Valentin Massov, 2009
Valentin Pavlovich Massov was born in Uljanovskaya region on April 11, 1937 in a family of a doctor. His father is Massov Pavel Grigorevich was killed in the Great Patriotic War in 1942. His mother is Massova Ekaterina Ivanovna died in 1939. Valentin Massov was brought up in children's home.
Valentin Massov tells:
- I was four years old. My elder brother got as a present coloured pencils. I took those pencils and told him: "I will not give back!" And my mother's sister, my dear person (she was prayer-woman), said: "Don't touch him, he will be the artist".
Valentin Massov entered to the Penza Art College in 1953. His ideal in art became the great Spanish painter Velasquez.
In 1955 Valentin Massov met with the academician of painting Arcady Plastov.
Having looked his works he said: "The God has given you spiritual vision of the world. Do work anyhow and don't listen to anybody. There are many of vandals in the art in our time".
This meeting has affected on the further creative development of Valentin Massov.
Valentin Massov tells:
- I have did not understand Plastov's words for a long time. But the more you'll love the more you'll cognize, and the more you'll cognize the more you'll love. It is development.
In 1962 I met with very interesting critic. I have written her portrait.
She, having looked my works, said: "You are very talented artist, but your art is constructed on feelings. And when feelings will come to the end, what will you do?"
"I would like that all artists lose the opportunity to work, when them feelings will come to the end. Then would be no the bad pictures," I answered her.
"Ludmila" by Valentin Massov, 1962
The autumn 1962 he had a creative trip to Kuban. The necessity of this trip was after an exhibition of Renato Guttuso. After this exhibition he has realised Plastov's words: "You must work anyhow and don't listen to anybody".
Kuban, a new nature, the new conditions, a beautiful autumn, have opened the new possibilities to him. He was working 2 years (1962-1963) in this condition. But when he was officially declared like an abstract artist and a formalist, (remembering words of Plastov), he became to work a watercolour.
The whole of September 1970 he was travelling across Kirghizia. From this time he has begun to open the art of water-colour for himself.
"The mountains of Kirghizia" by Valentin Massov, 1970
Valentin Massov tells:
- I met with the professor of painting Alexander Myzin in Ferapontovo in 1972.
"Your souls and Dionisius's souls are related. You are giving a new impulse in the art," he said me.
Plastov and Myzin's words were always with me.
On an artist Vitaly Gorjaev's recommendation and on an academician of art criticism Michael Alpatov's recommendation he was accepted in the Union of artists in 1975.
In 1977 he was in Moscow. There were many people who liked his works. They have made a meeting with the artist Oleg Tselkov. Oleg's opinion was very significant for them.
When Oleg has looked his works, he said: "You make what nobody has made yet, all that was left by the art on the Earth".
"Sea" by Valentin Massov, 1972
"Evening" by Valentin Massov, 1971
Valentin Massov tells:
- The importance of words of Oleg Tselkov I understood only after 1979 - the year of my revelation.
"The flowers" by Valentin Massov, 1979
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