The Russian Ark Gallery

Standing for Love and Peace 🕊️

The title of ’s sculpture 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴 encapsulates the very concept of the work. The parent is leaning towards the children in an attempt to support them. Figures are shown holistically, the chosen means of expression are laconic, the volumes are clearly defined.

Even though the composition is captured in motion, the movement is calm, not overly expressive, devoid of nervous dynamism. This craving for simplified forms and geometrization of figures evident in Ilya Samarin’s work is reminiscent of the expressive means employed by the Avant-garde sculptors.

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𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗮 𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻, 𝗖𝗮𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗴, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴
Original fireclay sculpture
Height: 24 cm (9.4 inches)
© Ilya Samarin

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This artwork is part of the Capsule Collection 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀


tridimensional

Gestural yet convincing 🗝️

's style is known for its breathtakingly free paint application that dynamically sculpts the form. The artist welcomes a certain degree of abstraction in his art and loves resolving his paintings with minimal means:

"I feel that with a higher degree of certainty come less opportunities, less possibilities for the artwork to evolve. Once the form is defined, it seems to freeze in time.

In 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼, I was interested in capturing the character and the likeliness of the sitter with minimal means. A black hat, dark hair, expressive eyebrows, beard and mustache – all these create a sort of decorative ornament that was enough to achieve my goal.” —Yuriy comments.

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𝗬𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗜𝗻𝗴𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗼𝘂𝘀 𝗛𝗶𝗱𝗮𝗹𝗴𝗼, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 51 × 44.5 cm (20.1 × 17.5 inches)
© Yuriy Ushakov

This artwork is part of 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 by The Russian Ark, running until 24 February 2022
💻 www.russian-ark.com/abstract-energies

Some artists are unstoppable and Nikol Klampert is one of them!

There is nothing he can't do - plein air paintings, murals, street art, theatre stage designs, quick and accurate iPad sketches and even church design!

When we asked the artist where he was getting all this energy, he said:

📌 "I haven't worked a single day in my life, because I just do what I love. These activities do not expend my energy but rather generate more of it!"

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𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗚𝗶𝗹𝗯𝗼𝗮 𝗠𝗼𝘂𝗻𝘁𝗮𝗶𝗻𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟳
Acrylic on canvas, 92.5 × 67.5 cm (36.4 × 26.6 inches)
© Nikol Klampert

This artwork is part of Capsule Collection "Abstract Energies":
https://www.russian-ark.com/abstract-energies
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"Painting from nature is not copying the object; it is realizing one's sensations". — Paul Cezanne

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𝗜𝗻 𝗠𝗼𝗼𝗱 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗝𝗮𝗽𝗮𝗻. 𝗭𝗵𝗲𝗻𝘆𝗮, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 140 × 85 cm (55.1 × 33.5 inches)
© Илья Зорькин

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Is abstract art completely disconnected from reality?

We are opening 𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 with the two landscapes by and the introductory remarks from the exhibition curator, Natali Begesh:

" We invite you to consider this Capsule Collection as a small study, a reflection on the boundaries between realism and abstraction. Together, we will look at a number of contemporary artworks in the context of the art history of the 20th century.

The artworks in Abstract Energies will be attributed to various art movements – from impressionism to contemporary art – based on formal elements and means of expression prevalent in each artwork. Together we will see whether the avant-garde / abstract tradition offers more freedom to the academically-trained artists.

There are many examples where the connection between the figuration and abstraction is absolute and continuous, as well as those where these two paradigms collide, juxtapose and complement each other."

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𝗔𝗯𝘀𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗰𝘁 𝗘𝗻𝗲𝗿𝗴𝗶𝗲𝘀 by The Russian Ark
Curated by Natali Begesh
February 4 - 24, 2022
💻 www.russian-ark.com/abstract-energies

[NEW WORK RELEASE]

𝗩𝗮𝗿𝘃𝗮𝗿𝗮 𝗩𝘆𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗼𝘃𝗮, 𝗙𝗿𝘂𝗶𝘁 𝗩𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗻 𝗮 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗖𝗵𝗮𝗶𝗿, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 111 × 62 cm (43.7 × 24.4 inches)
© Varvara Vyborova

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It's wonderful to see that high-quality portraiture is always in demand. This week, we are shipping these beautiful artworks by and by to the collectors in United States and France accordingly.

