A candle of life. Victor Vasnetsov. Skorobogacheva E.

Viktor Vasnetsov-a historical-religious painter, icon painter, schedule, architect, theater artist, collector. Creative versatility, an appeal to the national roots glorified him all over the world as a many -faced “singer” of Ancient Rus'. The circle of his communication was made up of Emperor Nicholas II and Grand Duke Sergey Alexandrovich, Pavel Tretyakov and Savva Mamontov, Pavel Chistyakov and Ilya Repin, Fedor Chaliapin and Mikhail Nesterov. The brightness of talent was combined in it with exceptional modesty. Living in St. Petersburg and Moscow, he remained the same Vyatich, the son of a rural priest, who always preferred official ceremonies and multi -line meetings a family circle and the silence of the workshop.

Many wrote about Viktor Vasnetsov, but no one said about his art better than himself: “I, as an Orthodox and sincerely believing Russian, could not at least a penny candle to the Lord God. Maybe this candle is from rude wax, but it is set from the heart. ”