Pakoulin Vyacheslav Vladimirovich (1900-1951)

VV Pakoulin was unusually demanding of myself an artist. "The scary thing when the artist himself admitted," - he wrote at a time of artistic maturity.

He studied in Pakoulin TSUTR (1916-22) in A. E. Karev and V. Lebedeva , then in the Higher Art - Vhuteine ​​(1922-25) at the AE Karev and A. Savinov combining study with The courses mastery of stage productions, organized in 1918, Meyerhold in Petrograd.
He participated in the design of mass celebrations devoted to the October anniversaries.

In his early paintings Pakulina significantly influence spatial concept K. Petrov-Vodkin : intentionally Lohmann space geometrization of forms.

In 1926, the artist is actively involved in the creation and creative life association "Circle of Artists", aims to go "through the picture to the style of the era."
In the years 1927-32. was the chairman of the association. Developed the idea of monumental art in the early 1920s and 30s., Referring to the "sources" - Old fresco with its strict and restrained simplicity.

In 1926-27. worked on his programmatic work "Reaper", giving it all the passion of a formal theoretical quest previous years. Supplied the painting of the manifesto, descriptions of tasks drop to the canvas. The manifesto ended with the postulate: "The basis of: the control of the mind to the same chain of command with the associations of nature."
in 1930. Pakoulin dramatically changed the style of writing and the scope of the theoretical quest. "Learning to be primarily from nature" - the artist wrote in the diary notes, determining for themselves that the immediate ability to see nature - is the most valuable thing in the works.
During these years he has been in a creative assignment in the Donbass, performed a number of works on the theme of industrial ("Shop Factory" Electric power "," etc.). He worked as a team of artists on the panel "Cotton" in Moscow (1935), "Physical Culture" for the Soviet pavilion at the World Expo 1937 and Paris.

During the war, the artist remained in the besieged city, gouaches created a "chronicle" of the blockade. After the war, realized himself in the urban landscape, sought transfer of the colors in the space of the architectural environment of the city, highlighting the dominance of architectural forms.