Waltz of the Flowers

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OLEG TROFIMOV RUSSIAN PAINTER
Waltz of the Flowers
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Oleg Trofimov was born in 1962 in a city called
Krasnoarmeisk, Russia. He was the first in the
family to go into the art field. Oleg started
painting at the age of 5. In the kindergarten,
during an art project, instead of drawing flowers
and houses like all the other kids, Oleg drew an
US plane bombing Vietnam. At that time the war in
Vietnam was in at its peak, and the drawing made
a huge impression on everyone. The drawing was
sent to a childrens competition and received a
special price for humanitarian value. Since
that time many of Olegs drawings went to
different childrens competitions and won a
number of awards, but already evident was the
artistic quality and merit of his work. In 1977
he enrolled into a childrens art school skipping
the 1st grade. After finishing the art school,
Oleg enrolled into Industrial Arts College in the
city of Abramovsk. His graduation work won 1st
place on juried show of graduation works of the
Moscow region art schools and was published in a
magazine Decorative Art. From 1986 to 1992 Oleg
studied in the Moscow State Industrial Art
College. His style is "Russian realism", which is
a combination of traditional realism and
impressionism. Russian artists that had the
biggest impact on him were Korovin, Turjanskiy,
Korjev, Stojarov and Ukin. Western artists he
called his real teachers, include on the list Van
Gough and Monet.
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Says Oleg, The style and manner of my work helps
me understand the colour pallet and relations
between colours without the viewer being
distracted by detail. This helps to appreciate
the whole painting, and helps to create a true
impression of the subject or the world the artist
is creating. Regarding the subject matter, I
dont think that there are a lot of people that
arent touched by the ocean, by the romance of
travelling and capturing beautiful moments of
life. Im no exception. This is why on many of my
canvases you will see ships, sails, foreign lands
and cozy corners of the world I travelled and
loved. In the 90s, Olegs work was purchased by
practically all of the major Russian banks.
Important government officials including
Presidents Vladimir Putin, Dmitri Medvedev,
Mikhail Gorbachev and Boris Yeltsin have his work
in their private collections. Many stars of
Russian entertainment including actors, producers
and singers are among collectors of his art.
Also, Svetlana Medvedeva, wife of the current
Prime Minister and owner of two prestigious art
galleries in Moscow and Bruges has purchased 16
of Olegs paintings over the past few years. It
is also understood that the World famous
Tretyakov Art Gallery Museum in Moscow is
currently in negotiation to buy Trofimovs work.
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T H E E N D
October 26, 2014