בידספיריט | נכס Sergei Glagol'. S. T. Konenkov. | 19/7/2020 | The Arc

Sergei Glagol'. S. T. Konenkov. Russian contemporary art in the biographies and characteristics of artists. - Petersburg. 1920 54 p. Soft cover, 28 x 37 cm. Partial loss of the spine, tears of the cover. Contains illustrations. In his book, Sergei Glagol talks about the ”sculptor of the people”, Sergei Timofeyevich Konenkov (1874-1971). The first Chapter is devoted to the history of the family from which the artist came, the story of his ancestors from the serfs, childhood and the first steps in art. S. Glagol seeks to reveal the atmosphere in which the future sculptor grew up, from the domestic environment and family environment, which could contribute to the formation of such a bright artistic nature. Konenkov spent his childhood in Patriarchal rural conditions, alone with nature and in the traditions of the village way of life, which had a strong and unique impact on the work of the sculptor. The author of the biographical essay traces the origins of the artistic vision of the sculptor, characterizes a particular period of creativity enrichment analysis, the most striking of his works - the famous ”Kamneboets”, ”Samson” etc., which equally violate the then existing canons and caused the first acute rejection by critics. The book was actually summing up the entire period of life and work of Konenkov before emigration. According to S. Glagol, the meaning of the sculptor's work was that the master revived the attention to the sculpture, used an unusual material, wood in a new way. Konenkov can be called a truly Russian, national artist - both on the basis of the range of topics covered by him, and on the basis of his own words that his native land, like nothing else, fed him with the power for creativity. At the end of the publication is a complete list of works by S. T. Konenkov, created from 1898 to 1919.