Vasiliev Alexander Pavlovich(January 11, 1911, Samara - November 10, 1990, Moscow) - theater artist. People's Artist of the RSFSR (1975). Corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1973).
Biography
Birth, early years
Famous theater artist, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev was born on January 11, 1911 (December 29, 1910 according to the old style) in Samara. His father, a retired naval officer, was a State Councilor, inspector of the Imperial Shipping of the Volga and Simbirsk basins and head of shipping supervision in the section from Syzran to Simbirsk under the Ministry of Railways of Pavel Petrovich Vasiliev, his mother was Nina Alexandrovna Bryzzheva, daughter of a Tula general, hero of Plevna, inventor of a new type of gun for the Tsarist army.
The childhood of Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev passed in a friendly, intelligent family that carefully preserved the memory of outstanding ancestors, including those from the ancient noble family of the Chichagovs. Childhood impressions, coupled with knowledge of the details of the life of the former Russia, significantly enriched his work as a stage designer and gave impetus to Vasiliev, a collector of antiquities.
The Vasiliev family was extremely artistically gifted, and its range of interests was appropriate. Pavel Petrovich himself, who had a voice of rare beauty and strength, was the director of the choir at the Samara Women's Gymnasium. Nina Alexandrovna is an amateur actress. Her favorite genre was melody, so fashionable in the modern era, with which she performed at charity concerts, at public evenings, in hospitals, as evidenced by the programs saved by the family. Pavel Petrovich's sister, Olga Petrovna, was a talented musician and opera accompanist. Her husband, tenor Ivan Polikarpovich Varfolomeev, sang in Odessa and Kyiv, served two seasons in Sergei Diaghilev's entreprise in Paris and London. In exile, they lived in Harbin, where Varfolomeev was the director of the Russian opera. Then Olga Petrovna returned to Russia, lived in Saratov, where she died. In a word, a creative atmosphere reigned in the house, musical and theatrical evenings were arranged. It is not surprising that all the children connected their lives with art: the artist's brother Pyotr became a famous theater director, and sister Irina became a pianist. Later, Irina Pavlovna will become the wife of the outstanding choirmaster, professor of the Moscow Conservatory S.K. Kazansky
Another sister of Pavel Petrovich Vasiliev, Ekaterina Petrovna, married the outstanding Russian artist Mikhail Vasilyevich Nesterov. Thus, Alexander Pavlovich became Nesterov's nephew, who, by the way, had a great influence on him in his youth and blessed him with the choice of a future profession, immediately identifying in the young man a predisposition to the fine arts.
The October Revolution and the Bolshevik coup disrupted the usual way of life of the Vasilievs. Having collected only the most valuable things and left the piano, furniture, books, they were forced to flee. From Samara, the path lay to Ufa, then to the Urals, to Yekaterinburg, where they ended up in the house of the merchant Ipatiev. Then there was Siberia: from Omsk, the Vasilievs went to Novonikolaevsk, however, freezing along the way, they were forced to stay in Krasnoyarsk, which was in the hands of the Whites.
In the spring of 1919, Pavel Petrovich and his family moved back to Europe with the White Army, but they did not get further than Omsk. Then they wandered in Tobolsk, in the taiga along the great Siberian rivers. They no longer saw their home in Samara. At the end of the Civil War, they remained in 1920 with the Soviets in Krasnoyarsk. Pavel Petrovich was arrested there for the first time. Nina Aleksandrovna secured his release. In Krasnoyarsk, Peter, the brother of Alexander Pavlovich Vasilyev, entered the city theater extras. But, as soon as an opportunity appeared, the family moved in 1922 to Moscow, to a communal apartment in Orlikov Lane, house 2, apt. 12, on the 8th floor, overlooking the Sukharev Tower, destroyed in the 1920s.
Formation
In Moscow, Alexander Pavlovich studied at 41 schools of the BoAO, where he graduated from 7 stages and entered the Moscow State Academic Art School in memory of 1905, where he studied with E. N. Yakub and S. N. Nikolaev. Immediately after graduating from the Moscow Art School in 1930, his active creative activity began. Alas, it did not begin within the walls of the capital's theaters. Being the son of an "enemy of the people", Alexander Pavlovich could not get a job in Moscow, and was forced to start his career in the provinces, namely in Chita, where in 1931 he designed his first performance. From the very first independent steps in the Chita Drama Theater, Alexander Pavlovich declared himself as a bold experimenter who learned the lessons of Russian constructivism, the ideas of V. E. Meyerhold and A. Ya. Tairov.
Art critic Alexander Vasiliev - books and shows onlineFate is cruel and gives too few years of life to true talents. Fyodor Vasiliev was supposed to grow into a talented landscape painter, but he was given only 23 years of life. Even in such a short period of time, when others are just learning the basics of painting, he managed to paint pictures that were included in the golden fund of Russian art.
