Kondrat Maximov: "... There is a beauty here" Automatic translate

Kondrat Evdokimovich Maximov (1894–1981) - painter, Honored Artist of the TASSR, People’s Artist of the TASSR, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. In the years 1914-1917. studied at the Kazan art school. Later, Maximov worked on a rafting, over the years led the successful development of technical improvements in the field of mechanization of a rafting, received twenty-seven copyright certificates for inventions.

But the main thing in the life of K. E. Maximov was painting. She became a joyful need, a true pleasure. Even before the war, Kondrat Maksimov was admitted to the Union of Artists, which had just been established in the Tatarstan. In the postwar years, the artist’s creative activity intensified. Maximov became a regular participant in exhibitions, and his works became a notable phenomenon in the artistic life of the country. K. E. Maksimov found his way in art. The main genres of his work were landscape and still life. He equally admired the forest and a small bush by the road, a split field and an inconspicuous wildflower. Among the artist’s works there are works that are deeply lyrical, decorative-romantic and naturalistic. Excellent knowledge of the plant world, love of nature in all its manifestations, expressed in many paintings.

The works of Kondrat Evdokimovich are not just a recreation of the image of the world around us, it is an expression of love for nature. Kondrat Maximov’s paintings are still popular, they touch the innermost strings of the soul, purify and ennoble the hearts of people.

The exhibition presents paintings from the collection of the Pushkin Museum of the RT and the Almetyevsk Picture Gallery named after G. A. Stefanovsky.

The exhibition runs through August 25, 2019.