Such a metamorphosis…īato started to study painting in his homeland, at the small art school in his village. Bair decided to become a surgeon, while Bato, who was an excellent archer dreaming about a medical career became a very successful artist. But an accident that brought badly injured Bair to the hospital, drastically changed his plans. She sent her middle son Bair to an art-school. Narrator: Bato’s mom wanted one of her sons to become a painter. The smoke smelled great (Makhorka – homemade tobacco) and it was floating among the dancing rays of sun coming from the window… Incredible, fascinating scene! Granny had many friends, who were gathering in house playing cards and smoking.

My parents left for khabarovsk (Siberia, town), so I stayed with my grandmother for several months.

Do you remember yourself in childhood? What kind of person was Bato as a kid?.

Viewers freeze looking at Bato’s paintings – his incredible colors and the light that encounters paintings induce real admiration in people. He enriched impressionism by adding some ideas of 21 century to it, where both - realism and abstraction took their proper positions. Narrator: Bato is today’s world-renown impressionist. Well, any painting might be priced either high or low… Some of them today cost up to a million dollars… Auctions in Paris stimulated the rise of your paintings’ prices. I don’t like commissions and I always warn people that I’ll paint this and like that…. Do you paint any commissioned paintings? Yes, I’ve got the medal and the diploma. Did the patriarch of Russia Alexey the second give you any reward for this work? Was it a significant stage in your artistic life? You did paint a fresco at Cathedral of Christ the Savior (central dome and dome above altar). Yes, the ratio is approximately 70% to 30% Market experts state that joyful and sunny paintings are much more popular than the mid-tone and “sad” ones. I burned half of them, the rest is archived, so yes. You are still securely keeping your oldest paintings… No, of course, not, but I was glad to study in Moscow. Could you imagine back then that you will become a world-renown artist You were 12 y old when your mother sent you to Moscow. I was the second grade student when I saw several adults working on the 3 sq. And the most vivid memory from your childhood is the portrait of Lenin painted on the wall of your school?

In your book you wrote that your dream was to become a medical doctor.

Is it true that in childhood you liked the TV-project “Health” the most? Is it true that you choose your future profession because of the smell? Marina confirms that this is part of Bato's sense of humour at work 😄 PS: In the interview you will notice that Bato sports an unusual mustache/beard. A BIG thank you to Marina for taking the time to translate and type out the transcript 🙏 A transcript has kindly been provided by Marina Shaduri, one of your fellow students in my online school. In the second video, an interview, you will discover more about the man, his beginnings and his motivations as a painter. The first video is a compilation of photos showing some of his paintings. Certainly difficult to emulate, but inspirational too. Bato's painting may seem wild at times, but at others it is gentle and evocative too. Take time to look up his paintings and study his style. In this article I want to introduce you to this artist's work. One of the artists that is pushing the boundaries of Neo-Impressionism is Russian artist Bato Dugarzhapov. The loose, painterly approach is exciting, different and often frustratingly elusive. This approach to painting has been my guiding light for the past ten years or more. These paintings are representational, but often flirt close to abstraction. You expect a style of painting that is bold, packed with big juicy brushwork, suggested details, simplification of shapes and a little mystery too. Bato Dugarzhapov has a fearless style of painting we can all learn from.Ĭontemporary Impressionism, New-Impressionism, Painterly style - whatever description you use the expectation remains the same. An introduction to one of my favorite contemporary Impressionist painters.

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