Swamp in the forest. Autumn. 1872
Fedor was born on February 22, 1850 in the small town of Gatchina near St. Petersburg in the family of a petty official Alexander Vasiliev. More precisely, he was an illegitimate son, since at that time his parents had not yet married. Soon the family moved to the capital, but her life did not get better from this. Father often drank, and the money that he did not have time to spend on drink, he lost at cards. In order to somehow support his family, twelve-year-old Fyodor went to work at the post office, and then got a job as an assistant scribe in the Admiralty. He passionately loved to draw, but there was sorely lacking time for his favorite pastime.
Crowns of trees.
In 1865, his father, who had completely drunk himself, died, and at the age of 15, Fedor became the main breadwinner of the family: mother, older sister and two younger brothers. In order to be closer to his beloved work, Vasilyev got a job as a restorer's apprentice at the Academy of Arts, and in the evenings began to study at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts. A gifted student quickly attracted the attention of artists. The young man was taken under his wing by the already well-known landscape painter Ivan Shishkin, who had recently returned from a retirement trip abroad.
Landscape with rock and stream.1867
Dawn. 1873
In the summer of 1867, Shishkin invited Vasiliev on a trip to Valaam to write sketches. Working next to an experienced master gave Fedor a lot, but, oddly enough, he also had some influence on his older friend, who soon married his sister. Art historians believe that it was under the influence of Vasiliev that Shishkin's painting became a little more lyrical. From that period, a small painting by Shishkin has been preserved, in which the cemetery landscape on Valaam “revives” Vasiliev sitting on the grass.
In the church fence. The old cemetery of the Valaam monastery. 1867
Fedor was surprisingly lucky with good people. The well-known philanthropist Count Pavel Sergeevich Stroganov became his patron, who bought one of the Vaalam paintings by the budding artist. He began to invite Fedor to his estates in the Kharkov and Tambov provinces, where the painter, freed from worries about his daily bread, could selflessly devote himself to creativity. It is important that at Stroganov he could communicate with the elite of Russian society, absorbing secular gloss and manners. Friends of the artists even sometimes jokingly called him "count", although more often they called him "a brilliant boy." And the Stroganov guests began to buy paintings from the young artist, which was very useful, because Fyodor's mother and brothers remained dependent on Fyodor.
Trees. Study. 1870
Volga lagoons. 1870
Hut.
During this period, the famous “Artel of Artists” of Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy, who was Vasilyev’s teacher, set the tone in Russian painting. Naturally, soon the young artist also joined the artel. It is curious that among painters with an academic education, he did not look like an amateur. Later, Ilya Repin recalled: “Everyone was drawn to this lucky man, and he himself vigilantly and quickly grasped all the phenomena around.” Experienced artists watched with surprise the rapid professional growth of a young colleague.
Gatchina.1850-1873
Already in 1868, Vasiliev presented to the exhibition the works “The Return of the Herd”, “Village Street”, “After the Thunderstorm”, which demonstrated that a new lyric landscape painter had appeared in Russia, subtly feeling nature and able to convey in his works the charm of the native Russian landscape.
Village. 1869
After a thunderstorm.1868
After the rain. Country road. 1867-1869
Vasiliev spent the next summer with Repin on the Volga. The great Russian river and the vast expanses of central Russia captivated the artist. He writes with rapture, trying to convey in sketches and drawings not just the beauty of nature, but its variability and mood. The result of this trip was several paintings, but the greatest delight of comrades in the profession and the audience was caused by “View of the Volga. Barki". The picture literally envelops the audience with midday peace, at the same time conveying the expanse of a powerful river that has submitted to a person who is forced to earn his bread by hard burlatsky labor. Everyone noted the amazing skill with which the artist depicted the sky, which occupies more than half of the canvas.
View of the Volga. Barki. 1870
"Young, strong, who lived for only five years as an artist, who reached an enormous height ... he discovered the living sky, he discovered the wet, bright, moving sky and those delights of the landscape that he expressed in a hundred of his paintings."
(Ge N.N.)
In 1871, Vasiliev paints an amazing painting "The Thaw". Contemporaries noted that it is possible to retell in words everything that is depicted on the canvas, but it is impossible to convey in words its peculiar charm. The picture was bought for his gallery by P.M. Tretyakov. The Society for the Encouragement of the Arts awarded the painting the first prize. It is curious that Savrasov, who was already a recognized landscape painter, received the second prize for Pechora Monastery. Grand Duke Alexander Alexandrovich (soon he will become Emperor Alexander III) ordered the artist to repeat this canvas. The following year in London, The Thaw was presented at the World Exhibition, receiving an award and rave reviews in the press.
Thaw.1871
By this time, Vasiliev was already seriously ill, doctors found he had progressive tuberculosis. Urgent treatment and climate change were required. The Society for the Encouragement of Arts allocated him money for a trip to the Crimea, but first Vasiliev went to the Kharkov estate of Count Stroganov. Perhaps it was on that visit to Ukraine that he saw an old mill somewhere on a quiet river. Later, in the Crimea, he will write one of his most poetic paintings, The Abandoned Mill. There is something magical about her. It seems that at night mermaids sail to this shore overgrown with reeds and sedges, and a wood goblin lives in the thickets of willows.
