The Russian Academy of Arts Presents an Exhibition of Works by Herman Egoshin (1931-2009)
The exhibition features over 60 works by the noted painter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, Corresponding Member of the Russian Academy of Arts Herman Egoshin (1931-2009) executed by the artist for nearly half a century of his creative work - portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, still lifes.
Herman Egoshin was born in Leningrad in 1931. In 1959 he graduated from I. Repin St. Petersburg State Academy Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he studied under Boris Ioganson. Since 1961 Herman Egoshin was a member of the Artists’ Union of the USSR, one of the creative leaders of the northern capital of the 1960s. He was one of the initiators and active participants of the “Eleven” group of Leningrad artists. From 1959 till 1999 German Egoshin was an active exhibitor in more than 70 art shows in various cities of Russia and abroad - in Austria, Belgium, Germany, Spain, Italy, Canada, Czechoslovakia, the United States and Japan.
His first independent steps in the art have been characterized as a deviation from the academic tradition and existing stereotypes. From the very start of his career Herman Egoshin showed a strong interest in the art of the 1910s-1920s especially in the artists of the “Jack of Diamonds” art group - Pyotr Konchalovsky; Ilya Mashkov, Aristarkh Lentulov and was a follower of the stylistics of Russian Cezanneism. His inspiration has always been post-modernism.
Of the wide range of expressive means Egoshin has selected only the color. Its subtle nuances, gradations, flickering create a complex pictorial field built by the juxtaposition of color spots. There are no objects and things on his canvases but rather many-colored centers of energy turning into a substance. His art as if balances between the sign and reality.
In his work he often referred to the self-portrait providing a glimpse into the artist’s inner world and allowing to trace the formation of his personality. Herman Egoshin’s landscapes are consonant to his creative and philosophical searches. The painter of a sophisticated world-view he combines emotion with skill in the best traditions of the 20th century figurative culture.
The works by Herman Egoshin are in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum and other museums in Russia, as well as in overseas collections (the Museum Albertinum, Dresden; National Gallery, Bratislava; collection of P. Ludwig, Cologne; collection of S. Shtekkert, Munich; private collections in USA, Japan, France, Spain).
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