Ignatiev Mikhail Ivanovich
(1870, village Izhmarinka, Vyatskaya region -1934 Leningrad)
Mikhail Ignatiev is the Russian artist, a representative of the Russian genre painting of the early XIX. Since childhood he had an inclination to arts. From 1892 – 1897 he became irregular student to the Moscow school of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied under the guidance of famous masters, A. E. Arkhipov and N. A. Kasatkin. In 1897, he entered the Academy of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg, where he studied with V. Makovsky. In 1901, his picture “Fatal yield” (now located in the assembly of the Yaroslavl Art Museum), the artist was awarded the title of the artist.
M. Ignatiev has participated in exhibitions of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, the Moscow Society of Art enthusiasts, the Petrograd Society of Artists, and many other associations. In spirit and beliefs, M. I. Ignatiev was close to artists, Itinerant. It is on the association shows the most frequently appearing paintings the artist: “The artist with the Bride” (1900), “Failed “(1902),”Fell asleep “(1903),” From War “(1905), “In the artist’s studio” (1908), “March Morning” (1910), Dunja (1911), “Nurse” (1913), “The Mill” (1914), ” The newspaper in the village “(1915),” The diseased girlfriend “(1917). For works of this period relates and presented in a collection canvas “The Farewell”, which is written in the best tradition of artists Itinerant reflecting the idea of then-liberal society. Artists Itinerant are committed to broad educational activities, and they probably wanted to create artworks that were “closer” to the life of people, full of vivid social content. M. Ignatiev captures the pulse of modern life and it reflects in their products. The artist tried to depict more life around, to see it a lot, but a lot to understand in a new way. Critical realism in art was further developed. He tried to not only expose the unjust, but also to find, see, show people the light side of people’s lives. Life on the canvases of M. Ignatiev also is as complex and controversial as it was, and in the reality.
After the 1917 revolution, M. Ignatiev taught drawing and painting bases in the secondary schools and colleges of Leningrad. He took part in the XXVI exhibition of the Society of Artists in Petrograd (1918), in Kozmodemyanskaya first exhibition of paintings, studies, etudes and drawings (1920). Works by the artist we can find in number of museums and private collections, among them – Dnepropetrovsk Art Museum.