Abandoned mill.1871-1873
In Ukraine, Vasiliev did not stay long; at the insistence of doctors, he moved to the Crimea. The violent southern nature did not impress him. He longs for the boundless Russian fields and birches fluttering in the wind. “I yearn for Russia and don’t believe in Crimea,” he complains in a letter to Kramskoy. In the Crimea, Vasiliev was visited by Aivazovsky, who at that time was at the height of his fame. The master examined Fyodor's paintings and sketches with interest, shared his experience of depicting the sea and southern nature. But the southern bright nature does not inspire the artist; he paints pictures according to old sketches and sketches.
Eriklik.Fantan (Crimea).1872
One of his best paintings, Wet Meadow, was born here. For her, the Society for the Encouragement of Arts awarded him a prize. Another important event happened, the Academy of Arts awarded Vasiliev in absentia, who did not pass the exams for the academic course, the title of "class artist of the first degree." This title allowed to run for official positions, and upon entering the civil service to receive the rank of 12th class.
Wet Meadow.1872
Evening in the Crimea.1871-1873
Gradually, the artist gets used to the local nature and begins to paint it, but Vasiliev's life path is already ending. His last major work was the painting "In the Crimean Mountains".
In the Crimean mountains. 1873
On October 6, 1873, Fedor Aleksandrovich Vasiliev died. Friends of the artist staged his posthumous exhibition. Surprisingly, all the works exhibited on it, including sketches and sketches, were sold out even before its official opening. Only Pavel Tretyakov purchased 18 paintings for his gallery at once.
"He lived a short but wonderful creative life. "He was destined to bring into the Russian landscape what the latter lacked and still lacks: poetry with natural performance,"
Kramskoy wrote about him.
I.N.Kramskoy. Portrait of the artist F.A.Vasiliev
under a big tent
blue skies -
I see - the distance of the steppes
Turns green.And on their edges
Above the dark clouds
Mountain chains stand
Giants.Through the steppes to the sea
The rivers are rolling
And the paths lie
In all directions.I look to the south
The fields are mature.
That the reeds are thick
Quietly moving;Meadow Ant
Carpet spreads,
Grapes in the orchards
Poured.I look to the north
There, in the wilderness of the desert,
Snow, that white fluff,
Spinning fast;Raises the chest
The sea is blue
And mountains of ice
Walks on the sea;And the fire of heaven
bright glow
Illuminates the darkness
Impenetrable...It's you, mine
Rus' is sovereign.
My motherland
Orthodox!You are wide, Rus',
On the face of the earth
In royal beauty
Turned around!@Ivan Nikitin
World renowned theater artist, interior designer, art critic and fashion historian.
His father, People's Artist of Russia, Alexander Vasilyev Sr. (1911 - 1990), corresponding member of the Academy of Arts, designer of scenery and costumes for more than 300 productions on the domestic and foreign stages. Mother, Tatyana Vasilyeva - Gulevich (1924 - 2003), dramatic actress, professor, one of the first graduates of the Moscow Art Theater School.
Since childhood, Alexander Vasiliev was brought up in a theatrical environment. At the age of five, Alexander created his first costumes and scenery for the puppet theater, at the same time he took part in the filming of children's programs on Soviet television "The Bell Theater" and "Alarm Clock". The Wizard of the Emerald City staged his first performance-fairy tale at the age of 12, demonstrating extraordinary abilities for theatrical design and costume design.
The example of his father, not only a classic decorator, but also the creator of stage costumes for Lyubov Orlova, Faina Ranevskaya, Igor Ilyinsky, had a special influence on the young artist.
At the age of 22, A. Vasiliev graduated from the Production Department of the Moscow Art Theater School. Then he worked as a costume designer at the Moscow Theater on Malaya Bronnaya.
In 1982 he moved to Paris, where he immediately began working for the French theater Rond Pointe on the Champs Elysées, the Bastille Opera Studio, Luserner, Cartoucherie, the Avignon Festival, the Ballet du Nord, the Young Ballet of France and the Royal Opera of Versailles.
Alexander Vasiliev is the creator of scenery for operas, theatrical productions, films and ballets for many famous theaters and troupes. For example, the National Theater in London, the Scottish Ballet in Glasgow, the Royal Ballet of Flanders, the Oya Masako Ballet in Osaka and the Asami Maki Ballet in Tokyo, the Nevada Ballet, the Santiago Opera and Ballet Theater and many others have collaborated with him.
Alexander Vasiliev lectures in 4 languages in many colleges and universities around the world as a visiting professor in the history of fashion and stage design.
Alexander Vasilyev is the owner of one of the largest private collections of costumes from the Russian period. Alexander showed this collection in many countries of the world - in Australia, Chile, Turkey, Hong Kong, Belgium, Great Britain, France and other countries.