A Breath of Fresh Air 🌬️

Varvara Vyborova's style is characterized by spontaneous heavily impastoed brushstrokes, reminiscent of late Claude Monet and Post-Impressionist artists. The resulting original texture is employed in the service of light and colour creating a real bounty of sensory splendour.

"My pictorial language is like a woven carpet, an allegory of how time goes by". —Varvara explains.

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Enjoy these three latest artworks by . They are all available via The Russian Ark: www.russian-ark.com/gallery?Collection=VARVARA+VYBOROVA

2022 works by our resident artists are starting to come in, including this absolute bomb by Samir Rakhmanov.

Fire and ice, decorativeness and spirituality, masterful economy of means and maximum impact - it's all there.

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𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗶𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝘂𝗱𝗶𝗼, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟮
Oil on canvas, 50 × 50 cm (19.7 × 19.7 inches)
© Samir Rakhmanov

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: “Pale objects actually contain maximum colour variation. You just have to look very carefully. Light is multicoloured, so when it touches white objects its spectral qualities are revealed”.

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𝗬𝗮𝗿𝗼𝘀𝗹𝗮𝘃𝗮 𝗧𝗶𝗰𝗵𝘀𝗵𝗲𝗻𝗸𝗼, 𝗪𝗵𝗶𝘁𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗹𝗹 𝗟𝗶𝗳𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵
Oil on plywood, 44 × 40 cm (17.3 × 15.7 inches)
© Yaroslava Tichshenko

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The Russian Ark is pleased to present a new body of works by an internationally acclaimed artist . Each of her delicate creations carries a mark of a true master.

Explore Ksenia's lyrical universe: www.russian-ark.com/gallery?Collection=KSENYA+ISTOMINA

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"I completed this oil study on Mardakan Beach Baku, on the shores of the Caspian Sea. The motif of water and Azerbaijani beaches is close to me. It always evokes childhood memories." - Samir Rakhmanov

Executed with extraordinary painterly fluency and spontaneity, this beach scene immediately invokes the atmosphere of a nonchalant day spent on a beach. Short staccato brushstrokes used to render the figures and the seafoam alternate with the longer and broader strokes defining the water and the sand.

The high horizon line, the glare of the light and the brilliant reflections of tanned bodies in the water evoke ’s famous beach scenes and remind us of his words: “Every time I am more enamoured of nature, so much so that between the sea and the splendid sun I think my happiest days are those on the beach”.
Freshest and iconic, this small beach scene is one of the finest examples of Samir’s maturing style.

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𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃, 𝗢𝗻 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗕𝗲𝗮𝗰𝗵, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵
Oil on plywood, 40 × 50 cm (15.7 × 19.7 inches)
© Samir Rakhmanov

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Time to crate this beauty before a long flight to ! We can't thank our US collectors enough for their generous support and interest in the art we represent!!!

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𝗡𝗶𝗸𝗼𝗹 𝗞𝗹𝗮𝗺𝗽𝗲𝗿𝘁, 𝗡𝗶𝗻𝗮'𝘀 𝗦𝘂𝗺𝗺𝗲𝗿 𝗛𝗼𝘂𝘀𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟱 🔴
Oil on canvas, 85 × 60 cm (33.5 × 23.6 inches)
© Nikol Klampert

See other artworks by Nikol: https://www.russian-ark.com/gallery?Collection=NIKOL+KLAMPERT

Congratulations to our UK collector for having chosen this piece of timeless beauty by Samir Rakhmanov!

If you are keen to add this artist to your collection, have a look at all the available artworks: https://www.russian-ark.com/gallery?Collection=SAMIR+RAKHMANOV

: "Drawing it at night, under artificial lighting, I set myself a challenge of compositionally linking the hand with the head, while harmonizing and generalizing everything. The goal was for the two elements not to interfere with each other while preserving the dominance of the portrait."

