Oil painting Evening is coming

№Vern 131

*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Evening is coming"
* SIZE: 19x30 cm/'7.48x11.81 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* ARTIST: Constantinople Adolf Markovich
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product

Constantinople Adolf Markovich
1924-1993
biography
Outstanding Soviet Ukrainian painter and graphic artist. People's Artist of Ukraine. The artist is a battle painter. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR, professor. Adolf Markovich of Constantinople was born on April 20, 1924 in Kharkov. From 1940 to 1941 he studied at the Kharkov Art School. Participant of the Great Patriotic War. Awarded the Order of the Red Star and medals. From 1948 to 1954 he studied at the Kharkov State Art Institute. Teachers: A. Lyubimsky, Y. Balanovsky, G. Tomenko, S. Besedin. Since 1953 - participant of republican, all-Union and foreign art exhibitions. Since 1958, A. Konstantinopolsky has been a member of the Union of Artists of the Ukrainian SSR. From 1954 to 1956 he taught at the Kharkov Art School, and from 1960 at the Kharkov Art and Industrial Institute. Since 1992 – professor. He worked in the field of easel and monumental painting. Main works: - “Native Land” (1957), “Soldiers” (1960), “Soviet power was proclaimed in Ukraine. Kharkov 1917" (1960). Participated in the creation of the panel “October Revolution” for the main pavilion of the VDNH of the Ukrainian SSR (1958) and the diorama “Forcing the Dnieper and creating a bridgehead in the area of the village. Lyutezh on the outskirts of Kyiv. Personal exhibitions took place in Kharkov (1973, 1983, 1992 and 1998 (retrospective)), Kyiv (1975). "Honored Artist of the Ukrainian SSR" since 1974. In 1991 he was awarded the title "People's Artist of Ukraine". Awarded the Order of the Badge of Honor, Certificate of Honor of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the Ukrainian SSR. The works of A.M. Konstantinopolsky are presented in the National Museum of the History of Ukraine in the Second World War, the National Art Museum. , art museums of Kharkov, Ternopil and Krivoy Rog, in galleries and private collections in Ukraine and abroad. The author’s painting “Native Land. At Rest” (1957) is perceived as a historical epic, where life appears not elevated to buskin and embellished with loud exclamations, but in its harsh and difficult truth. The artist does not seek to amaze the viewer with the originality of the situation or the exclusivity of his characters. Obviously, it is precisely because of this that the artistic image of the painting acquires great importance. impression. A diverse crowd takes part in its creation, where each person, if you look closely, has his own biography, and the entire pictorial and plastic solution of the canvas. Unobtrusively highlighting the central group of soldiers listening to the words of the old soldier, a sequence of shots is subtly built, allowing one to feel the depth of space with a very high horizon, an expressive and colorful solution with a wide gradation of greenish, brown, gray, blue tones and sharp black and white contrasts. The result is a feeling of special strength, powerful and resilient, able to withstand any test.