Awarded for the promotion of Russian art with the medal of S.P. Diaghilev, the medal of V. Nijinsky, the order "Maecenas" and the Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Russia. Twice laureate of the "Tobab" award in Turkey.
Since 2002, Alexander Vasilyev has been present on the Kultura TV channel as the author and host of the Breath of the Century program. This series is based on the book Beauty in Exile. In 2005, the Kultura TV channel began broadcasting a new 10-episode television series Breath of the Century - 22, based on the book Russian Fashion. 150 Years in Photographs.
Since 1994, Alexander Vasilyev has devoted much of his time to master classes and lecture courses at Russian universities and colleges. Since 2000, under the leadership of Alexander Vasilyev, Samara has been hosting the fashion festival “Volga Seasons of Alexander Vasilyev”.
In October 2003, the Alexander Vasiliev Interiors design studio was opened in Moscow. The purpose of the new project is to present the rich Russian tradition in a Parisian veneer.
In Russia, Alexander Vasiliev lectures at the Faculty of Management and Fashion Theory at Moscow State University, in lecture halls in Samara, Yekaterinburg, Omsk, Novosibirsk, Vladivostok, Ufa, Perm, Barnaul, Murmansk and many other cities.
In the near future, Alexander Vasiliev plans to start work on another book - the memoirs of the 82-year-old great-granddaughter of the writer Nikolai Leskov - Tatyana, prima ballerina of the Russian ballet in Monte Carlo, and then for 25 years held the post of director of the Brazilian ballet in Rio de - Janeiro.
In February 2004, the exhibition “Russian Interior in Photographs” was held, at which Alexander Vasiliev presented 55 rare photographs, never before published or exhibited, dedicated to the theme of Russian interior of the 18th, 19th and early 20th centuries. This prolific author plans to create a book about Russian interiors.
Titles, awards and prizes
Alexander Vasilyev was awarded the S. P. Diaghilev medal for the promotion of Russian art, the V. Nijinsky medal, the Order of Patron, the Gold Medal of the Academy of Arts of Russia. Twice winner of the "Tobab" award in Turkey. He was presented in the nomination "Fashion Legend" at the World Fashion Awards in 2010. In 2011, Vasilyev was awarded the People's Recognition Prize. In 2011 Vasiliev became an honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts.
In 2011, Alexander Vasiliev established the first international award for the interior of "Alexander Vasiliev's Lilies". The winners of the award are institutions in Russia and abroad that meet his high ideas of style. The winners are awarded a brand name - a handmade ceramic lily. Each lily has an individual number and an original passport, which guarantees its authenticity. Lilies for the interior, atmosphere, light, musical accompaniment and design details have already received establishments in Russia, Italy, France, Latvia, Lithuania and other European countries.
The book "Beauty in Exile", withstood six editions - in 1998, 2000, 2003, 2004, 2005. - and translated into English in New York in 2000. In 1998, Beauty in Exile was named the best illustrated book of the year.
He is the author of the book “Russian fashion. 150 years in photographs” (Publishing house “Slovo”, 2004), in which there are more than 2000 photographs dedicated to the history of Russian, Soviet and post-Soviet fashion, starting from the 50s of the XIX century and ending with the beginning XXI century. The book contains texts from fashion magazines of different eras, fragments of interviews with fashion models, famous people, film actresses, fashion designers. According to the author, he intends to later publish this work in New York, "since nothing is known about Russian fashion, not only in Russia, but also abroad."
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Interview to collector Alexandra VASILIEVA:
"Better to be a glamorous old woman than an old girl"
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The "most extravagant Parisian" Alexander Vasilyev (it was he who introduced the fashion for men's neckerchiefs in Russia, which are now worn by Mikhalkov, Menshikov, Domogarov, Zaitsev, Yudashkin) is not a frequent visitor to our capital, where, by the way, he was conceived. During a recent visit, he managed to visit the antique market, 12 shops selling antiquities, and find a couple of elegant gizmos of the 18th century - a buckle in rhinestones from men's shoes of the Grand Duke's work and an ivory mussel with tortoiseshell inserts and a gold medallion.
The famous fashion historian, theatrical artist, writer and collector, whose collection is estimated at two million euros, managed to talk in the Kyiv city gallery "Lavra". Here, within the framework of the exhibition "Space. Vintage" - a festival of decorators, which is held by the magazine "Archidea" for the fourth year - the maestro of fashion gave master classes.
Vintage - the same second-hand, but branded and very "stale" - things must be at least 20 years old. Kate Moss and Renata Litvinova, Natalia Vodyanova and Alexander Vasilyev know a lot about vintage.
In addition to outfits with history, the fashion historian willingly wears Hermes, calls fascism the cult of the 90-60-90 standard (“there are much more fat women than thin ones, because they are mothers, they feed”) and claims: “It is better to be a glamorous old woman than an old girl."
