Arseny Ivanovich Meshchersky
Oil on canvas · 30 x 20 cm
Artist
Aleksei Ignatiewitsch Kirillow
Profile
Alexey Ignatievich Kirillov belongs to the generation of Soviet painters who worked after the Second World War within an established academic art system. His training at the Moscow State Art Institute named after V. I. Surikov and his closeness to literary and historical subjects place him within academically shaped Soviet painting.
Work character and art-historical classification
Kirillov’s works in the collection centre on the subject and combine narrative image-making, figural structure and controlled painterly execution. They reflect a Soviet culture of literary memory and historically inflected representation.
Significance for the collection
Within I tesori della Russia, Kirillov represents Soviet post-war painting and its academic narrative traditions. His works broaden the collection beyond avant-garde graphics and theatre-related material.
