Keywords
Irina Varzar, book graphics; easel graphics, art of the Soviet period, State Art Museum of Altai Krai,
How to Cite
Darius E. I. The Great Patriotic War in the fate of the Leningrad artist I.V. Varzar // The Art of Eurasia, 2020. № 3 (18). P. 171–178. URL: https://doi.org/10.46748/ARTEURAS.2020.03.015.
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Abstract
The main purpose of the article is to present the art and biography of the artist Irina Varzar, who worked in the field of book and easel graphics. Her works are well known to Soviet art historians, but a systematic study of the artist's biography and work has not yet been done. This article for the first time lays the foundations for a detailed study of the artistic heritage and biography of I.V. Varzar. The novelty of the work lies in the fact that on the basis of archival sources, an important stage of the artist's life in Barnaul during the great Patriotic war (1941–1945) is restored. There she was evacuated from besieged Leningrad. For the first time, the graphic works of the artist created in Altai are described in detail. The article uses a comprehensive methodological approach — the main art history analysis is expanded through archival research and the method of historical and biographical reconstruction. The main results include the introduction into the scientific and art history of a number of works by Irina Varzar, a systematic presentation of the main stages of the artist's creative biography. For the first time, her works of the period of the Great Patriotic War are analyzed in detail and the main techniques of the artistic method are shown.
Acknowledgments
The article was prepared with the financial support of the RFBR. Grant No. 19-412-220003 r_a “Explication of the artistic cultural potential of the Altai Krai and determination of the mechanisms of its use in regional and international tourist projects.”
The author is grateful to the State Art Museum of Altai Krai for providing photos of artworks from the Museum collection.
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