Vladimir Dolgov (1953)

Vladimir Dolgov was born under the sign of Aries in 1953 in Leningrad, exactly 100 years after the birth of Van Gogh. These two things - define the artist's life. Fire Aries and phantom Van Gogh lit palette "Russian Van Gogh's" end of the XX century. The newspaper "Kurier Peter" wrote in 1998. about the painter: "My masters critics called intelligent expressionism. Vladimir - very Russian painter. He opens the mysterious world, which is called "Russian soul." Aries color - red. In Russian, means - beautiful, soulful. " Difficult and tragic way "Russian Van Gogh." Close to him words of Van Gogh: "We, the artists of modern society, just broken blood vessels."

Vladimir graduated from St. Petersburg College of Architecture and Graphic Art Faculty Herzen Pedagogical University. Diploma thesis on art: "Paintings by Van Gogh museums in Moscow and the Hermitage." He studied under Professor Honored Artist L.Kabacheka, Doctor of Arts M.Germana. Participated in various exhibitions. Teaches painting in St. Petersburg.

Comes in popularity. Five museums in the former Soviet Union to buy his paintings. 129 paintings buys U.S. resident - VE Smolkin. 30 paintings buys Dr. Iochim Muller, the city of Trier, Germany. 10 masterpieces buys Mrs. Vicky Zaltsman, Toronto, Canada. Ms. Monica Link, a spokesman for the optical company "Carl Zeiss", Germany, orders his portrait. Paintings by Vladimir exhibited together with paintings of famous Russian artists of XIX - XX centuries: Benoit , Lancer , Serebrjakovoj .

Since 1973. by 2012. "Russian Van Gogh," written about 6000 paintings.

Exhibitions:
1980 - The third exhibition teaches. thin. institutions of the USSR
in 1985 - an exhibition in Porkhov Museum, the Museum of Dostoevsky in Staraya Russa, 1987 - personal exhibition in "Aurora" and Biysk
89gg 1988 - personal exhibition of the Fund kulturyRossii, 1991-97 - personal exhibition in Trier, St. Petersburg
1998 to 2007 show in St. Petersburg, Artindekse, in Florence.

Museums: Bijskij local history museum, Maritime KG, KG Shushenskaya people, Khvalynskaya KG, Parkhomovskii Museum, Museum Porkhov, Gdovskii Museum.

Private collections: 10kartin a family meeting Gryzlov, 129kartin at V.E.Smolkina (USA), 40kartin at N.Paschenko (USA), 30kartin at J. Muller (Germany), 10kartin at V.Zaltsman (Canada). In other collections: Spain, Finland, Germany, USA, Yugoslavia, the Philippines, Estonia, Uzbekistan.

The artist lives and works in St. Petersburg.