Alexander
Vasilyevich Kazakov

1899 - born in D. Semyon Nikolsky district of the Vologda province.

1918 - graduated from Veliky gymnasium.

1919-1921 - he teaches painting at Nikol unified labor school.

1922-1923 - painter and decorator in the club rechnikov Veliky Ustyug.

1924-1925 - studied at VKhUTEMAS in Moscow.

1928-1931 - artistic Director of the drama theatre in the city of Veliky Ustyug.

1932 - move to Arkhangelsk.

Today our special interest is Russian art of the twentieth century rocked and as part of its development, Vologda visual culture of this period.

At the origins of Soviet fine art in the Vologda region in its first decade, was the half-remembered today work of the artist Alexander Vasilyevich Kazakov. Early work Kazakova deserves attention not only because the artist, his art is connected to the Vologda land: as you know, the formation of the painter was connected with the cultural and artistic environment of the Great Ustyug - "hold" North of the ancient culture city with deep traditions of old Russian architecture, painting, folk art. In the works Kazakova 20 years as a focused time itself, reflected accompanying events: "educational program", "Collecting the taxes", "kindergarten", etc.

The art of A. V. Kazakov is of interest and as an artistic phenomenon in itself and as an art, which reflects trends in artistic culture of his time. It should be noted that, as a teacher of fine arts in St. Nicholas school, he Cossacks were not thorough "academic" education. The desire to become a professional artist was stronger than the subjective self-evaluation of their creative capabilities based on its natural scenic vision. A. Kazakov, seeking to master the forms of academic art, visits Veliky Ustyug in the Studio of the famous artist, vyuchenik Academy of arts E. P. Shilnikovskogo.

The works of A. V. Kazakov this time can be classified as "border", they would like connected with the beginning of primitive forms of professional art. In the canvas "In the cafeteria" the artist, not owning enough anatomical drawing of deformed figures of children violates their magnitude, observed and repeated in the transmission of facial features in each image. At the same time, the artist seeks to "properly" resolve an image of the internal space of the dining room, sometimes combining inverse and direct prospects. Composition in painting more intuitively balanced by the artist's color, or rather a plastic mass, the rhythmic repetition of color patches in the color scheme. In canvas

"A military convoy on the Northern front in autumn 1918" the artist truly found through color relationships not only "strengthens" the diagonal composition, but also conveys the state of the autumn rainy day in the landscape, tone of concomitant mood, filling the piece with lyrical feelings and experiences. In this case, we can define the relationship of the artist to nature, to note his fascination with impressionism.

While studying at VKhUTEMAS, Moscow, A. V. Kazakov, and the art of cézanne "benovalence", which had a marked influence on his artistic formation. A. Kazakova poslenarkoznogo period (end of 20 years) is distinguished by color saturation, the internal expression of generalised forms, which he builds by the color. At the same time it preserves the connection with the primitive: "Women's meeting", "Collecting the taxes". One must remember that during these years, professional artists, in turn, turned towards folklore, and art of the primitive, "clung to the life-giving spring of popular culture", in the process of "simplification" using freakadelika art form. Thus, the artworks Kazakova its stylistic peculiarities approach the works of professionals.

The blurring of the boundaries between the primitive and the professional art in the early twentieth century allows us to fully understand and appreciate the diversity of forms and movements of art this time, to identify and define the place that occupies in the work of A. V. Kazakov.

G. Dementeva, art historian