"Gordon Boulevard"
"IN PARIS OLEG MENSHIKOV LIVED WITH THE HEI OF THE ROMANOV HOUSE"
- Alexander, did your heart tremble when you refused the Oscar-winning Nicole Kidman?
- More precisely, her agent, through whom she asked for an outfit from my collection for filming the movie "The Lady from Shanghai." But to give my historical originals to some ambalistic Australian artist?! I think this is completely unnecessary, although I would be happy to provide a sample for imitation. Dresses, like moths, live so little, why kill the old? Sometimes I wear brooches, rings from my collection, but not textiles - you can accidentally plant a stain from the sauce, and people tend to sweat, sorry for the physiological detail ...
- Wouldn't you give in to any of the living or departed idols - suppose Greta Garbo or Coco Chanel?
- I would not allow even Coco to try on my dresses. By the way, it is not known whether she would have succeeded as a perfumer without Grand Duke Dmitry Pavlovich Romanov, cousin of Nicholas II. They were friends, and he arranged a meeting for Mademoiselle Coco with the future creator of Chanel N5, perfumer Ernest Bo. And Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna for a long time drew models for Chanel, which were embroidered with beads and sequins by 120 Russian dressmakers. These dresses were demonstrated by Russian aristocrats who found themselves in distress abroad and became famous models ...
Coming back to my dresses, even Chanel wouldn't let me try them on. Neither Audrey Hepburn nor Vivien Leigh, although my neighbor Nikolai Tsiskaridze, a famous ballet dancer, and I have a passion for films with their participation.
- I heard about your friendship with him and Menshikov. Admit it, it was you who placed Oleg in Paris in an apartment with the heiress of the Romanov dynasty, when he played Yesenin at the Comedy Theater on the Champs Elysees?
- No, he himself found housing with the Grand Duchess Leonila Georgievna - he behaved modestly, ate a little, came to visit me ...
“You, too, can thank blue-blooded people for a lot, can’t you?”
- Yes, I am familiar with the princesses Shakhovskaya, Obolenskaya and Prince Golitsyn, with Countess Tolstaya and Count Sheremetev, and in Belgium I became friends with the Apraksins. Recently, my friend Princess Volkonskaya, having arrived from Paris, read the first chapters of my book "Russian Fashion. 150 Years in Photographs" with particular attention - starting from 1850. And she was completely delighted, because she saw there manifestations of Russian taste, the luxury of clothing (once Soviet propaganda convinced that Tsarist Russia was a grimy and stripped country).
My first fashion book was fueled by interactions with ballerinas of the Diaghilev era, whom I found in nursing homes in London, Madrid and New York. One day, Natalia Petrovna Bologovskaya, an actress of the Russian Theater in Paris and a dressmaker of French fashion houses, who was then over 80, invited me, a young man, to her house for vodka and pancakes with caviar...
By the way, Oleg Menshikov now lives not far from me in Moscow, but I never see him, which is no wonder - we did not have much friendship ...
But we talked about my dresses - even the crowned lady is not allowed to wear them (as it is impossible now to dine on china from the Hermitage). In addition, a copy is much more convenient than the original, it can be made in the right size - the women of the past had such a fragile physique ...
- ... that, looking at the collectible shoes displayed in the windows at the villa of Baroness Beatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild near Nice, I could not understand: if these are children's shoes, why are the heels so high?
- The average size of a female leg in the 19th century was 33-34 ...
"IN RUSSIA AND UKRAINE, DECENT LADIES AND WOMEN OF EASY VIOLENCE DRESS THE SAME WAY"
Why are there so few heterosexuals among fashion designers?
- Some - "natural" men - are created to undress a woman, and others to dress her. It's no secret that 95 percent of male couturiers are gay, most of them create for themselves - they often make an exaggerated, unusual silhouette for the female body, which would perfectly fit a transvestite. John Galliano, for example, always tries on his dresses for himself.
When a lover killed Gianni Versace, in his Moscow boutique, one of the regular customers exclaimed: "What a nightmare! I spent so much money on this fagot! I will never do it again - I turn to Jean Franco Ferret." But fashion must be loved as it is: Jean Franco Ferre is also a homosexual ...
- Who, in your opinion, is the most stylish of the stars in the post-Soviet space?
- Lyudmila Gurchenko, of course, Renata Litvinova, Maxim Galkin ... It's good that you don't ask about what is fashionable now. Usually I answer: for women - to walk around with a bare stomach, wear fake nails and high heels, dye your hair blonde and look vulgar. For men - to have a beer belly, drink beer, go to the sauna, cheat on his wife. But seriously, less vulgarity - a bare stomach, silicone in the chest and lips ... In Ukraine and Russia, now worthy ladies and women of easy virtue dress the same way, in Europe you can immediately distinguish: a decent girl or a walking girl ...
- In the wardrobe of Clara Luchko, which her daughter Oksana Lukyanova transferred to your collection, were there haute couture outfits?
