Vladimir LUBAROV, Russia "Endgame", Jewish Happiness
Similar Sale History
View More Items in Paintings
![Shatalow, Vladimir [Russia/America, 1917-2002] acrylic: Shatalow, Vladimir [Russia/America, 1917-2002] acrylic on canvas painting of a boy in a doorway, signed upper right “B. Mataro 1968-70”??? Site 35 ½ inches high, 42 inches wide.](https://p1.liveauctioneers.com/463/93241/47706214_1_x.jpg?height=310&quality=70&version=1472770252)
Related Paintings
More Items in Paintings
View More
Recommended Art
View More
Item Details
Description
Vladimir Lubarov, "Endgame" (Эндшпиль), from the "Jewish Happiness" series, 1999. Oil on canvas.
MeasurementsDimensions of canvas - 77x67 cmDimensions with frame - 85x75 cmTotal weight - 1.6 kg
Postage and packaging Within UK – £6.48Rest of world – from £16 to £125, please enquire for detailsIf more than one lot is won, postage can be combined on request, please enquire for details
Biography
Vladimir Semyonovitch Lubarov was born in Moscow on September 4, 1944. His paternal grandmother used to run a «traktir» (a pub) in Kharkiv before the revolution, while his grandfather was an inveterate card-player. His parents, modest Soviet white-collar workers, moved to Moscow just before their son's birth and settled down in a communal flat shared by several families. In his childhood, Vova loved to draw battle scenes in which, without fail, the Soviet soldiers defeated the Nazis.1955-1962 At the age of 11, Lubarov took his entry exams for admittance into an art school under the Surikov Institute – the renowned MSKhSh (Moscow Middle School for Artists), from which many famous Russian artists graduated. In those days, the school prepared artists to paint in the Soviet Realism style, but thanks to teachers who had studied art in pre-revolution Russia, Lubarov received a good education, studying art history and becoming familiar with classic art.1962 Worked as a vehicle painter in a car pool garage. 1963-1969 Entered the Moscow Institute of Printing, Faculty of Graphic Design, where the well-known Russian artist Andrei Goncharov was teaching. His choice of vocation stemmed not only from his love for books. Book illustration and design was a small island in the ocean of Soviet culture where party censors would not pry very often, thus allowing him to feel relatively independent. 1969-1990 Illustrated and designed more than 100 books including works by such authors as Erich Raspe, E.T.A.Hoffmann, Voltaire, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Рое, Stanislav Lem, Nikolai Gogol, and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. At the same time (from 1973 to 1984) worked as Chief Designer for the magazine Chemistry & Life. 1988 Along with Arkady Strugatsky and a group of writers established the Text Publishers, Ltd. - the first private publishing house in Russia. 1991 Lubarov suddenly abandoned his position as a prestigious artist from a major metropolis and moved to the village of Peremilovo, on the border between Vladimir and Yaroslavl oblasts, where he attempted to adapt to the rustic lifestyle and take up simple village life. Much to his surprise, Lubarov began painting his fellow villagers, as well as pictures for a Russian series, subsequently entitled "Village of Peremilovo". In the opinion of some art critics, in this series Lubarov continued the tradition of the lubok, a Russian print that was popular some 300 years earlier, creatively rethinking it, adding contemporary content, and lightly tinting it with postmodern irony.1993 Based on several of the works from the Peremilovo series, the British publisher Appletree released the book Russian Proverbs, which for almost 20 years has been reprinted in the USA and Europe.1994The first personal exhibition of rural works by Vladimir Lubarov opened in Brussels. 1995 The «Village of Peremilovo» series by is essentially complete. It portrays the world of the Russian boondocks, where folklore exists side by side with modernity, irony with the grotesque, the fantastic with reality. The series comprises about 300 graphic works and paintings. 1997«Amsterdam» series. 1998 «Town of Tshipok» series. 1998-1999Since 1998, Vladimir Lubarov has been working on his "Jewish Happiness" series, his imaginative look at Russian Jews, whose lives organically fit the reality that characterizes the Russian way of life. In this series, Jewish life is depicted in Lubarov's unique way, informed by the Hassidic proverbs he heard from his grandmother and the powerful works by Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer, he read as an adult. 1996-2004Personal and joint exhibitions in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg.
