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Ivan Slavinsky was born in 1968 in Leningrad. How professional artist has been operating for about twenty years. He began to draw in childhood, and acquired further skills as an artist in art school, which is at the Academy of Arts. The artist's talent, presumably, was learned from his father Dmitry Obozenko, who was a famous battle painter in Leningrad.
In 1990, the first exhibition of works by Ivan Slavinsky took place in St. Petersburg in art gallery"Association of Free Artists". Both spectators and critics recognized the artist’s unique talent, after which he immediately became famous in the city on the Neva. Since then, he began to be invited to various galleries in Moscow and abroad.

Then Ivan worked abroad and lived in Paris for seven years. His canvases have become a permanent decoration of private collections in Italy, France, and Holland. In France, the USA, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Holland he is considered one of the best Russian artists.

The starting price of paintings by Ivan Slavinsky is 20 thousand dollars. In his works, many notice at the same time something from Vrubel, Degas and Petrov-Vodkin. Many people are willing to pay a lot of money for such a powerful “mixture”. Some critics speculate about whether it is proper to call an artist a genius during his lifetime.

Ivan himself talks about his artistic history... He started not in the Association of Free Artists, but on the so-called panel. It happened at Katya's kindergarten. The artists themselves sold their works. From early morning they came as if they were going fishing, to take a “fishy” place and hang pictures. And soon it became clear that everyone would be kicked out if you did not become a member of the Association of Free Artists. No one knew what it was then. But Ivan decided to join a partnership so as not to run from the police...

Regarding artistic studies... It didn’t work out for him at the Academy. However, at that time his father, a Leningrad battle painter, taught there. And Ivan learned a lot from him. This was facilitated by large orders of military paintings. The father was always critical of his son's work. Almost never praised. But later I began to trust to add something to my works. At that very moment, Ivan realized that he could write something himself.

Ivan wrote in his father's workshop. He taught him in his own way. He'll come and fix it. He asks if his son understood. He will nod. And at this moment the father erases everything: “Write!”

Ivan Slavinsky came to France in 1993. I only went to look for four days. But these days were not enough. Was then New Year. We had a lot of fun. For the first couple of days, Ivan lay there, thinking in horror that I wouldn’t have time to watch anything. Then everyone got ready to go back. And Ivan met his future friend, a Russian guide, who told him: “Why do you need to walk around Paris with a headache? Let's change the tickets." And he remained in Paris with an expired visa.

The new friend showed all the places that, from his point of view, needed to be seen. But in the end he invited me to live with him so as not to overpay for the hotel. He rented a tiny 2x2 cell with his girlfriend. But there was a view of the Eiffel Tower. There was a tiny window there. But looking at it you immediately realized that you were in Paris.

Ivan was in Paris with his first wife. The four of us in that room were very crowded. The solution was found at a nearby construction site. They built bunks there. This left a lot of memories.

Soon Ivan bought paints, sat down in a corner and began to write something. Then I found a gallery where a Russian girl was selling paintings painted in Russia. It turned out that the girl knew his last name and had seen his work in a gallery on Nevsky. And Ivan wrote her a small collection. Money was made from the first auction. By that time, the initial money had dried up. The couple ate different canned food...

Ivan tried to write in different directions. But, as it turned out, it is very difficult for the French to understand this. If the artist wrote in a different manner, then this, and their presentation, should be at least extended in time. As a result, the pseudonym Marina Ivanova was born. That was his first wife's name. But the gallery did not want to take the work of the mythical author. Ivan said - here is the author, pointing to his wife. These were works of a new direction, and at some stage the paintings of Marina Ivanova slightly eclipsed the works of Ivan Slavinsky. Ivan even envied himself. He said: “Masha, look how famous you have become!” Caustic artists who knew each other gave Ivan the nickname Plum, thereby combining the surnames Slavinsky and Ivanova.

During the year and a half of living in France, no one asked Ivan for a visa. He even managed to buy himself a car and register it without having any documents.