- No, Klara Stepanovna dressed in deluxe ready-to-wear. Her daughter (when Oksana was asked about her mother’s favorite pastime in childhood, the girl answered: “She loves to measure.” - T. Ch.) at one time married a Yugoslav and emigrated with him to Canada, where she became the owner of a ready-made clothing store. She dressed her mother like a doll - Karl Lagerfeld, Prada ... Oksana handed these outfits to me along with a red draped dress in which Luchko - "the most beautiful legs of the Soviet Union" - went to the Cannes Film Festival when the film "The Return of Vasily" was presented there Bortnikov".
By the way, Klara Stepanovna told me why the wardrobe of Orlova, with whom they were together in Cannes and lived in the same hotel, was not preserved. Entering the room of Lyubov Petrovna, Clara saw on her knees a lace skirt and blouse, which the star sewed on a living thread. It turns out that Orlova repeatedly ripped and altered her outfits, and such things do not last long.
And I promised Oksana Lukyanova that in the near future I would pick up her mother’s shoes and hats ...
- Did the daughter easily part with the memory of her mother?
- I think she was glad that she could get rid of the abundance of outfits and transfer them to good hands - after all, they will not only be stored with me, but also exhibited all over the world - in Australia, South America, Belgium, France, England, Switzerland ...
- Plisetskaya also willingly gives her things to you?
- ... and Natalya Fateeva, but Lyudmila Gurchenko and Lidia Smirnova are going to do this ...
- But after all, Lyudmila Markovna has not changed much since the days of "Carnival Night", why should she deprive herself of an exclusive wardrobe?
- Many dresses become obsolete, but the main thing is that they can be beaten by moths. And my collection is in a specially equipped storage, which I rent near Paris.
"GALINA VISHNEVSKAIA HAS 13 HOUSES AND ONLY 12 MONTHS IN A YEAR"...
- Allegedly, in addition to the Parisian apartments, you have four more shelters, including a family estate in Lithuania and the Swiss "Giselle Hilarion" in St. Moritz.
- And Galina Vishnevskaya and Mstislav Rostropovich - 13! On this occasion, my friend Maya Plisetskaya jokes: "What a pity, Galina has 13 houses, and there are only 12 months in a year" ...
I furnished all my houses with antiques, I eat from china plates, I have good silverware, I sit not on plastic - on mahogany. And I started from scratch...
In 1980 I graduated from the Moscow Art Theater School-Studio, and two years later I moved to France, where I worked as a theater artist. It was Paris that gave me my knowledge. The seven languages that I speak allowed me to receive a variety of information. But, having barely emigrated, I could not even buy myself a stool - I found it, infested with cockroaches, in a Parisian garbage dump, washed and cleaned it, and it turned out to be quite pleasant ...
- They say that you got abroad thanks to a fictitious marriage with a French woman ...
- We lived with her for three years, and slept in the same bed and, mind you, had a great time (laughs). Now she has three children, we are still friends, as well as with my second ex-wife, an Icelandic, who now also has three children ...
Since childhood, I knew that I would exist among beauty and live in the whole world as a man of the world. Fortunately, I am not tied to any country.
- To teach millionaires not to be vulgar and to part with last season's mink coats, you yourself, at least, need to be a person who is not poor ...
— I'm not very rich — I have a lot of funds invested in things, but not cash. Of course, if I sold the real estate or part of the collection, which contains things based on Bakst's sketches, outfits from the wardrobe of Knipper-Chekhova, Maxim Gorky's wife Maria Andreeva and the illegitimate daughter of this proletarian writer, the Parisian ballerina Nina Tikhonova ... But I consider myself to be the highest layer of the middle class.
— After all, you were perhaps the youngest collector of antiques — while the pioneers were collecting stamps and matchboxes, Sasha Vasiliev laid eyes on porcelain and lace.
- From the age of 10-12 ... I studied at an English school in the center of noble Moscow, where there were still old mansions, mercilessly destroyed under Khrushchev and Brezhnev. When their inhabitants were moved to suburban shacks, many got rid of old things ...
- Now I understand why your classmates teased you as a "garbage man" ...
— At that time, you could find more in the garbage dumps than now in an antique store — they threw out albums, dishes, dresses, fans, umbrellas, hats... , restored.
My parents helped me - my mother Tatyana Ilyinichna Vasilyeva, nee Gulevich, was an actress and professor at the Moscow Art Theater School, my father Alexander Pavlovich Vasilyev was a theater artist, a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts. My parents were very fond of antiquity, it was passed on to me. Now there are about 10 thousand items in my collection: I buy something at auctions, antique and flea markets, they give me a lot - they bring a package, a bouquet of flowers and a note: "from a fan" ...
Vasiliev Alexander Pavlovich (1911 - 1990)
An outstanding theater artist, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, People's Artist of the RSFSR Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev was born in Samara. His father, Pavel Petrovich - Councilor of State, inspector of the Imperial Shipping, mother - Nina Alexandrovna Bryzzheva, daughter of a Tula general, hero of Plevna.