𝗦𝗮𝗺𝗶𝗿 𝗥𝗮𝗸𝗵𝗺𝗮𝗻𝗼𝘃, 𝗦𝗲𝗹𝗳-𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟬 🔴
Pastel on paper, 50 × 45 cm (19.7 × 17.7 inches)
© Samir Rakhmanov

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Artwork © Samir Rakhmanov

[ARTWORK IN FOCUS]

What attracted curators in this work by is its bright decorative arrangement of flattened planes of colour reminiscent of the Japanese engravings.

If you look at the painting long enough you realize that the space surrounding the n**e female figures is more than a simple background, it is integral to the success of the composition.

The rich chromatic contrasts and the bursts of pure pigment do not upset the compositional harmony of the artwork. The artists succeeded in finding a balance between the figures and the background, between the spatial depth and the flat planes. All the elements are unified and coordinated by the harmony of colour relationships.

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𝗬𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, 𝗡𝘂𝗱𝗲 𝗔𝗳𝘁𝗲𝗿 𝗠𝗮𝘁𝗶𝘀𝘀𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴
Oil on canvas, 150 × 190 cm (59.1 × 74.8 inches)
© Yuriy Ushakov

To reserve this artwork: www.russian-ark.com/product-page/n**es-after-matisse-by-yuriy-ushakov

On behalf of The Russian Ark, we are wishing a very Happy Birthday to our resident artist !!!

Being as talented, hard-working and professional as you are, we are certain that your career will go from strength to strength and we will do everything to assist that.

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An excellent portraitist, Andrew Piankovski successfully connects the modern figurative trends with the tradition of the Italian Renaissance, pre-Raphaelites as well as French and Russian painters from the 19-20th centuries.

His paintings stand out for their psychological intensity, unusual croppings, dynamic and almost cinematographic compositions.

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Follow the link below to learn more about Andrew and his practice.
www.russian-ark.com/andrew-piankovski

All of Andrew's paintings on our website are ready for complimentary shipping with DHL Express with custom framing available upon demand 💫





Photo by Madina Murtazina for The Russian Ark / Artwork Copyright © Andrew Piankovski. All rights reserved.

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Elongated brushstrokes of ivory white and luminous emerald fuse effortlessly in Valeria Privalikhina’s painting to convey the essence of these noble flowers. Atmospheric and nonchalant, the painting bears an unmistakable touch of fin-de-siècle aesthetics.

“I painted these lilies from life on a momentary impulse, unable to resist their beauty and enticing aroma.” —Valeriia Privalikhina

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𝗩𝗮𝗹𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗮 𝗣𝗿𝗶𝘃𝗮𝗹𝗶𝗸𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗟𝗶𝗹𝗶𝗲𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵
Oil on canvas, 50 × 30 cm (19.7 × 11.8 inches)
© Valeria Privalikhina

To reserve this artwork: www.russian-ark.com/product-page/white-lilies-by-valeria-privalikhina

We are so thrilled that for once, our paintings are not leaving Russia. This delicate work has found its home with an appreciative local collector in St.Petersburg! 🥂

Congratulations to the collector and the artist !

𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝗶, 𝗖𝘂𝗿𝗹𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭 🔴
Oil on hardboard, 55 × 36 cm (21.6 × 14.2 inches)
© Andrew Piankovski

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[NEW ARTWORKS RELEASE]

We are pleased to release these five stunning St.Petersburg landscapes by another Imperial Art Academy graduate, Ivan Typeiko.

Fresh, unassuming and affordable, they are guaranteed to please you or your loved ones.

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"We received the painting last week and it is even better than the photos! I am thrilled to have the painting in our home. Thank you for all of your help."

— Matthew H., MI, United States

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𝗜𝗹𝘆𝗮 𝗭𝗼𝗿𝗸𝗶𝗻, 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝗶𝘀. 𝗣𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲 𝗗𝗮𝘂𝗽𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟴 🔴
Oil on canvas, 50 × 45 cm (19.7 × 17.7 inches)
© Ilya Zorkin

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[NEW YEAR, NEW BEGINNINGS]

We are proud to announce that today we have started auctioning our rarest artworks on 1stDibs:

💥The first auction lot is "Seine. Paris" by ILYA ZORKIN from 2018
💥The bidding is closing on 9 January 2022
💥Starting bid $1,170. Click below to participate:

https://www.1stdibs.com/art/paintings/figurative-paintings/ilya-zorkin-seine-paris-21st-century-contemporary-impressionism-landscape-oil-painting/id-a_9432112/

"Choice" by is an eloquent painting portraying a woman at a turning point in her life.

