Ignatiev Alexander - artist of Russia and Kyrgyzstan

Ignatiev Alexander - an artist, a Soviet painter. Master of genre paintings, wonderful landscapes, beautiful portraits. His work, as a rule, is devoted to nature, as well as to the people of Kyrgyzstan.

Ignatiev Alexander: biography, information about the artist

He was born on March 28 in 1906 in Valuyki, Belgorod region, at that time - the Voronezh province. From an early age, the boy showed a love of creativity and interest in art. The future artist began his activity with the image of agitation posters in the local theater. In 1924 he graduated from school in Valuiki. Then he entered the Voronezh Art and Industrial College, which he graduated in 1930. In the technical school among his peers, classmates Ignatiev was considered the most talented student. After graduation, he was assigned to Frunze (now Bishkek), where he worked from 1930 to 1933. Teacher of the Central Pedagogical College. Since 1934, Ignatiev was the director of the Republican Museum of Fine Arts. And in 1946-1948. And 1953-1966. He taught at the art school. He always took an active part in exhibitions of republican, all-Union and international significance. The artist represented his individual exhibitions in Frunze (Kirghizia) from 1945 to 1986.

Prizes and titles of the artist Ignatiev

In 1966, the master received the honorary title of People's Artist of the Kirghiz SSR. Thanks to the scrupulous and conscientious work devoted to the construction of the Toktogul hydroelectric power station, in 1975 Ignatiev was awarded the Prize. Toktogul.

Ignatiev Alexander was one of the organizers of the Kyrgyz Union of Artists and initiated the idea of creating a museum of fine arts in Valuiki.

Almost all his conscious life, the artist lived in Frunze, but never forgot his hometown of Valuiki. Throughout his life Ignatiev cherished the dream of developing an art museum in his homeland. Acting as the initiator in 1964, he achieved the opening of the Museum of Fine Arts in the territory of the secondary school in Valuiki. The artist gave the museum some works from his collection, paintings by famous artists from Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and the republics of the USSR, as well as about 20 amazing sculptural images. On the 400th anniversary of the beloved city of Valuiki, Alexander presented the museum with art paintings devoted to historical topics.

Artist is remembered and loved at home

The artist Ignatiev Alexander died in March 1999. In 2011, in his homeland, in the town of Valuiki, near the museum, a monument was erected to his master countryman. During his work, the artist wrote more than 100 paintings, which are placed in the museums of Kyrgyzstan, Russia, Ukraine, Uzbekistan. A large number of paintings and graphic works of the artist are in permanent exhibitions of 13 museums of the former USSR.

In the homeland of the master the museum staff periodically hold themed events and museum evenings, which are dedicated to its founder and creator - Ignatiev Alexander. And many years after the death of the artist his works will be remembered, admired by the talent and contribution to the spiritual development of the younger generation.