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Blue and Red
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 Human Kind
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 Princess
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 Song of Love
 Still Life
 Time of Beauty
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Anatoly Krynsky Fine Art - Commentary

Commentary by Henry Vermillion
"Anatoly Krynsky, I think, is an artist in the only sense that counts.  That is, he is a sensitive and gifted human who first sought out the best art education available in his native Russia, and who has struggled over his career to express his personal vision of the world, within his very considerable technical resources.

There are some things he is not.  He is not a self-indulgent natural genius whose every daub transcends criticism.  He is not trendy.  He is not Pop, nor anything like it; he is not a man of the 90s, in the usual sense.

But he is a better man of the 90s in the sense that matters most: the history of art, especially 20th century modernism, animates and validates his timeless vision.  He is a conscientious craftsman whose art is honed to a keen edge, and whose images and ideals are universal in the Western tradition.  His work doesn't reflect the here and now of current Western culture.  Thank whatever gods!  His aims are higher than that; he has too much respect for art.  We need more artists who take the same road."

Henry Vermillion is a painter.  He was born in Texas and now lives in Mexico.   He has been a regular contributor of art criticism to various American and Mexican newspapers.

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