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Картины художников Лысенко -Терещенко |
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| Article of Anna Baskakova. |
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An impressionist of the XXI century Andrey Lysenko, a Moscow painter, descends from a painting dynasty which can be traced back to the beginning of the XX century. His grandfather, a painter, studied at Surikov Institute, his father and mother, at the Academy of Arts in Leningrad. ‘I had no doubt about my future occupation’, says Andrey, ‘I grew up in my parents’ studio among the smell of oils and diluent. I was sure that painting was my destiny. Both father and mother had taught me to paint and had ruled me since my childhood. My grandfather had never been a teacher. He was a man of peculiar temper, a creative person. I became his only follower. He tried to impart what he had been taught by his teachers (Igor Grabar, Aristarkh Lentulov, Boris Ioganson) to me. Being a religious person, he, nevertheless, believed in a communist future in an innocent, childish way and painted sincere beautiful works. I have inherited almost everything from him, apart from the ideology. His style, which can be defined as “realism-impressionism”, is characterized by the minimalist line and expression; it is based on a very precise drawing without distorting the form. I paint in oils as he did, there are no particular reasons for it; I do it simply because I have been using oils since my childhood. These paints are in tune with me. Knowing the nuts and bolts of painting since his early childhood did not mean that the young painter’s creative development was strewn with roses. He had to work hard in order to achieve an appropriate level of professionalism at first at Moscow art school under the guidance of his teacher Andrey Baranov, then at Surikov Institute, under the guidance of Lev Shepelev. ‘We were told that one was supposed to draw “firmly, precisely and originally” as Serov taught’, Andrey recalls. As the young painter became mature, he was developing his own style; now it is impossible to take his works for those created by his parents and his grandfather. His diligence and innate talent have resulted in some amazing flair. Looking at the paintings, no one can say that it has taken him years to create some of them. ‘My mind is literally fixed on each painting, I am mad about it. At times I don’t come up to the canvas, I don’t touch it with a single stroke. It takes time to think a work over. A painting should come home to my consciousness. At last a definite image arises, and I get down to work. Then I take a break again. It took me five years to create one of my paintings – “Ivan the Great looking at the Icons”. It goes without saying that I do not paint eight hours a day. An artist can paint a study comprising his life experience for twenty minutes, you know. Three strokes by Korovin are worth a thousand made by a disciple. One of my teachers could come up to a picture and say, ‘It is almost finished. It only remains to make seventeen brush strokes, knowing precisely what kind of strokes and where you are supposed to make them.’ I try to follow these principles. When I paint I try not to fuss, not to “torture” the work.’ By now Andrey Lysenko has painted over two thousand works, among them there are historical pictures, landscapes, and still lifes. He takes part in exhibitions actively; he has had about one hundred personal exhibitions, including those in Italy, France, Canada, the USA, Holland, and England. His works are in private museums and collections almost all over the world. But most of all he is proud of the fact that his Italian landscape “Park with a Sphinx” has been acquired by the Villa San Karlo Boromeo museum. He often exhibits his paintings in the Central House of Artists where his works can be seen by those who have kindred views. Among his landscapes there are many views of Abramtsevo which long ago became home to many famous artists – Repin, Levitan, Korovin, Serov, Nesterov, and others. Andrey lives in the house which was bequeathed to his grandfather (named Andrey Lysenko) by Boris Ioganson. Ioganson said, ‘Let Andrey live here. He is the very person who will depict every single bush in the neighbourhood’. His prophecy has come true thrice. Abramtsevo has inspired Andrey’s grandfather, his parents, and Andrey. He does hope that his son Mitya will be a successor of the dynasty’s traditions and will depict the river Vorya, which can be seen in a thousand of pictures, and the wooden bridge over the gully in his own way. Anna Baskakova, the Association of arts critics |
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