He attributes his success in this to his ability to speak. He was mistaken for a Parisian. Plus, the French are very naive. If Ivan was asked for documents, he would say that the visa had already expired and the documents were now being processed. So I lived for some time with an expired four-day tourist visa.

But a little later they declassified it, at the customs point. A day in the French bullpen. As a result, I had to return to Russia. But I already had an invitation to France in my pocket. Then everything was processed as expected through the consulate.

A number of works by Ivan Slavinsky were bought for Bill Gates. Maybe. Not for Bill himself, but they definitely have them in their Swiss office... Also, the famous Formula 1 racer Schumacher has his work.

Ivan does not make copies of his paintings. I believe that we must always move forward. He doesn’t understand the artists who covered the walls of their houses with their paintings. Ivan had several of his paintings, which he considered brilliant, but he sold them. I just kept them in my mind as pictures to the level of which I should strive. And then, a year later, when he saw them, he thought that they were somehow weak. And if it hung in front of my eyes, it would slow down a lot...

Ivan does not like to give paintings. Not because it's a pity. He just doesn’t like to adapt to the viewer. But if you give it as a gift, then you need the person to experience positive emotions, that is, to write under it...

When asked what else he could do to earn money in life, Ivan replied that he could fix cars and play tennis with his children.

And he could fix cars. It's easy. Well, and probably also teach children to play tennis.

When asked how Ivan looked for models for his paintings, he replied that he initially had an image in his mind, and he needed just such a girl for the portrait. It’s impossible to invite people on the street because they are afraid. As a result, he hires professionals. Selects based on photographs. But in the end, plastic solves everything. There are beautiful ones, but not flexible, not convincing. Some sit down right away so that the picture is ready, while others have to spend hours looking for successful plastic poses. And it is important that a person does not have a complex. Artists have always painted nudes. And I don’t want to spend an hour convincing a model to undress...

Contemporary Russian artists. City in a road loop...Artist Ivan Slavinsky
A city in a traffic loop...
Artist Ivan Slavinsky

I have been delighted with the paintings of Ivan Slavinsky for a long time.
In different periods of his work, Ivan Slavinsky was attributed either to the realists, or to the postmodernists, or to the surrealists. It would seem that such different painting styles cannot be combined, but this is precisely the uniqueness of the artist, whose talent and skill allow him to freely express himself in any way necessary. at the moment genre. Slavinsky’s creative thinking does not fit into the official artistic framework, and by mixing genres like paints on a palette, he creates his own artistic style, a bold quintessence of the achievements of previous generations of painters.
Ivan Efimovich Slavinsky was born on April 26, 1968 in Leningrad. Ivan began drawing at the age of 5; he received professional skills at an art school at the Academy of Arts. He inherited the gift of painting from his father, a famous Leningrad artist Dmitry Oboznenko. His father is Dmitry Oboznenko, a battle painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, and his mother is Galina Patrabolova, an art critic.
Rubens' chiaroscuro and Vermeer's flashes of light, Velazquez's precious fabrics and the spirituality of Kalf's objects, the emotionality of the impressionists and the cultural existence of postmodernists... By combining this, Slavinsky shows new reality, in which we are surprised to recognize such a familiar and so different surrounding us modern world. In the combination of an elusive plot and plastic mysteries, is born artistic direction, fully consistent with the complex and sometimes confusing inner ego modern man, where contradictions, intelligence and the need for beauty reign on equal terms.
The first exhibition of Ivan Slavinsky in St. Petersburg took place in the gallery “Association of Free Artists” in 1991. Spectators and critics unconditionally recognized the painter's unique talent, and he immediately became famous in St. Petersburg. Invitations also appeared to Moscow galleries.
In 1993, he left for France, where he lived and worked for 10 years under contracts with European galleries. During this time, his personal exhibitions took place in France, Ireland, Sweden, and Luxembourg.
His paintings became an adornment of private collections in France, Italy and Holland. In France, Great Britain, the USA, Germany, Italy, and Holland he is considered one of the best Russian artists. Ivan Slavinsky’s professional activity spans more than eighteen years.
In 2003, Ivan returned to Russia and opened his own art gallery in St. Petersburg. He is a member of the Union of Artists of Russia. He permanently lives in St. Petersburg with his family and three children. Fantastic realism is the genre in which Ivan Slavinsky works. Distinctive features are metamorphoses and complex allegories artistic compositions, rich palette of colors.

