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Anatoly Krynsky Fine Art - Commentary

Commentary by Franco Miele
The paintings of Anatoly Krynsky are the testimony of many years of the work of an artist, who in the context of the political climate reigning in the former Soviet Union had the courage to break the schemes of Socialist Realism and to seek instead a free figurative direction. A direction which took forms marked by the ancient, suggestive spirit of religious iconography supported by a renewed creative attitude in respect to Russian Constructivism and European Cubism.

Especially in his Moscow period, 1963-1973, following the completion of his studies at the Kharkov Art Institute, Krynsky rejected the rules imposed on the art world by the political sphere. He showed his works together with the major exponents of pre-revolutionary Constructivism and Suprematism and in private collective showings of other non-conformist artists.

Following his emigration first to Italy then to the United States, Krynsky has exhibited many times, in many countries, his works that testify to the unity of his artistic vision. Methodological rigor and extreme composure invade the diverse phases of the elaboration of his works, from those inspired by typically Russian and Byzantine saints and monasteries to themes of prophets placed amid simplified cathedrals. An analogous attitude marks his works of Constructivist and Cubist imprint.

Again his works display a successful meeting between fantasy and logic as in the landscapes executed during his Italian period, paintings to which the artist seems to have transferred the chaste luminosity absorbed during his time in the sunny Crimea. Thus, a line of continuity links the past to the present in his works, in an incessant renewal of tradition and culture.  Continue...

Franco Miele

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