Alexander Shilov - the famous Russian andSoviet painter and portrait painter. Differs incredible performance, they created hundreds of paintings, many of which can be ranked as "high art". Alexander Shilov represents the older generation of Soviet artists who wrote monumental paintings of ideological content. As a rule, these were large-format canvases, they were exhibited in large exhibition centers and used by party leaders to propagate communist values. But we must pay tribute to the artist, he never dropped to the poster style in his works. Each picture on the theme of socialist construction carried a certain artistic value. The people who came to the exhibition for a long time lingered precisely at the paintings of Alexander Shilov.
Biography of Alexander Shilov
The artist was born in 1943, October 6, in an intelligent Moscow family. At the age of fourteen Sasha entered the art studio of the Timiryazevsky district of Moscow.
Ability to draw in young Shilovshowed up immediately. Once he met the artist Alexander Ivanovich Laktionov, who decided to develop a young talent, and since he himself was a great portrait painter, he later had a noticeable influence on the work of his friend.
Education
С 1968 по 1973 год Александр Шилов проходил training at the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after Surikov (Moscow State Academic Art Institute). During his student years, he constantly painted pictures, which were then exhibited at numerous opening days and exhibitions devoted to the work of young artists. Alexander Shilov’s canvases were already distinguished by their expressiveness.
In 1976 he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSRafter which he received a workshop and several orders from the party leadership of the country. A talented painter began to work as an already recognized master. And in 1997, in accordance with the order of the Moscow government, in the very center of the capital, near the Kremlin, the personal gallery of Alexander Shilov opened. In the same year, the painter became a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of Russia.
Since 1999, Alexander Shilov has been a member of the Council forart and culture under the President of the Russian Federation. New responsibilities demanded from the artist a full return in terms of participation in the political life of the country, he was less likely to visit his art studio.
In 2012, Alexander Shilov, the artist finallywent into politics, entered the Public Council under the Federal Security Service of Russia. Then he became one of Vladimir Putin's trustees. In March 2014, he put his signature on the appeal in support of the political position of the president regarding the events taking place in Ukraine.
Awards
- 1977, the Komsomol Prize for a series of works on the topic of astronautics. Shilov were created canvases glorifying the development of the universe. The artist also painted portraits of all Soviet cosmonauts.
- In 1980, Alexander Shilov was awarded the title "Honored Artist of the RSFSR", and in 1981 he became a national artist of Russia.
- The high title of "People's Artist of the USSR" was awarded to the painter in 1985.
- In 1997, the artist was awarded the Order for Services to the Fatherland, IV degree, for his significant personal contribution to the development and development of the visual arts.
- The Order of Honor Alexander Shilov received in 2010 as a recognition of his many years of fruitful activity in the field of national culture and art.
- Another order - "The Pride of Russia" - the artist was awarded in 2010 for his contribution to the art of realism.
- Since 2014, he is an honorary professor of the Russian State Academy of Arts (Russian State Academy of Arts).
Personal life
Alexander Makilovich Shilov's first wife wasSvetlana Folomeeva, artist. March 24, 1974, the couple had a son, Sasha, who decided to continue the family tradition and is currently a member of the RAI. Shilov Alexander Alexandrovich - a hereditary artist, but he has a pronounced personality and his own manner of writing.
После развода с первой женой Александр Shilov Sr. spent some time as a bachelor, and then married again. The new wife, Anna Shilova, became the artist's muse, she gave him inspiration. The Shilovs lived together for twenty years, but then a gap followed.
Painting and music
The third marriage the artist entered into with JuliaVolchenkova, violinist. She is present in many of his paintings. In 1997, the couple had a daughter, Catherine. The divorce with Anna Shilova was not yet formalized at that time and the artist could not register a marriage with Volchenkova. However, Katya Shilov designed as his legitimate daughter. The girl grew up and did not need anything.
Three years later, the family began to cool down,the artist and the violinist have lost their mutual feeling. There was a separation, which ended with the division of property. Yulia Volchenkova was the officially recognized wife of Alexander Shilov, and therefore litigation began on the division of property. The case was considered immediately in two courts. One judge dealt with the housing problem, the second considered general provisions, without which no divorce process can do.
Nowadays
Today, Alexander Shilov, whose personal life has finally become calm and stable, gives up all his time to work, writes new pictures and engages in public activities.