I found an interesting artist online a few years ago. At first glance it reminded me very much of the painting style of the artist Vrubel. After looking at a few more paintings, I suddenly remembered the artist Degas... Yesterday I saw his work again online. Looked through. The feeling from the work is not very inspiring (not mine), but I really liked the technique of execution and the original manner. Great talent. Plus, I liked some aspects of his biography.

Slavinsky was born in 1968 in Leningrad. He has been working as a professional artist for about twenty years. He began to draw in childhood, and acquired further artistic skills at an art school at the Academy of Arts. The artist's talent, presumably, was learned from his father Dmitry Obozenko, who was a famous battle painter in Leningrad.

In 1990, the first exhibition of works by Ivan Slavinsky was held in St. Petersburg at the art gallery “Association of Free Artists”. Both spectators and critics recognized the artist’s unique talent, after which he immediately became famous in the city on the Neva. Since then, he began to be invited to various galleries in Moscow and abroad.

Biography of Ivan Slavinsky

Ivan himself talks about his artistic history... He started not in the Association of Free Artists, but on the so-called panel. It happened at Katka's kindergarten. The artists themselves sold their works. From early morning they came as if they were going fishing, to take a “fishy” place and hang pictures. And soon it became clear that everyone would be kicked out if you did not become a member of the Association of Free Artists. No one knew what it was then. But Ivan decided to join a partnership so as not to run from the police...

Ivan wrote in his father's workshop. He taught him in his own way. He'll come and fix it. He asks if his son understood. He will nod. And at this moment the father erases everything: “Write!”

Ivan Slavinsky came to France in 1993. I only went to look for four days. But these days were not enough. It was New Year then. We had a lot of fun. For the first couple of days, Ivan lay there, thinking in horror that I wouldn’t have time to watch anything. Then everyone got ready to go back. And Ivan met his future friend, a Russian guide, who told him: “Why do you need to walk around Paris with a headache? Let's change the tickets." And he remained in Paris with an expired visa. The new friend showed all the places that, from his point of view, needed to be seen. And in the end he invited me to live with him so as not to overpay for the hotel. He rented a tiny 2x2 cell with his girlfriend. But there was a view of the Eiffel Tower. There was a tiny window there. But looking at it you immediately realized that you were in Paris.

Ivan was in Paris with his first wife. The four of us in that room were very crowded. The solution was found at a nearby construction site. They built bunks there. This left a lot of memories.

Ivan tried to write in different directions. But, as it turned out, it is very difficult for the French to understand this. If the artist wrote in a different manner, then this, and their presentation, should be at least extended in time. As a result, the pseudonym Marina Ivanova was born. That was his first wife's name. But the gallery did not want to take the work of the mythical author. Ivan said - here's the author, pointing to his wife. These were works of a new direction, and at some stage Marina Ivanova’s paintings slightly overshadowed the works of Ivan Slavinsky. Ivan even envied himself. He said: “Masha, look how famous you have become!” Caustic artists who knew each other gave Ivan the nickname Plum, thereby combining the surnames Slavinsky and Ivanova.

During the year and a half of living in France, no one asked Ivan for a visa. He even managed to buy himself a car and register it without having any documents.

A number of works by Ivan Slavinsky bought for Bill Gates. Maybe. Not for Bill himself, but they definitely have them in their Swiss office... Also, the famous Formula 1 racer Schumacher has his work.

Ivan does not make copies of his paintings. He believes that one must always move forward. He doesn’t understand the artists who covered the walls of their houses with their paintings. Ivan had several of his paintings, which he considered brilliant, but he sold them. I just kept them in my mind as pictures to the level of which I should strive. And then, a year later, when he saw them, he thought they were kind of weak. And if they were hanging in front of your eyes, they would slow down a lot...

When asked what else he could do to earn money in life, Ivan replied that fixing cars and teaching children to play tennis.