It can both be seen as a depiction of momentary emotional distress or as a symbol of the eternal existentialist dilemma described by : ✒️ "I can always choose, but I ought to know that if I do not choose, I am still choosing.”

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𝗔𝗻𝗱𝗿𝗲𝘄 𝗣𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗸𝗼𝘃𝘀𝗸𝗶, 𝗖𝗵𝗼𝗶𝗰𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Acrylic and charcoal on hardboard, 42 × 45.5 cm (16.5 × 17.9 inches)
© Andrew Piankovski

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http://www.russian-ark.com/.../choice-by-andrew-piankovski

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[NEW WORK RELEASE]

𝗘𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮, 𝗕𝗮𝗯𝘆 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 45 × 30 cm (18.7 × 11.8 inches)
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𝗘𝗸𝗮𝘁𝗲𝗿𝗶𝗻𝗮 𝗕𝗿𝘆𝗹𝗲𝘃𝗮, 𝗕𝗼𝗼𝗸 𝗧𝗶𝗺𝗲, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 40 × 55 cm (15.8 × 21.7 inches)
www.russian-ark.com/.../book-time-by-ekaterina...

© Ekaterina Bryleva
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Samir Rakhmanov's paintings exude such a light and effortless aura that it's easy to forget that they come as a result of an intense emotional and intellectual work:

"Most of the time I spend many hours, days, and even months working on one picture. Each work is a painful battle. I experience a mix of different emotions during my process. And overcoming the struggle is thrilling and inspiring."—Samir Rakhmanov

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Samir Rakhmanov

Inspired by 🖤

“When I started working on this painting, it was the very first time I got interested in black paint and its possibilities. At that time, I was obsessed with El Greco and his work, "A Boy Blowing on an Ember to Light a Candle", with its mystical light and composition.”— shares about this work.

Apart from El Greco, this painting was inspired by the artist’s muse Sonya who is a talented doll-maker and a puppeteer. It has a unique painterly quality, reminiscent of a soft pastel drawing executed on black paper. Eloquently laconic, there is something raw and uncensored in the model’s gaze directed toward the viewer.

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𝗬𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗦𝗼𝗻𝘆𝗮 𝗪𝗶𝘁𝗵 𝗮 𝗗𝗼𝗹𝗹, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵 🔴
Oil on canvas, 100 × 45.5 cm (39.4 × 17.9 inches)
© Yuriy Ushakov

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[NEW WORK RELEASE]

𝗞𝘀𝗲𝗻𝗶𝗮 𝗜𝘀𝘁𝗼𝗺𝗶𝗻𝗮, 𝗗𝗮𝗳𝗳𝗼𝗱𝗶𝗹𝘀, 𝟮𝟬𝟮𝟭
Oil on canvas, 30 × 30 cm (11.8 × 11.8 inches)
© Ksenia Istomina

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[ARTWORK IN FOCUS]

𝗬𝘂𝗿𝗶𝘆 𝗨𝘀𝗵𝗮𝗸𝗼𝘃, 𝗣𝗼𝗿𝘁𝗿𝗮𝗶𝘁 𝗼𝗳 𝗩𝗶𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿, 𝟮𝟬𝟭𝟵
Oil on canvas, 105 × 80 cm (41.3 × 31.5 inches)
© Yuriy Ushakov

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Academically-trained artists often look for neutral and timeless subjects similar to those they see in museums. As a result, they rarely depict symbols of modernity in their work – tattoos, smartphones, rollerblades, or bicycles. It is quite challenging to tastefully include these into the composition, making inclusion all the more valuable in this successful scene.

With assured and fluid brushwork, Yuriy Ushakov’s handling is broad and free, revealing the remarkable skill and amazing eye of an accomplished artist. As with many of Yuriy’s works, one can observe traces of the initial drawing and the underpainting layer which he often leaves untouched to create the feeling of freshness and immediacy.

See other portraits by Yuriy: https://www.russian-ark.com/gallery?Collection=YURIY+USHAKOV&Genre=Portrait


Юрий Ушаков