Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich
Contemporary Russian military Artist
1970 - 2014
Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich was born in 1970 in Kaluga, Russia In 1982 he entered the Moscow secondary art school at the Surikov Institute. In 1990, he enrolled in the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and studied under professor, people's artist of Russia, Ilya Glazunov. From 1997 he taught at this academy; his subjects were architecture, restoration and composition.
Painting in oil on canvas, Pavel did numerous historical military scenes, many of which were dedicated to the World War I, Russian Revolution and Civil War era.
Just before his death at the age of 44, Ryzhenko Pavel Viktorovich donated all of his paintings to the Russian government before he died of a stroke in the summer of 2014. Currently his paintings hang in the Russia Museum of the Armed Forces, the Russian Duma, the Sate Historical Museum and the Museum of the Great Patriotic War.
Here's Ryzhenko Pavel said:"I suggest people take another look at our ambiguous past, full of tragic events, which in its entirety is manifested the great spirit of our people. To understand that we are not a gray mass, not the so-called "electorate", and the people with a rich history and identity. I want to believe that I offer people an alternative to the mass, "tawdry" culture that makes us forget about the main questions of life"
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