Georgy Shishkin
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Georgy Shishkin is Russian painter.

Biography

Born in Ekaterinburg (then Sverdlovsk) in Russia. Son of a first violinist of the orchestra of the musical theatre, from the age of 6, Shishkin already begins violin classes at the Music School. As a child he showed an early passion for drawing, and by his tenth year he was enrolled the Fine Art School. During all of his youth, the teenager was al always deeply influenced by the atmosphere at his great-grand-parents’ house, steeped with authentic Russian traditions conserved during the soviet regime.
Young Shishkin travelled to the many old cities in his region. With his easel, he visited monasteries and paid close attention to the icons and frescoes. In the Vladimir Cathedral, an ex-capital of Russia, he was struck by the works of Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev
Andrei Rublev is considered to be the greatest medieval Russian painter of Orthodox icons and frescoes.-Biography:...

, considered the first Russian painter.
He was a graduate of the National Fine Arts and Architecture School (Academy) in his home town, in 1975, then a trainee at the Stroganoff Institute of Industrial and Fine Arts in Moscow. Georgy Shishkin was a professor of drawing and painting for about 10 years at this Institute where he started as a trainee.

From 1974 he took part in professional art exhibitions, while remaining at home in Socialist Realism.
In the same year, he won the national competition for young creators in Russia and participated in the Prestige Exposition in Moscow.
Experimentation with different techniques led him to favour pastel from 1980 and three years later he created his base preparation under the pastel. In 1981, during his first personal exhibition, many of his paintings were acquired by the State Fine Arts Museum.
However, being multi-facetted, Georgy Shishkin made the interior decorations for the Ekaterinburg Opera Museum (1983–1985), with two large frescoes and a portrait gallery of the most famous soloists. The portrait of the ballet star Piotr Gusev was acquired by the Saint Petersburg State Museum of Theatre and Music.
At the same time, for nine years, the artist worked as an architect and several buildings were erected according to his plans.

In 1992, after travelling abroad, in Germany and Holland, (from 1989), Georgy Shishkin, in a quest for his roots, began painting his “Russian Dreams” cycle of paintings. This cycle intended to express spiritual content by uniting abstraction and reality.
He was invited by the Mayor of Saint Petersburq, Anatoly Sobchak
Anatoly Sobchak
Anatoly Alexandrovich Sobchak was a Russian politician, a co-author of the Constitution of the Russian Federation, the first democratically elected mayor of Saint Petersburg, and a mentor and teacher of both Vladimir Putin and Dmitry Medvedev....

, to show his works in the Russian State Museum. As for the painting devoted to Chaliapin, it was presented to the Bolshoi Theatre
Bolshoi Theatre
The Bolshoi Theatre is a historic theatre in Moscow, Russia, designed by architect Joseph Bové, which holds performances of ballet and opera. The Bolshoi Ballet and Bolshoi Opera are amongst the oldest and most renowned ballet and opera companies in the world...

 in Moscow.

His arrival in France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...

 (1993) and in Monaco
Monaco
Monaco , officially the Principality of Monaco , is a sovereign city state on the French Riviera. It is bordered on three sides by its neighbour, France, and its centre is about from Italy. Its area is with a population of 35,986 as of 2011 and is the most densely populated country in the...

 (1995) led to a meeting with “White Russians” and a new impetus for his cycle.
Lord Alistair McAlpine, after his visit to the Shishkin exhibition in Paris, wrote an article about him titled “Painter who captured the enigma of Russia” in “The European Magazine”, noting the great mastery of the painter and high quality of his works.

In 1999, Shishkin won the Taylor Foundation Prize.

At Christie's
Christie's
Christie's is an art business and a fine arts auction house.- History :The official company literature states that founder James Christie conducted the first sale in London, England, on 5 December 1766, and the earliest auction catalogue the company retains is from December 1766...

, during an auction in the Principality, one of his paintings reached fourth place among works of famous artists like Arman
Arman
Arman was a French-born American artist. Born Armand Pierre Fernandez in Nice, France, Arman is a painter who moved from using the objects as paintbrushes to using them as the painting itself...

, Botero
Fernando Botero
Fernando Botero Angulo is a Colombian figurative artist. His works feature a figurative style, called by some "Boterismo", which gives them an unmistakable identity...

, Folon
Jean-Michel Folon
Jean-Michel Folon was a Belgian artist, illustrator, painter, and sculptor. Folon was born in Uccle, Brussels, Belgium in 1934 where he studied architecture at the Institut Saint-Luc. In 1955 he settled in a gardener’s house in the outskirts of Paris. Over a period of five years he drew morning,...

 or Matta
Roberto Matta
Roberto Sebastián Antonio Matta Echaurren , better known as Roberto Matta, was one of Chile's best-known painters and a seminal figure in 20th century abstract expressionist and surrealist art....

 ("Le Figaro", 20.03.1999).

Living in Monaco since 1998, the artist has participated in many humanitarian and charitable activities.

Georgy Shishkin’s works are found in museums and private collections in many countries, notably in the Prince Palace in Monaco, in the collection of Queen Elizabeth II of the United Kingdom, in the collections of Luciano Pavarotti
Luciano Pavarotti
right|thumb|Luciano Pavarotti performing at the opening of the Constantine Palace in [[Strelna]], 31 May 2003. The concert was part of the celebrations for the 300th anniversary of [[St...

, Lord Alistair McAlpine, brothers Lords David and Frederick Barklay. The artist has made two series of paintings for the Royal Palace of H.M. Sheik Zayed bin Sultan Al Nahyan of Abu Dhabi.

