, which not everyone is able to do. They reveal to us the character of the person looking and thinking, subtly and deeply feeling.In the self-portraits expressed understanding of the artist and their interests and beliefs, their differences, which always determine the true beginning of his life. Here honesty and sincerity, openness and vulnerability are combined with determination and uncompromising conviction and commitment. Close and open view of the artist in "self-Portrait" 1977 filled with empathetic attention. He seems to be listening to something intense, concentrated thinking and questioning themselves and their contemporaries. Psihologicheski interpretation of the image is typical for most portraits Shavrina. His self-portrait, 1980, carries an unusual power of emotional tension and drama features, his sacrifice and impending doom, but even the type of self-portrait "Life of artist" , originating compositional solutions of icon painting, defines and approves the life. Your life the cross every person carries himself, and Shavrin expresses it visibly, with a certain degree of sarcasm. Palette and dove stamps "Life" - below the hands of an artist reveals the main aspirations of his soul.
Understanding themselves in their interests and beliefs compensated and was also reflected in his Hobbies. He was an avid pigeon. Bird watching, their life was not accidental for the artist. Watching the soaring birds in the sky, their flight and movements, Valentin discovered the life of nature, of birds and of the universe in philosophical terms. First of all - is revealed in the complexity and depth of psychological characteristics in self-portraits.
Of meetings and communication with the artist remember his particular penchant for reasoning and understanding even the most basic lifestyle factors and phenomena. Its internal natural sense, perhaps it can be called intelligence, does not allow to behave differently... Yes this can be called humility in relation to what he did and created, but he continued to do as he thought was possible for myself, that is "holding your hand on your heart..."
Left a mark in the life of the artist and his work, the last war. It started when he was 5 years old. Their attitude on the story themes related to the war, Expressed it in paintings "Spring of' 43/the Smiths/"/1987/, "Not returned from the war - dedicated"/1985/, "Dancing soldiers"/1986/. His numerous drawings "Disabled"/1966/, "postwar"/1966 - 69 G. G.,1972/, "Partisans"/1972/, "Partisans - demolition"/1973/,
The "dancing soldiers"/1977 - 80/ - clearly convey to us the individual solution this topic. In the painting "Spring of' 43,/Blacksmiths/" peculiar and suddenly there are two men podsovyvaya horse. One of them is wounded with a crutch soldier sitting on a stool, next to the Smith holds the horse. The tension of the scene gives the rectified figure of a soldier and the blazing glow of fire, and the slanting rays
sun. Beginning expressive features plastic figure of the painting "Dancing soldiers"/1977/. Expressive postures of the dancing figures in the contrast ratio of light and shadow along with the exaggerated movement of them around creates an awesome dynamic image. Gestures of the hands and feet exaggerated and reinforce the emotional drama of his sound.
Peculiar Sabrina quality defines the uniqueness of his creativity.
The inquisitive artist, with constant attention and remarkable perseverance finds its vision and expression in the beautiful plastic and figure. And this primarily can be seen in the still lifes. It's a whole world open and seen by the artist in their own way. The beauty of form, flowers, fruit, vessels, and objects with their complex and rich
variety fascinated him. He creates watercolors with remarkable interest of simple and compelling concise, full of powerful inner strength images. This new world with Frank interest the artist creates a precise and confident. He reveals the constructive nature of the whole composition and originality of forms, allowing you to see and feel them in direct connection with the person's mood. Laconic still-lifes
"Still life with fish"/1975/, "lilac"/1981/, "Grape"/1981/, "Irises"/1979/ has special advantages. It is primarily the spirituality of ordinary things and unique the author's attitude to the problems of art, and this is their great mystery. It's not just a fragrant spring lilacs and delicate irises, and especially the perceived and solemnly opened by the artist the awakening of their eternal beauty.
The beauty artist is able to find everything. So it shows and opens it in the picture of everyday genre scenes "In the shower" /1977-83-82/. The beauty and tenderness of young women Shavrin tried to emphasize and open using contrast. Young workers take rough clothes, their beautiful in its natural plasticity of the movements of half-naked figures give the opportunity to experience their beauty and charm.
The contrast to the rough clothes sound easy and flexible figures, which the artist has managed to mention the individual identity of the characters represented by women, stressing that their postures, gestures, movements. That is the beauty of movements and postures, habitual and natural for working women, touches in the painting "Fishergirl". Their plastic is the power and ease, so in tune with nature and its natural beauty. The emotional pathos of the subject disclosure youth distinguishes "Bathing boys" /1985/. They related the author's memories of his childhood. Among the boulders and the raging of the water element naturally perceived motion of three teenage boys. They are full of strength and energy, ease and graceful movement, confidence and fragility, they are an integral part of nature, which captivates with its unbridled power, the eternal elements.
Recall and interest Valentina Shavrina artists Alexander Ivanov, Vincent van Gogh, Paul Gauguin, who solved a similar problem in his work, and it is gratifying that the author tried to find a solution.
Work with the exciting expression and dynamics, is the painting "Summer"/1987/. It matched the free, easy movement two maiden figures molten hot dye the scorching summer sun. All in unison, and movement full of life. The small painting, however, is distinguished by a monumental-sounding
concise and commissioned piece.
The sharpness of hard plastics picturesque images in the paintings correlated with the structure and nature of the figure. The last expression reveals a very subtle and skillful draftsman. His drawing is accurate the transmission of form, line, and bar expressiveness attracts a certain picturesqueness.
Of particular interest to the artist evokes the monumental art and the embodiment of historical subjects.
The artist has created his own world on the brink of feelings and mind. Hence, a harmonious balance of composite parts, sound logical completeness of the structural plastic of their decision. However, a lot of sense symbolism emphasizes the dissonant opposition of colour, and gives his paintings an expressive
expression. These qualities of the individuality of the artist to represent the uniqueness and originality Valentina Shavrina.