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Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo

Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 - 1980). Lenin in his office. 1956

Lenin in his office. 1956. Painting by Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 – 1980)

Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 – 1980) – Member of the USSR Academy of Arts, People’s Artist of the RSFSR, and Laureate of the State Prize of the RSFSR. He was awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. In 1942 Nechitailo graduated from the Moscow State Art Institute of Surikov, where his teacher was an outstanding Soviet artist Sergei Gerasimov.
Creativity of Nechitailo left a bright trace in the history of Soviet art. All-Union fame to the artist brought such paintings as “The first furrow”, “To the collective farm club”, “Collective farm youth”, “Lyuba – postwoman”, “Bread to Motherland”, and “For Soviet power.” More than 70 works of the Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum and museums of the former USSR. In Salsk, his hometown, there is an art gallery of his name and a monument in his honor.

Borisoglebsk. 1964. Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 - 1980)

Borisoglebsk. 1964. Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 – 1980)

Vasily Kirillovich Nechitailo was born January 9, in the village of Vorontsovo of Rostov region in a peasant family. His mother – Xenia Matveyevna, and father – Kirill Nikitovich was red partisan, who participated in all the wars. Later he became one of the organizers of collective farm in the village of Vorontsovo.

In 1928, Nechitailo finished seven-year school of general education in Salsk. The local newspaper “Tractor” published his first drawings. In 1935 he graduated from decoration department of the Krasnodar Art College with honors. After college he went to study in Moscow, where he entered the preparatory department of the Moscow Art Institute, and then immediately credited to the 2nd year of the institute, workshop of Professor SV Gerasimov.

Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo

Cossack in cloak. 1975

Cossack in cloak. 1975

From 1948 to 1956, Nechitailo – Associate Professor of the Faculty of painting of Moscow Art institute of Surikov. In subsequent years, the artist continues to travel around the country, visiting the southern village of the Kuban and the Don, Chuvashia, Vologda region, virgin lands, Altai, etc. The result – the creation of a series of paintings and landscapes devoted to creative trips.

During his life, he had several creative business trips to China (1964), Spain (1970), Bulgaria (1971), and Italy (1974), followed by a personal exhibition of paintings.

Evening. The village with the herd. 1975

Evening. The village with the herd. 1975

Grain field. 1958

Grain field. 1958

Moscow suburbs autumn. 1968

Moscow suburbs autumn. 1968

Vasily Nechitailo

On the way to Gurzuf. 1965

Vasily Nechitailo

Portrait. 1940

Vasily Nechitailo

Soviet artist Vasily Nechitailo (1915 – 1980)

Vasily Nechitailo

Sea surf. Dzhugba. 1978

Vasily Nechitailo

Visiting the young married couple. 1967

Vasily Nechitailo

Portrait of the artist G. Prokopiysky. 1979. Masonite Oil

Wheat. 1958

Wheat. 1958

Admitting to the communist party during field work. 1951

Admitting to the communist party during field work. 1951

Cossacks in Romania

Cossacks in Romania

Date. 1949

Date. 1949

Milkmaid Nina Chub (kolkhoz 'Path of Lenin', Korenetsky district). From the series 'Foremost of agriculture of Kuban'. 1961

Milkmaid Nina Chub (kolkhoz ‘Path of Lenin’, Korenetsky district). From the series ‘Foremost of agriculture of Kuban’. 1961

Motherhood

Motherhood

On Red Square. 1961-1964

On Red Square. 1961-1964

Portrait of T. Rodkina. From the series 'Ryazan milk farmers'. 1959

Portrait of T. Rodkina. From the series ‘Ryazan milk farmers’. 1959

Spring in Olkhovka

Spring in Olkhovka

To the native collective farm

To the native collective farm

Waitress Nadya (left), Lyubochka - postwoman. 1960 (right)

Waitress Nadya (left), Lyubochka – postwoman. 1960 (right)

With the red banner. 1975

With the red banner. 1975

The first furrow

The first furrow. 1954

Sources
Soviet magazines Ogonyok, Young artist, art-auction.ru