In the Exhibition Hall of the Vyatka Art Museum named after V.M. I am. Vasnetsov exhibition
in memory of the artist Alexander Samsonov.
Visitors will be able to see the paintings of the artist, whose work occupies a special place in the history of Vyatka painting. Visitors have a unique opportunity to get acquainted with those of his paintings that remained in Kirov with his friends, relatives and collectors, to purchase a catalog with the best works of the master.
Alexander Samsonov was born on December 21, 1949 in the city of Kirov. In 1977 he entered the Kirov Art College, after 3 courses transferred to Leningrad, and in 1982 received a diploma from the Leningrad Art College. V.A. Serova. In 1982 - 1983 he studied at the Higher art courses of the Leningrad Academy of Arts. I.E. Repin. The Leningrad school, passed by Samsonov, is one of the strongest in the country. Teachers highly appreciated his strong drawing and his painting, which was distinguished by the clarity of the classical construction of the form, a wide, temperamental brushstroke. In the artist's work, elements of realism, modernism, symbolism and avant-garde were manifested.
Based on site materials
VHM them. Vasnetsovs.