Konstantin Alexejewitsch Wassiljew

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Konstantin Wassiljew, 1961

Konstantin Vasilyev (Russian Константин Алексеевич Васильев, mostly Konstantin Vasiliev, * 3. September 1942 in Maikop , Adygeijisches Autonomous Region , USSR ; † 29. October 1976 in Vasilyevo , Tatar ASSR ) was a Soviet painter whose works particularly to the Slavic Relate mythology .

Life

Vasilyev's father Alexej Alexejewitsch worked as chief engineer in Maikop during the Great Patriotic War , but joined a partisan movement that had emerged in the Krasnodar region . The mother, Klawdija Parmenovna (nee Schischkina), a distant relative of the important painter Ivan Schischkins , stayed behind with her young son for a long period of time and lived under the siege of the German Wehrmacht . Konstantin's sister Valentina was born in 1946, followed by Lyudmila in 1950. In 1949 Konstantin Wassiljew and his family were sent to the Tatar ASSR to work in a factory near the capital Kazan . The painter spent his childhood in the village of Vasilyevo, on the banks of the Volga .

His passion for painting developed early on, which the family really appreciated. After graduating from school, Wassiljew enrolled at the Moscow Art School, a boarding school of the State Institute of VI Surikov in Moscow. His talent and interest in the works of WM Wasnezow quickly made itself felt among the teachers. However, he failed the exams. In 1957 his father became seriously ill. The painter enrolled at the Kazan Art School that same year. This school should have been true to the old tradition of art. As early as the beginning of the 20th century, artists such as Nikolai Ivanovich Feschin (1881–1955), a well-known painter and former student of Ilya Yefimowitsch Repin , took their courses here. Konstantin Wassiljew became one of Feschin's students.

After graduation, Vasiliev worked as a teacher of painting, but also worked as a decorator.

Konstantin Wassiljew is said to have been hit by a train at the Atlaschkino station on October 29, 1976 after being beaten up by a gang of strangers. His family has doubts about the credibility of this theory.

The burial took place in Wassiljewo.

His works include paintings, drawings, sketches and even wall paintings, for example in churches in Omsk. In total he left behind more than 400 paintings and drawings. His works also attracted attention beyond the Soviet Union. So there were exhibitions in Bulgaria, Yugoslavia and Spain.