In Moscow, Alexander Pavlovich entered the Moscow State Academic Art School in memory of 1905, where he studied with E. N. Yakub and S. N. Nikolaev. (See notes 1 and 2). After graduating from MAHU in 1930, his creative activity began in Chita.
In the pre-war decade, he worked in drama theaters in such cities as Arkhangelsk, Vladivostok, Kirov, Kuibyshev, Rostov-on-Don.
In 1945, A.P. Vasilyev began working in the capital's theaters. In 1947 he joined the Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1947, he was the chief artist of the Moscow Theater. M. N. Ermolova, since 1954 - at the invitation of Yu. Zavadsky, the main artist of the Theater. Moscow City Council. Faina Ranevskaya, Lyubov Orlova, Vera Maretskaya, Rostislav Plyatt took the stage in costumes from Vasiliev. All of them were frequent guests in the house of Alexander Pavlovich.
Performances in Vasiliev's scenography were staged in a number of other theaters of the capital: the Bolshoi (GABT USSR), Maly, Artistic, in the theaters named after A. S. Pushkin, the theater named after Lenin Komsomol, in the Theater of Satire and on Malaya Bronnaya. A number of performances designed abroad.
In 1959, at the World Exhibition in Brussels, Alexander Pavlovich was awarded the Grand Prix for the Russian and Soviet Opera panel. He had many other awards, domestic and foreign. In 1962-66 he headed the section of theater and film artists of the Moscow Union of Artists, since 1966 he was the secretary of the board of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Since 1980 he has been president of the Soviet Center of the International Association of Stage Designers and Theater Technologists.
During his life, Alexander Pavlovich participated in the productions of more than 300 performances.
In the archive of Alexei Alexandrovich, the father of NA, there is an autograph of this remarkable artist.
Moldova,Chisinau 37,
st. Pushkina 35, apt 52
Alexey Alexandrovich
Vasiliev
Moscow 119270
3 Frunzenskaya st. house 1 kv 61
Vasiliev A.P.
Dear Alyosha!
Thank you for your letter. Sorry for not answering for a long time - a lot of worries. How did I live my 60s? Like one day. “Yesterday” I was a boy, and today I am already an old man. I do not regret anything, except for the time I wasted on uncreative theatrical affairs, i.e. any running. Little time was left for drawing and painting.
In my family, thank God, it's good! Fun!
Many friends - no, rather very close friends. Friend - Kolya Sosunov, remember? He is no more.
I am sending a catalog, the colors are wrong.
Lyosha, is there a place near Chisinau where you can rent an apartment and relax in the summer? But not a resort, but like a quiet village. Write.
Happy New Year.
Your Sasha.
In Moscow you have a house!
Greetings from the family (2 children).
The phrases “Dear Alyosha”, just “Lesha”, “your Sasha” indicate that Alexander Vasiliev and Alexei Vasiliev knew each other well and for a long time. Where could they meet?
From the biography of AP we know: In Moscow, Alexander Pavlovich entered the Moscow State Academic Art School in memory of 1905, where he studied with E. N. Yakub and S. N. Nikolaev.
In Vasilyeva we read about our father: In 1927 Vasiliev, after graduating from Obraztsov's art studio, was sent by the People's Commissariat for Education of the KASSR to Moscow, where he first studied at the art school "In Memory of 1905" with E.A. Yakub, and then entered the VKhUTEIN (Higher State Artistic and Technical Institute) at the printing department.
Most likely they met and became friends at the art school in 1905, where they studied with one teacher E.N. Yakub.
AP graduated from college in 1905, and AA decided to enter a more reputable art institution - VKHUTEIN. Despite the fact that the father of NA studied with Yevgeny Nikolayevich Yakyb for only one year, a rare photograph of his first Moscow teacher has been preserved in his archive.
On the back of the photo it says:
Evgeny Nikolaevich Yakub
1927 Moscow
Handwriting is clearly not Vasiliev. Maybe Yakub himself signed the photo, leaving for another institute, a student?
After meeting and getting to know each other at the “Memory of 1905” art school, the professional routes of the Vasiliev artists diverge ... although occasionally intersecting.
In 1959, at the World Exhibition in Brussels, both artists represented the country: an artist from Moscow with his panel “Russian and Soviet Opera”, and an artist from Moldova with his landscape “Autumn in Moldova”.
In 1970 and 1973 they were simultaneously nominated as corresponding members of the USSR Academy of Arts. This is easy to follow from the lists, because their names were located side by side.
candidates for full members and corresponding members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, nominated by creative unions, artistic and scientific institutions of fine arts, and public organizations.
25. Vasiliev Alexey Alexandrovich, painter, Chisinau.
26. Vasiliev Alexander Pavlovich, theater designer, Moscow
Newspaper "Soviet Culture"
FROM THE ACADEMY OF ARTS OF THE USSR
USSR Academy of Arts announces names
candidates for full members and corresponding members of the Academy, nominated by creative unions, artistic and scientific institutions of fine arts, public organizations.
