Vyacheslav Klykov is a famous Soviet and Russian sculptor. He was an ardent patriot and agreed to immortalize not all great figures in stone. He worked on sculptures only of those people who benefited the Russian people. Some of these, in his opinion, were Vasily Shukshin, Sergius of Radonezh, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nicholas II, Cyril and Methodius.
Biography: early years
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov was born on October 19, 1939 in the Kursk outback - the village of Marmyzhi, which looked like a farm with a pronounced Cossack way of life. He selflessly loved his small homeland.
Vyacheslav's parents were collective farmers. The family lived in poverty. His early childhood came in the difficult war and post-war years. After school, Klykov continued his education at a construction college. I graduated from being a welder and went to work at a factory.
A year later, Klykov entered the Kursk Pedagogical Institute at the Faculty of Art Graphics. There he became interested in sculpture and decided to move only in this direction. After studying at the pedagogical institute for two courses, Vyacheslav went to Moscow to the famous sculptor Nikolai Tomsky. The craftsmen were impressed by his work. So Vyacheslav became a student at the Moscow Art Institute, from which he graduated in 1968.
Creation
After receiving his diploma as a sculptor-monumentalist, Klykov worked at art factories. He also began to actively participate in various exhibitions, including international ones. In 1969, Vyacheslav joined the ranks of the Soviet Union of Artists.
The broad masses learned about Klykov only 10 years later, when he designed the first children's music theater in the Union, located on Vernadsky Avenue in Moscow. A year later, a sculpture of the Greek god Mercury, who is considered the patron saint of merchants, appeared at the capital's World Trade Center. This was also the work of Klykov.
Vyacheslav stood apart from other sculptors of that time. At the heart of his work was a firm civic position. Klykov, with the help of his works, propagandized the historical basis on which Russia should be held - the unity of the people, Orthodoxy and autocracy.
He categorically refused to make sculptures of the stranglers of Russian traditions and those opposed to God. So, Klykov did not begin to work on the monuments to Lenin and Stalin. He advocated removing the mausoleum from Red Square.
Vyacheslav's works are in many cities not only in Russia, but also in other countries. Some of the sculptures are exhibited at the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery.
Personal life
Vyacheslav Klykov was married. Three children were born in the marriage. Daughter Lyubov married priest Dmitry Roshchin - the son of the famous actress Ekaterina Vasilyeva. She gave Klykov eight grandchildren.
The eldest son Andrei followed in his father's footsteps. He became a sculptor and now heads a workshop named after his father. It was Andrei who completed a number of works by Vyacheslav, which he did not manage to complete during his lifetime. The youngest son Mikhail is far from the world of creativity.
Vyacheslav Klykov died on June 2, 2006 in Moscow. He was buried in his native Marmyzhi, right at the walls of the temple, which he personally restored.