Invited to design Monaco’s postage stamps, Shishkin won the competition for drawing the likeness of H.R.H. Prince Albert II of Monaco.

In month May, 2009 in Monaco two postage stamps « Centenary of Ballets Russians of Diaghilev » went out, created by Georgy Shishkin.

Personal exhibitions

  • 1981 - Artists' Center, Ekaterinburg;
  • 1982 - Art Museum, Irbit;
  • 1983 - Central Exhibition Room, Tiumen;
  • 1984 - Ural State Conservatoire, Ekaterinburg;
  • 1987 - Central Arts Center, Moscow; - Central Literature Center, Moscow; - Physicists' town, Dubna; - Astronauts' town "Zvezdny"; - Central Architects' Center, Moscow;
  • 1989 - Exhibition room of the Ministry of the Construction of Oil and Gas Products, Moscow;
  • 1991 - "Burg Vossloch" Gallery, Hamburg, Germany; - Hall of the Soviet Supreme, Moscow;
  • 1993 - Bolchoi Theater, Moscow; - Exhibition at the XIXe World Philosophy Congress, Moscow; - Exhibition at the IIe World Congress of Compatriots, Russian Academy of Science, Moscow;
  • 1994 - "ADS" Gallery , Paris;
  • 1995 - Trianon Palace, Versailles;
  • 1997 - "Grande Maison", Physicists' town, Bures-sur Yvettes, France;
  • 1999 - Palais des Festivals, Cannes; - Atrium of Casino, Monte-Carlo, Monaco;
  • 2000 - Gallery des Ponchettes, Nice; - Château-Museum, Auvers-sur-Oise;
  • 2005 - "Art 3" Gallery, Paris; - Grand Theater, Luxembourg; - Museum-Citadelle, Villefranche-sur-Mer;
  • 2006 - Grimaldi Forum Monaco;
  • 2008 - Exhibition, Center Universitaire Méditerranéen, Promenade des Anglais, Nice;
  • 2009 - Exhibition "Centenary of Ballets Russians of Diaghilev", Espace Pierre Cardin, Paris; - Exhibition "A tribute to Nijinsky and the Ballets Russes", Monaco, Monegasque National IAA Committee with UNESCO – Visual Arts, 10, Quai Antoine I, 27 September (Heritage Days) - 26 October 2009
  • 2010 - Exhibition "Russian Dreams" of Georgy Shishkin in Paris, in the Year of Russia in France under the patronage of the French Academy;

Exhibitions de groupe

  • 1974 - Traditional Spring Exhibition, Artists' Center, Ekaterinburg; - Exhibition of the Works of the Students of the Russian Federation, Novosibirsk; - National Exhibition of Young Artists, VDNKh, Moscow;
  • 1980 - Regional Art Exhibition, State Gallery, Ekaterinburg;
  • 1982 - National Exhibition, Central Exhibition Room "Carousel", Moscow; - "La Nouvelle Collection", Museum of Art, Ekaterinburg;
  • 1987 - Exhibition Russian-American at the International Congress "Cooperation in Space in the name of Peace on Earth", International Trade Center Hammer, Moscow;
  • 1989 - Autumn Art Exhibition, Gallery 28, Malaya Grouzinskaia, Moscow; - Art Exhibition International "Kunst und Kosmos", "Kö-Gallery", Düsseldorf;
  • 1991 - "Russian Portrait", Artists' Center, Kouznietsky Bridge, Moscow; - "Art russe" (avec Kandinsky), "Burg Vossloch" Gallery, Hamburg; - Exhibition of the International Federation of UNESCO Artists, Central Exhibition Room "Carousel", Moscow;
  • 1995 - "Les Artistes du Monde", Espace Montparnasse, Paris;
  • 1998 - "XXIIe Prix International d’Art Contemporain de Monte-Carlo"; Monaco;
  • 1999 - Christie’s (Monaco), Exhibition of 12 Artists: Arman, Botero, Chichkine, Folon, Matta...; - "Créateurs d’Aujourd’hui", organisé par "Arts Inter" (invité comme président d’honneur), Palais des Congres, Saint-Quay-Portrieux; - "Les Maîtres du Portrait contemporain", Museum of Art, Menton;
  • 2000 - Gallery of Fondation Taylor, Paris;
  • 2001 - "Ambassadeurs of Art European", Lincoln Center, New York;
  • 2002 - EUROPASTEL (invité d’honneur), Cuneo, Italy;
  • 2003 - Maison de Radio-France, Paris;
  • 2004 - Château-Museum Grimaldi, Cagnes-sur-Mer;
  • 2005 - Ie Exhibition Internationale of Pastel in Moscow, Central Arts Center;
  • 2006 - Art en Capital, Grand Palais, Paris;
  • 2007 - Ier Salon International of Pastel, Paris;

Works

  • Cycle of pictures " Dreams Russians ";
  • Series of artists' portraits;
  • Pictures, dedicated to the Theatre: " Homage to Chaliapin ", 1993; triptych " Homage to Ballets Russians of Diaghilev ", 1997; " Homage to Nijinsky ", 2000–2001; " Serge Lifar
    Serge Lifar
    Serge Lifar ; 15 December 1986) was a French ballet dancer and choreographer of Ukrainian origin, famous as one of the greatest male ballet dancers of the 20th century.-Biography:Lifar was born in Kiev, Ukraine, then part of the Russian Empire...

    in Ikare ", 2005;
  • Stamps of Monaco;

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