26. Vasiliev Alexander Pavlovich, theater and film artist, Moscow
27. Vasiliev Alexey Alexandrovich, painter, Chisinau.
In 1973, Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev became a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts.
Alexander Vasiliev, in the last sentence of his letter, conveys to Alexei Vasiliev “Hello from the family. (2 children)". So the wife and children say hello.
About one of his sons, who says hello to A.A. Vasiliev can not be said. His name, like his father, is Alexander. In popularity, he overtook his father. If the father was known mainly in professional circles, then the son is known to a huge army of fashion lovers and TV viewers.
Today, Alexander Alexandrovich Vasiliev is a world-famous theater artist, interior designer, art historian and fashion historian, as well as a host in the Fashion Sentence TV program.
In one of the numerous interviews, Alexander confirms the last Moscow address of Alexander Pavlovich, finally removing the question of whether Vasiliev is being discussed in the message:
I am very glad that we are celebrating his centenary, because this is such a bright and worthy date!.. This year we will also install a board on the house where he lived and the workshop where he worked - and this was in the next entrance. Therefore, we lived in the house from 1971 until 1990, when he passed away, and he worked in the workshop from 1958 in the same house. Therefore, this huge fragment of life is connected with this very space, Third Frunzenskaya street. (See address envelope above)
Once again, the creative marks of two artists, two Vasilievs, coincided, but after their death.
A memorial plaque to Alexander Pavlovich Vasiliev was installed on the house where he lived and worked in 2011, the year of his 100th birthday, 21 years after his death.
A memorial plaque to Alexei Alexandrovich Vasiliev was installed on the house where he lived and worked in 1997, the year of his 90th birthday, 22 years after his death.
So far, we cannot show the memorial plaque of A.P. Vasiliev. We show the memorial plaque of Natalya Alekseevna's father, made by her students Viktor Kovalev and Vladimir Dubasov.
Natalya Alekseevna at the memorial plaque of her father.
Notes
The Moscow State Academic Art School in Memory of 1905 was founded in 1925.
The names of well-known cultural figures are associated with the activities of the school. His teachers and artistic directors in different years were full members of the Academy of Arts of the USSR V.I.Baksheev and A.M.Gerasimov, corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR N.P.Krymov and others.
Within the walls of the school, outstanding figures of our culture received a start in life: folk artists, members of the Academy of Arts, laureates of state prizes Yu.P. Kugach and D.K. Mochalsky, laureate of the USSR State Prize, poster artist V.S. Ivanov, corresponding members Academy of Arts A.P. Vasiliev, M.A. Bogdanov, O.K. Komov, L.A. Sokolova…
Alexander Vasiliev, fashion historian, theater decorator and art critic, from his youth, is not like everyone else. The honorary member of the Russian Academy of Arts is now promoting individuality, following not mass culture, but style in the TV show "Fashionable Sentence", in lectures that he reads in three languages, in collections of costumes collected from all over the world.
Childhood and youth
The biography of the TV presenter began in Moscow in an exceptionally intelligent family. Alexander Vasilyev, Sr., is a famous theater artist and fashion designer, winner of the Grand Prix of the World Exhibition in Brussels in 1959, People's Artist of the RSFSR. Mother Tatyana Gurevich played in the theater, taught stage speech and acting at the Moscow Art Theater and the choreographic school of the Bolshoi Theater. Early immersion in the world of beauty gave Vasiliev Jr. the first impulse to development. Since childhood, Sasha helped his father prepare scenery and costumes, at the age of 12 he acted as an artist for a play for children "The Wizard of the Emerald City".
Of course, such a rich experience should be passed on to posterity. Peru Alexander Vasiliev owns more than three dozen books on the history of fashion and the style of Russian emigrants in the early twentieth century. "Beauty in Exile" has been reprinted 6 times. The artist plans to release the memoirs of Tatyana Leskova, the great-granddaughter of the writer, prima ballerina of the Russian ballet and ballet director in Brazil.
Personal life
The master was fictitiously married. A graduate of the Moscow Art Theater School concluded a marriage in order to obtain a French visa in order to reunite with classmate Maria Lavrova, who, after her mother's marriage, left for Paris. Frenchwoman Anna Micheline Jean Bodimont, the daughter of a wealthy manufacturer and judge, then studied Russian in Moscow and agreed to help with obtaining a visa.
Arriving in France, Alexander learned that Masha had found another man, a local journalist. Lavrova gave birth to a daughter from him, but did not marry, and eventually resumed communication with Vasiliev.
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The union of the TV presenter with Anna lasted another 5 years, but then the couple broke up. Vasilyev became close to his assistant Stephanie. The girl refused to move from Iceland to France, and the marriage collapsed. After that, Alexander's personal life is connected only with art. As a man sometimes jokes, he married fashion and is happy in such a marriage.
