Artist Alexander Shilov: biography, personal life, creativity

Alexander Shilov is a famous Russian and Soviet artist-painter and portraitist. It is characterized by incredible efficiency, hundreds of paintings have been created, many of which can be classified as "high art". Alexander Shilov represents the older generation of Soviet artists who painted monumental paintings of ideological content. As a rule, these were canvases of a large format, they were exhibited in major exhibition centers and used by party leaders to promote communist values. But we must pay tribute to the artist, he never went down to poster style in his works. Each picture on the theme of socialist construction carried a certain artistic value. People who came to the exhibition, for a long time delayed it is the paintings of Alexander Shilov.

Biography of Alexander Shilov

The artist was born in 1943, on October 6, in an intelligent Moscow family. At the age of fourteen, Sasha entered the visual studio of the Timiryazevsky district of Moscow.

Ability to draw from the young Shilov showed up right away. One day he got acquainted with the artist Alexander Ivanovich Laktionov, who decided to develop a young talent, and since he was a magnificent portraitist, later had a significant influence on the work of his friend.

Education

From 1968 to 1973, Alexander Shilov studied at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute (Moscow State Academic Art Institute). During the student period he constantly painted pictures, which were then exhibited on numerous vernissages and exhibitions devoted to the work of young artists. The paintings of Alexander Shilov even then stood out for their expressiveness.

In 1976, he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR, after which he received a workshop and several orders from the party leadership of the country. A talented painter began to work as a recognized master. And in 1997, in accordance with the order of the Moscow government, in the very center of the capital, near the Kremlin, opened a personal gallery of Alexander Shilov. In the same year the painter became a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of Russia.

Since 1999, Alexander Shilov has been sitting in the Council for Arts and Culture under the President of the Russian Federation. The new duties demanded the artist's full return in terms of participation in the political life of the country, he became less likely to visit his art studio.

In 2012, Alexander Shilov-artist finally went into politics, joined the Public Council under the Federal Security Service of Russia. Then he became one of the trustees of Vladimir Putin. In March 2014, he signed the appeal in support of the president's political position regarding the events taking place in Ukraine.

Awards

• 1977, the Komsomol Prize for a series of works on the theme of cosmonautics. Shilov created paintings that glorified the development of the universe. The artist also painted portraits of all Soviet cosmonauts.
• In 1980, Alexander Shilov received the title of "Honored Artist of the RSFSR", and in 1981 became a People's Artist of Russia.
• The high title of "People's Artist of the USSR" was awarded to the painter in 1985.
• In 1997, the artist was awarded the Order of Merit for the Fatherland of the IV degree for his significant personal contribution to the development and development of the fine arts.
• Order of Honor Alexander Shilov received in 2010 as a recognition of his many years of fruitful activity in the field of national culture and art.
• Another order - "Pride of Russia" - the artist was awarded in 2010 for his contribution to the art of realism.
• Since 2014 he is an honorary professor of the Russian State Academy of Art.

Personal life

The first wife of Alexander Maksovich Shilov was Svetlana Folomeeva, an artist. On March 24, 1974, Sasha's son was born to his spouses, who decided to continue family traditions and is now a RAK member. Shilov Alexander Alexandrovich - the artist is hereditary, but he has a pronounced personality and his own manner of writing.

After the divorce with his first wife, Alexander Shilov Sr. lived for a while bachelor, and then married again. The new wife Anna Shilova became the artist's muse, she gave him inspiration. The Shilovs lived together for twenty years, but then a break ensued.

Painting and music

The third marriage the artist concluded with Julia Volchenkova, violinist. She is present in many of his paintings. In 1997, the couple had a daughter, Catherine. The divorce with Anna Shilova was not at that time still decorated and the artist could not register a marriage with Volchenkova. However, Katya Shilov designed as his legitimate daughter. The girl grew up and did not need anything.

Three years later, the family cooled, the artist and violinist lost mutual feeling. There followed a parting, which ended in a section of property. Julia Volchenkova was officially recognized as the wife of Alexander Shilov, and therefore litigation began on the division of property. The case was examined in two courts at once. One judge was engaged in an apartment issue, the second considered general provisions, without which no divorce process can do.

Nowadays

Today, Alexander Shilov, whose personal life has finally acquired a calm and stable character, gives all his time to work, writes new pictures and engages in public activities.