ArtistMaksimov, Konstantin Mefodevich

Artist Years1913-1993

Artist NationalityRussian

TitleEseninskii Evening

Yearca. 1970

MediumPainting > Oil

Dimensions23 X 34 inches

Accession NumberRC1428

Notes Konstantin Maksimov, a prominent socialist realist painter, occupied a unique position in history both as an artist and an influential teacher, who helped to establish and promote Chinese oil painting. Apart from being known in Russia as a master of psychological portraits, Maksimov's oil painting training class had a profound effect on both the art and the careers of his twenty students during the years he spent in China, teaching by request of the Chinese Government. Notes taken during his lectures were serialized to give a more personal view of his instructions.

Today, his works are still widely collected by both Russian and Chinese art connoisseurs. Besides his prolonged stay in China from 1954, he traveled extensively across Europe, collecting impressions of his stays and entrusting them to canvas. His works contribute to all major Russian museums' collections, including the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow and the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, as well as several Chinese state museums.
(source: askART)

Note:
The title refers to the Russian poet Sergei Alexandrovich Yesenin (1895-2925), sometimes spelled as Esenin, was a Russian lyric poet. He is one of the most popular and well-known Russian poets of the 20th century. One of his narratives was "lyrical evocations of and nostalgia for the village life of his childhood – no idyll, presented in all its rawness, with an implied curse on urbanisation and industrialisation".
(source: wikipedia.org)