GLAZUNOV GALLERY
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On the night of July 8-9, 2017, Ilya Glazunov, one of the giants of contemporary Russian painting, who was controversial, sometimes admired, sometimes criticized, but who left no one indifferent. Originally from Leningrad, the artist was evacuated at the age of 12 by the famous "road of life" on Lake Ladoga: an experience that left its mark on him. He then pursued a career as an artist within the Soviet machine which was marked by great success and a plebiscite of his simple style, anchored between Soviet realism and romantic art. Over the years, his paintings became monumental frescoes, portraits of leaders, international stars and his many lovers as well as his wife (who tragically died by defenestration, never recognized as a suicide linked to his escapades) before turning to religious art and themes related to Russian history. Convinced that a people cannot live without its roots, Glazunov cultivated a nationalist fibre in his some 3,000 works in the run-up to the fall of the USSR. After the formation of the Russian Federation, it was only natural that the artist became the darling of a large public of personalities, first and foremost Vladimir Putin, who had very close ties with the painter. This is why today there is this gallery just opposite the Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts which exhibits on four floors nearly 500 paintings that the master donated to the City of Moscow.
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