Every artist leaves behind a visible trace on the Earth. Paintings and sculptures express the spirit of the time in which he lived. Pavel Korin started out as an icon painter. In addition to this, he depicted historical events on canvas.
Rigid predestination
As one of the Soviet poets aptly put it, a person is not given the opportunity to choose the time for his life. This tragic rule does not apply to everyone, but only to those who are devoted to a certain idea. Pavel Dmitrievich Korin is a large, complex and tragic figure in Russian art of the first half of the 20th century. The artist was born on July 7, 1892 in the family of a hereditary icon painter. Parents lived in the famous village of Palekh. This settlement has been known since ancient times as a center of folk art - lacquer miniatures and icon painting.
When the boy was ten years old, he was sent to the local icon painting school. According to the rule in force at that time, the most diligent and capable students were sent to improve their skills in Moscow. Here, within the walls of the Donskoy Monastery, the famous icon-painting chamber operated. Corinne was distinguished by a meek disposition and a sharp eye. He masterfully worked with a brush. As a student, he helped mature craftsmen to paint new churches and renovate the interiors of old ones. In 1911, Pavel entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
Artist of a bygone era
Having received an academic education, Korin set up a workshop for himself on the Arbat. By this time, dramatic changes had taken place in the country. Church hierarchs enter into an unspoken struggle with the red commissars. The turmoil that takes place outside the windows of the workshop does not fit into the canvases that Pavel Dmitrievich intends to write. In 1925, Patriarch of All Russia Tikhon died. Observing the funeral procession, the artist saw the composition of his new painting and a few days later began work. For a large-scale panorama, I had to write dozens of sketches and fragments.
In 1935, the proletarian writer Maxim Gorky visited the artist's studio. He advised Pavel Dmitrievich to name the painting "Departing Russia". By that time, the artist himself had already felt this tendency. New subjects and new people appeared on his canvases. Comrade Gorky procured permission for Corina to travel to Italy. According to established traditions, all Russian artists trained in this sunny country.
Recognition and privacy
Pavel Korin's career went well. The artist's work surprisingly turned out to be close to both the people and the government. It is enough to look at the painting "Alexander Nevsky".
In his personal life, as a true Christian, the artist was happy. Pavel Dmitrievich Korin and Praskovya Tikhonovna Petrova got married in 1926. Husband and wife went their way of life supporting each other. Corinne died in October 1967.
