The
Exhibition Center of the Union of Artists,
St. Petersburg, Russia
represents
the artist Mishchenko and his works
from July19 until August, 21, 2005
A personal exibition
of 80year old artist Mishchenko took place at the Arts Center of the Union in St. Petersburg.
Mr. Mishchenko was
born 1920 in the district of Voronej.
In 1942 he graduated
from the highest
naval school and became a member of the Russian
Artists Union in 1976. He is a frequent participant of
many city shows and international exibitions as well. One could call
Mishchenko an "author" of lyrical
landscapes and
psychological portraits of these difficulty times..
The themes that are closest
to his heart are
the landscapes of the north and south of his country, especially
Leningrad (St.Petersburg)
views,and
certainly the sea elements, which are so close to a sailor’s life. He
definetely paid
attention to
all the four seasons. The war is a special topic of his work. During
that time
Mishchenko
was in the army, at sea and received a lot of medals for his excellent military service. The humdrum days of
the war, the hard work and images of women,
sharing the awful burden of those times, personifying
beauty and hope - everything can be found in these
paintings.
Mishchenko’s work is
trustworthy in the historical and from the
artistic
aspect. The characters of his portraits are his comrades
of his military years - colleagues and naval
officers . Their temper and personalities can be
felt throughout the author’s works.
It is difficult to
classify his works by periods- art
works from the60's until today are equal and recognizable.
His works are placed at
the Naval Museum St. Petersburg as well as in the museums of
Petrozavodsk,
Ordzhonikidze and
is also displayed in private collections throughout the USA, England,
Holland, Canada and other
contries.
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