MeasurementsDimensions of canvas - 77x67 cmDimensions with frame - 85x75 cmTotal weight - 1.6 kg
Postage and packaging Within UK – £6.48Rest of world – from £16 to £125, please enquire for detailsIf more than one lot is won, postage can be combined on request, please enquire for details
Biography
Vladimir Semyonovitch Lubarov was born in Moscow on September 4, 1944. His paternal grandmother used to run a «traktir» (a pub) in Kharkiv before the revolution, while his grandfather was an inveterate card-player. His parents, modest Soviet white-collar workers, moved to Moscow just before their son's birth and settled down in a communal flat shared by several families. In his childhood, Vova loved to draw battle scenes in which, without fail, the Soviet soldiers defeated the Nazis.1955-1962 At the age of 11, Lubarov took his entry exams for admittance into an art school under the Surikov Institute – the renowned MSKhSh (Moscow Middle School for Artists), from which many famous Russian artists graduated. In those days, the school prepared artists to paint in the Soviet Realism style, but thanks to teachers who had studied art in pre-revolution Russia, Lubarov received a good education, studying art history and becoming familiar with classic art.1962 Worked as a vehicle painter in a car pool garage. 1963-1969 Entered the Moscow Institute of Printing, Faculty of Graphic Design, where the well-known Russian artist Andrei Goncharov was teaching. His choice of vocation stemmed not only from his love for books. Book illustration and design was a small island in the ocean of Soviet culture where party censors would not pry very often, thus allowing him to feel relatively independent. 1969-1990 Illustrated and designed more than 100 books including works by such authors as Erich Raspe, E.T.A.Hoffmann, Voltaire, Jules Verne, Edgar Allan Рое, Stanislav Lem, Nikolai Gogol, and Arkady and Boris Strugatsky. At the same time (from 1973 to 1984) worked as Chief Designer for the magazine Chemistry & Life. 1988 Along with Arkady Strugatsky and a group of writers established the Text Publishers, Ltd. - the first private publishing house in Russia. 1991 Lubarov suddenly abandoned his position as a prestigious artist from a major metropolis and moved to the village of Peremilovo, on the border between Vladimir and Yaroslavl oblasts, where he attempted to adapt to the rustic lifestyle and take up simple village life. Much to his surprise, Lubarov began painting his fellow villagers, as well as pictures for a Russian series, subsequently entitled "Village of Peremilovo". In the opinion of some art critics, in this series Lubarov continued the tradition of the lubok, a Russian print that was popular some 300 years earlier, creatively rethinking it, adding contemporary content, and lightly tinting it with postmodern irony.1993 Based on several of the works from the Peremilovo series, the British publisher Appletree released the book Russian Proverbs, which for almost 20 years has been reprinted in the USA and Europe.1994The first personal exhibition of rural works by Vladimir Lubarov opened in Brussels. 1995 The «Village of Peremilovo» series by is essentially complete. It portrays the world of the Russian boondocks, where folklore exists side by side with modernity, irony with the grotesque, the fantastic with reality. The series comprises about 300 graphic works and paintings. 1997«Amsterdam» series. 1998 «Town of Tshipok» series. 1998-1999Since 1998, Vladimir Lubarov has been working on his "Jewish Happiness" series, his imaginative look at Russian Jews, whose lives organically fit the reality that characterizes the Russian way of life. In this series, Jewish life is depicted in Lubarov's unique way, informed by the Hassidic proverbs he heard from his grandmother and the powerful works by Sholem Aleichem and Isaac Bashevis Singer, he read as an adult. 1996-2004Personal and joint exhibitions in Russia, Germany, Switzerland, France, Luxembourg.
Collections
The State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow
The State Russian Museum, Saint-Petersburg
The Plantin-Moretus Moseum, Antwerp, Belgium.
The Frans Masereel Center, Belgium
Mizel Museum of Judaica, Denver, Colorado, USA
The Museum of Rishom le-Zion, Israel
University Art Museum, Albuqurque, New Mexico,USA.
Collection of Lydia Semenova, Moscow
Collection of Slava Polunin, Paris
Collection of Vladimir Zemtsov, Moscow
Collection of Andrey Makarevich, Moscow
Collection of Yakov and Alexander Urinson, Moscow
Collection of Ephim Blakher, Berlin
Collection of Alexander Dobrovynsky, Moscow
Collection of Helmut & Barbara Bock,Zell-Atzenbach, Germany
Collection of Erich Senn, Soloturn, Switzerland
Collection of Pallot Judith, London, UK
Collection of Leonid Parfenov, Moscow
Collection of Vyacheslav Chernish, Moscow
Collection of Cristina Delavre, Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany
Collection of Martina Nibbeling-Wriessnig, Potsdam, Germany
Collection of Renata Kuhnhenne, Cohem, Germany
Collection of Fred and Lorie Berliner, Washington, USA
Condition
Chipped paint, please see last photo
Buyer's Premium
- 0%
Vladimir LUBAROV, Russia "Endgame", Jewish Happiness
Estimate £7,000 - £9,000
11 bidders are watching this item.
Shipping & Pickup Options
Item located in Ely, ukSee Policy for Shipping
Payment
Ely Cathedral Auctions
Royston, United KingdomTOP