St. Petersburg artist, owner of the SLAVINSKY PROJECT gallery - Ivan Slavinsky, according to critics, is considered one of the most expensive contemporary Russian artists. This review tells the story of how his formation took place, the search for his signature in painting and, of course, the paintings of this wonderful master.

Ivan Slavinsky was born in 1968 in Leningrad. His father, battle painter Dmitry Oboznenko, inherited the artistic gift of a painter to his son. At the age of 5, the boy was already proficient in pencil and paint. First skills in fine arts Ivan received his studies at the art school at the Academy of Arts. The father was very critical of his son's first works. But soon he began to trust Ivan to write small details on the edges of his canvases. And later I realized that my son is very talented and can create himself.

City at sunset.

Night city lights.

During the period of formation of the young artist, he was classified either as a realist, or as a postmodernist, or as a surrealist: it was very difficult, looking at early works Slavinsky, to say that this is the hand of the same master. And only years later, having brought together all these styles and techniques of art onto a canvas, he created his own style, his own unique handwriting.

Winter.

At his first exhibition in 1991, organized in the gallery of the Association of Free Artists, Ivan was recognized by both viewers and art critics. The owner of a unique painting talent immediately became famous and recognizable in the city on the Neva, and later in Moscow.

Still life with a sailboat.

Once, when my wife and I traveled on a 4-day tourist visa to France for new year holidays, stayed there for ten whole years. At first, he and his wife stayed with a friend in a tiny room overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Then they lived on an unfinished construction site, sleeping on bunks made from boards.

Parisian.

The artist gradually began to make a living from painting: he sold his works to a small gallery for sale. As it turned out, the owner of this gallery knew the artist’s work well - she had seen his work on Nevsky. The cooperation was fruitful and brought money. The couple were even able to rent a small apartment. The inspired artist began to write in different styles, which immediately became incomprehensible to the naive French: how is it possible for a painter to simultaneously paint in several techniques. So Ivan’s works were different from each other in manner and style.

Saxophonist.

This is where Russian ingenuity came to the rescue: the painter began to sign some of the works done in a different technique with the name of his wife. This is how the pseudonym “Marina Ivanova” arose. Friends who knew this story gave Ivan the nickname “Plum,” which was a derivative of two surnames: Slavinsky and Ivanova. Some works signed with his wife’s name were more successful, to which Ivan, as if envious, said: “Masha, look how famous you have become!”

Oddly enough, everyone mistook the Russian artist for a Parisian. Thanks to his good French during his illegal residence in France, no one asked Slavinsky for a visa. He even managed, without any documents, to buy himself a car and register it. But he was soon declassified by customs and expelled from the country. But at the same time, he already had an invitation to France in his pocket. And Slavinsky, having passed all the documents through the consulate, returned to Paris legally.

Ancient books and a figurine of a knight.

And for about eight more years he lived in Paris and worked under exclusive contracts with several European galleries. He toured almost all of Europe with personal exhibitions. Exhibitions of his paintings were a great success in Luxembourg, Dublin, Stockholm, Marseille and Paris. All paintings from the Parisian period were successfully sold out.

Santa Maria De La Salute. Venice.

His unique paintings have been added to the private collections of art connoisseurs in Italy, France, Holland, England, and the USA. The initial cost of Ivan Slavinsky’s paintings was from twenty thousand dollars. Buyers were impressed by the “mixture” of techniques taken from Vrubel, Degas and Petrov-Vodkin, and they were willing to pay good money for this.

Still life.

While still living abroad, in 1997 he received membership in the Union of Artists of Russia. And upon returning to his homeland in 2002, he settled in St. Petersburg. In 2007, he opened an art gallery under his own name, which was later renamed “SLAVINSKY ART”. And since 2016, a new gallery of the painter was opened in St. Petersburg - “SLAVINSKY PROJECT”.

Girl with lilies.

The genre of fantastic realism, based on metamorphoses, symbols, allegories, complex compositions, and the use of a rich palette of colors, is reflected in classical still lifes, and in city landscapes, and in the artist’s impressionistic portraits.