* TITLE: "Daughter's portrait"* ARTISTS: Laktionov Alexander Ivanovich* SIZE: 50x65 cm/'19.68x25.59 inches'* MEDIUM: oil, canvas* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this productAbout the artist: Famous Soviet painter, graphic artist. Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the first degree (1948). Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1958). People's Artist of the RSFSR (1969). Significant master of portrait and genre painting. A convinced realist, in drawing and painting he adhered to a conservative academic manner. Alexander Ivanovich Laktionov was born in Rostov-on-Don. The father of the future artist worked as a blacksmith at a factory, he painted well. He instilled in his son a love for the fine arts. Laktionov received his primary art education in his hometown. In 1926, he entered the Rostov Art School, where he studied for three years under the guidance of the founder of the educational institution, artist-teacher A. S. Chinenov. Here the formation of the realistic direction of the future master's work began. Continues his studies at the All-Russian Academy of Arts in Leningrad (1932–38). A noticeable influence on the young artist during his studies was exerted by the director of the Academy, professor of painting I.I.Brodsky, a student of I.E.Repin, one of the main representatives of realistic traditions in Soviet fine arts. After completing the academic course, Laktionov completed his postgraduate studies at an educational institution (1938–1944), where he was headed by IE Grabar. During this period, Alexander Ivanovich devoted a lot of time to studying the work of artists of past years, studied the technique of their writing, trying to find his own painting style. The manifestation of such searches was reflected, for example, in the Self-portrait of 1945, which bears the imprint of the traditions of the old Spanish masters. A. Laktionov's work began to attract the attention of specialists and spectators at the turn of the 1930s-1940s. The artist, who began his career in art as a portraitist, at this time creates a number of memorable works, which, first of all, include the painting "Cadets Publishing a Wall Newspaper" (1938), a portrait of I. Brodsky (1939) and a series of graphic portraits of the Moscow Art Theater artists ( 1940). During the Great Patriotic War, Laktionov was evacuated to Samarkand, where the students of the Repin Institute of Fine Arts moved to. The artist drew a lot, was engaged in painting, painted the picture "Speech of Comrade Stalin on November 7, 1941" (1942). In the postwar period, most Soviet artists turned to genre painting. Such masters as F.P. Reshetnikov, S.A.Grigoriev and others are widely known in this direction. Alexander Ivanovich also tries his hand at the genre and achieves significant success. His painting "Letter from the Front" (1947) made a strong impression on the public and brought the author wide fame. A year later, the artist was awarded the State Prize of the first degree for this painting. "Letter from the Front" - one of the most famous post-war genre paintings was painted by the artist in Zagorsk (Sergiev-Posad) near Moscow, where in early 1944 Laktionov and his family came from evacuation. Alexander Ivanovich recalled: “I lived with my big family in the Trinity-Sergius Lavra. There, in the wall of the Kremlin, there was once a loophole for a cannon, and later a large cell was built. " Having concluded an agreement in the spring of 1945 for his first postgraduate painting, the artist was going to give it the name "Meeting". I considered several compositional options, but everything was decided by chance. Once, while walking, he met a soldier with a bandaged hand, leaning on a stick when walking. He was looking for the right address to send the letter. We started talking. Laktionov helped to find the right house and became an unwitting witness to the scene of receiving the long-awaited news from the front. So the idea of ​​the future picture was finally determined. Laktionov worked on the painting for two years and finished it in 1947. As a model for a letter-carrier soldier, he attracted the artist V.I.Nifontov. According to the recollections of the author of the canvas, a paratrooper who recently returned from the front, as expected, in an army uniform, with all his gallant appearance asked for the canvas. Only the hand had to be tied with a bandage and lightly rest on a homemade crutch. The woman with the envelope is the sister of A.I. Laktionov's mother, Evdokia Nikiforovna. The boy reading the letter is the artist's seven-year-old son Seryozha, and the girl with braids is his daughter Svetlana. Finally, the neighbor became a girl in a blouse, with a red armband of an air defense officer on duty. Her whole figure is bathed in the sun, and her smile adds warmth and light, fills the picture with optimism and joy. In 1948, the painting was shown at the All-Union Art Exhibition at the State Tretyakov Gallery, where it had significant success with the audience. After the exhibition, the canvas was acquired by the State Tretyakov Gallery. Subsequently, for various museums A. I. Laktionov made more than one author's repetition of this famous work. This painting by Alexander Laktionov became widely known and loved by the audience, participated in numerous exhibitions, and was repeatedly reproduced in print. It was included in school textbooks, placed on the pages of calendars, on the centerfolds of the magazines "Krestyanka", "Ogonyok", "Rabotnitsa", and printed on separate sheets in large numbers. Reproduction of the painting "Letter Please read our policy carefully: 1. All sales are final, no return at any reason. 2. We do not have additional images, all images listed here and all bidders see the same. 3. No PayPal and Credit Card accepted. 4. We arrange in-house packing and delivery. Shipping cost is listed. No bargin or discount for it. 5. We do not provide in-site pickup and third party shipper delivery. If you do not like our policy, please simply do not bid with us. Thank you.