The State
Russian Museum Private
centennial anniversary exhibition of
Michail Nikolaevich Skulyari (1905-1985) Painting,
graphic.
Actually, this exhibition is the first opening of the new
talented Soviet
artist Michail Nikolaevich Skulyari, who was known until now only
by professionals.
M.N. Skulyari graduated with a degree in monumental
painting, but
officially he worked as a construction engineer to earn his living.
During his
life he never gave up painting and graphic.
Only 20 years later after his death his first personal
exhibition took place in
one of the main state museums of Russia.
Michail
Nikolaevich Skulyari was born on June 26, 1905 in Simferopol to the family of a
mining engineer. His grandfather on his mother’s side being a general,
Baron
von Ekk, Skulyari received top-quality home education.
His family’s
aristocratic culture and traditions had certainly influenced the
artist’s
manner. He was also influenced by the opportunity to join the Russian
avant-garde
movement.
In
1926 Skulyari entered the Faculty of Monumental Painting of the
Leningrad
VkHUTEIN, where he studied under K.S. Petrov - Vodkin,
At the
moment the war started, he was sent to Kusbass industrial complex, as a
construction engineer in making diesel engines . This fact also shows
how gifted
he was.
In
1948 M.N. Skulyari became a member of LOSKh (Leningrad Branch of the
Union of
Artists) as a graphic artist.
As a
professional artist, Skulyari started working in a lithograph
experimental
workshop in 1946. He was very lucky to be able to work side by side
with such famous
Leningrad graphic artists as A.S. Vedernikov, G.S. Vereisky,
V.A.Vlasov, Y.A.
Vasnetsov, B.N. Yermolayev, V.I. Kudrov, A.L. Kaplan and A.N. Yakobson.
However, first of all it was a spiritual and creative
unit of bright personalities, professionals, masters of form and colour.
The
artist’s heritage is not limited to colour lithograph. He tried himself
in
etching, tempera, watercolours and ceramics. Each Skulyari’s work reveals his individual manner, his erudition, slight emotionality and the culture of colour. |