Christmas Vasily (1884-1963)

Began to work on drawing another religious school in Tula, Vladimir Rozhdestvensky then studied at Moscow School of Painting (1900-11). Here, in these years have taught V. Serov , K. Korovin , A. Arkhipov , but young people in the turbulent times of breaking artistic traditions sought new ways.

Together with their peers painters union organizing Christmas "Jack of Diamonds" with them developing a new, more active pictorial language.

Meanwhile, these quests have become a kind of Christmas decorative shade, peculiar cast of his talent. Next to the most powerful surround painting "bubnovovalettsev" of his work seem somewhat crushed, neuro-moving, full of edgy contrasts open, bright colors, giving it a kind of carpet canvases character.

What would he later wrote no - typical of his generation still life or a custom-themed paintings ("Red guerrillas in Dagestan", 1927), dryish industrial landscapes and interiors factory 1930., Landscapes Russian North ("White Night. Village" 1930) or the exotic life of Central Asia ("Asian tea", 1926) - still rhythmic in-plane motion of contrast and strong spots of color permeates the composition determines the impression of a painting.