Artist Brusilovsky Misha Shaevich

In the modern world, every person is somehow connected with art. Reproductions of famous works can be seen at every step: in magazines, books, and television. The last fifty years, modern art enjoys special popularity: Impressionism, Surrealism, Cubism ... It is to modern trends that the work of the famous Russian artist whose full name is Brusilovsky Misha Shaevich can be attributed. About him further in the article in more detail.

Life and work of Misha Shaevich Brusilovsky

The artist was born in May 1931 in the city of Kiev, Ukraine. His father was a military engineer, his mother a laborer. Misha was not the only child in the family - he had a younger brother, Vsevolod.

When the boy was only ten years old, the Great Patriotic War began, and the Brusilovsky family was urgently evacuated to the Southern Urals, to the small town of Troitsk. In those distant times, no one imagined what talent Mischa Shayevich conceals in himself Brusilovsky. The family of the future artist returned to Kiev immediately after his release from the occupation.

Life in the War

Father Brusilovsky was killed at the front, while the boy and his brother lived in Troitsk in the house of their aunt. My father's sister was a doctor - she was also subjected to mobilization. A great impression on the future of the artist was made by a trip in an ambulance train. Here, the boy helped medical workers take care of the wounded. During long stops at the stations, Brusilovsky studied the nearby villages, got acquainted with the locals and exchanged salt for them with food.

Return to the homeland occurred in 1943. Hungry times forced the teenager to work on the street - along with other boys he was cleaning his shoes at the station square. Unfortunately, most of the proceeds should be given to local criminal authorities. One of them was called "Cat". One day, on the eve of the birthday of the boss, Brusilovsky painted it wiped with ordinary colored pencils. He appreciated the talent of the boy - thanks to him Brusilovsky entered a boarding school for gifted children, which became the first place of his education.

Education Brusilovsky

Exactly one year later Brusilovsky Misha Shaevich changed direction of studies, and moved to the Art School named after. Shevchenko - this organization was at the Kiev Art Institute. To enter the last was not possible - persecutions on the national basis did their job.

He became a professional artist after graduating from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Repin in St. Petersburg. Brusilovsky studied at the Faculty of Graphics. The distribution system operating at that time sent Brusilovsky to the capital of the Urals, the city of Sverdlovsk (now - Yekaterinburg).

Work in the artistic field

The first type of artistic earnings was the sale of reproductions of paintings by famous artists. Later Brusilovsky took the position of decorator at the Exhibition of Economic Achievements. However, work interfered with education, and the artist left with a not too prestigious position.

The acquisition of vocational education played a decisive role in the later life of Misha Shaevich. Arriving in Ekaterinburg, he began to teach at the Art College. In parallel, collaborating with the publishing house as an illustrator, Brusilovsky started a lot of interesting acquaintances with people of art. Among them are Vitaly Volovich and Andrei Antonov.

The first exhibition of the artist's works was organized in 1961. Then the work of Brusilovsky was severely criticized - none of his paintings was approved and appreciated.

Now it is difficult to find a person who does not know who Misha Shayevich Brusilovsky is. The artist's biography is not so well-known that does not reduce its saturation. The difficult fate of the boy who survived the war was cut off at the age of 85 - the artist died of cancer on November 3, 2016. The administration of Yekaterinburg will soon open a museum named after Mikhail Brusilovsky to perpetuate his memory for many years.

Brusilovsky Misha Shayevich: paintings

The style of the artist's work changed with time. He worked both in graphics and in painting; Besides, he was a monumentalist. The works created by Brusilovsky Misha Shaevich were exhibited in the famous museums of Great Britain, France, Israel and other developed countries. In the rating of the highest-paid artists of the Russian Federation, Misha Brusilovsky occupied the 38th place out of 50 possible. The popularity of the artist is determined by the severity of the topics raised, the depth of thought and the unusual presentation of the stories.

"1918"

One of the most sensational films in communist society is "1918". The beginning of work on this work was in 1962, immediately after the failed first exhibition. Having joined forces with Gennady Mosin, a familiar artist from the time of training at the institute, Brusilovsky creates a canvas, which means a call to the chairman of the Union of Painters of the RSFSR V. Serov. Having agreed with the Art Council a sketch with the image of a nice and quiet grandfather-Lenin, Mosin and Brusilovsky in the final version of the picture depict the leader of the proletariat as a determined and cruel person.

The reaction of the Art Council was immediate: Serov struggled to prevent the image from appearing in the masses. However, the artists achieved their goal, and the picture was exhibited in Moscow. However, even here the chairman of the Council of Painters did not give up: he came to the exhibition and made a terrible noise. Then the organizers placed near the canvas watch, which was instructed to drive away a particularly impressionable audience.

The picture "1918" brought the all-Union glory not only to Gennady Mosin, but also to Misha Brusilovsky. The beginning of independent, conscious creativity was laid.

Colorful fantasies

Brusilovsky Misha Shaevich for his long life wrote several hundred paintings. Among them, such as "Leda and the Swan" - a vivid example of the colorful manner and love of the author for contrast and rich colors. This work is written on the mythological plot. A lot of small details form a single canvas, and the color casts thoughts on something pleasant and immediate.

French chic

The painting "Aggression" was the face of a marketing campaign that was held in Paris on the eve of the artist's exhibition. The most vivid and catchy, she attracted the attention of the public and aroused interest in who this bold artist is. Misha Shayevich Brusilovsky was exhibited in France several times.

Focus on results

The fate of Brusilovsky was difficult: at an early age he survived a war that took his father from him. The beginning of a career did not work out - a failed exhibition could knock him down. But the artist did not give up and proved to the whole world that he really does not tolerate any truly beloved cause. Perseverance, perseverance, strength of spirit and talent combined into one - and the world saw the masterpieces of a truly brilliant creator.