For a long time I thought about whom to tell next. But after a recent trip to St. Petersburg, the choice became obvious. I will be very happy if I show this artist for the first time for someone. It's amazing how beautiful, large-scale and talented he is, but so little is said about him in Russia. I have known him for a long time, a few years ago I even went to Vasilievsky Island to his personal gallery to see it live. And I don't remember how I heard the name of Ivan Slavinsky for the first time ... But it was love at first sight.
Although something comes to mind ... I think it was a television interview.
He is young, handsome, mysterious. There is so little to find or read about him on the Internet. There are no even sensible reproductions of paintings, they are all of dubious quality. However, I found an interview for Cosmo, where he is called the most expensive artist in Russia. Here it is, a dream come true for any artist, to sell his paintings for millions of rubles, to give interviews to glamorous magazines. But this is certainly not the goal :)
Now he is 44 years old, he lives and works in St. Petersburg. He lived in France for ten years. Probably because of this, there is so much impressionism, Paris, strange images, beautiful women shrouded in a halo of love in him ... Being St. Petersburg and European at the same time, he creates his own style of painting, which art critics call "Fantastic Realism". Although, it will seem to many that it was not without surrealism and postmodernism.
It seems that such paintings, which are so complex in detail and elaboration, take a long time and sadly, however, something tells me that he writes them very easily. By investing in your painting amazing energy, talent, love, the power of feeling, because when you look at the paintings in person, they literally knock you down. In scope, purity of color, brightness of images.
Ivan Slavinsky clearly wants to amaze and save the world with beauty and perfection. And in my opinion, like no one else, he succeeds ...
"Master of Time"
"The eternal river of time bestows and takes life, plays in the streams of energy, rolls along the bends of matter, splitting atoms and throwing worlds into the void. From a thin stream of origin, not crushed by a stone at birth, gaining strength, this stream continuously carries the past into the future or vice versa .. And we, sweeping past the distant shores, sometimes it seems that we see the one who carries the stone to the source. "
CITY
STILL LIFES
FANTASTIC LANDSCAPES
PORTRAITS
Interview from Cosmo
IVAN SLAVINSKY. Window to Paris
The most expensive artist in Russia does not comply with the visa regime, does not like to give paintings and is not going to persuade the girl to undress
The starting price for paintings by Ivan Slavinsky is 20 thousand dollars. In his paintings there is at the same time something from Vrubel, and from Degas, and from Petrov-Vodkin. A robust school of realism plus the uncut wings of imagination make fantasies come true. And connoisseurs of art are ready to pay any amount for this effect. Critics are racking their brains over whether it is proper to call an artist a genius during his lifetime.
COSMO You exhibited for the first time in St. Petersburg in 1991?
IVAN Yes. It was the Association of Free Artists on Nevsky, 20. But actually, I started, like many artists then, on the panel.
C Where was your panel?
And at Katka's garden. It all started there with what the artists themselves were selling. At six in the morning, as for a good fishing, it's a cool place to score, hang on. And then there was a rumor that everyone would be kicked out if they did not become a member of the Association of Free Artists. Nobody knew what it was. But I thought that if I am selling paintings on the street, and the policemen start chasing me, then it is probably better to join this partnership.
C Where did you study? In Academy?
And it didn't work with the Academy. But, in spite of everything, I went to my father. He taught at the Academy - Dmitry Oboznenko, a very famous battle painter. In principle, I have already studied with him all my life. At a time when he still had orders for large military paintings. He was always critical of what I was doing, he almost never praised. But when he began to ask me to add something to his paintings, I realized that this means that I myself can do something.
C It turns out, like in the old days the master had an apprentice, and no academy is needed.
And that's how my father taught me? I wrote my works in his studio. And he looks, realizes that I am still studying, he will come up: "This is how it should be." And it shows. "Well, that's it, I think, - the top five is provided for me." He understood?" - "Got it." With a rag he will erase everything: "Write!" And you start to remember how he did it. I believe that he trained me that way.
C Why is your surname not your father's?
And oh, complicated story. My mother is Patrabolov. The fact is that her first husband, Slavinsky, emigrated to England long ago. And he emigrated so hastily that he did not have time to divorce his mother. In those days, it was necessary to pay some kind of insane state fee for divorce. And when I was born, he remained in her passport. And my father and mother have never been officially married. Apparently, there was still no great love between them, and they never lived together. He, as a creative nature, was an addicted person. But my father always helped. Wasted his time and money on me.
C How did you get to France?
And It was 93rd year. Basically, I only went there to see it for four days. But these days were clearly not enough. Was New Year... We walked hard. The first two days I lay there, with horror thinking that I had no time to see anything. Then everyone got back together. And I met my future friend, a guide, who said: "Why are you going to run around Paris with a headache, let's change tickets."
C I understand that you stayed there much longer? Didn't you have to go back and get a new visa?
And I had to, of course. But for us fools, the law is not written. The visa is over, and God bless her. Another week passed very quickly. Our friend showed us places that, from his point of view, should have been seen: discos, clubs, bars, different friends. Time passed in some get-togethers. And then he said: “Why would you live in a hotel and pay one hundred euros every day. Let's move to me. "
C Was he French or Russian?
And Russian, of course! His father worked in the Aeroflot office. And he was a guide and for his own money rented a cage with a girlfriend - she probably wasn't even two by two. Two by one and a half. Amenities in the hallway. Attic. But the view is strictly towards the Eiffel Tower,
14th district. The romance was all right. There was a window in which the cat could hardly crawl through. But it was immediately clear that you were in Paris. I was with my wife first, and he was with his girlfriend. What to do? It was necessary to be accommodated somehow. There was a construction site nearby. We went there and made bunks. Well, he gave us a place of honor downstairs, and he and his girlfriend upstairs. We had a lot of stories there, of course. For all my life I remembered how I sleep, and in the middle of the night my wife pushes me in the side, points up and whispers: “Listen, they are going to fall now! Do something". Well, you don't need to interfere. I had to get up and hold the bunks with my back. To act in the role of Atlanta.
C How did you start working?
And very soon I went, bought paint, sat in a corner and began to write something. And I found a gallery in which a Russian girl was selling paintings that she painted in Russia. It turned out that she knows my name, she saw it in the gallery on Nevsky. And I made her a small collection. And from the very first auction he earned some money. And I must say, by this time I was already completely financially exhausted in Paris. We already ate some kind of canned food, almost cat. I tried to work in different directions. But it turned out that it is very difficult for the French to understand this. If the artist works in a different manner, then it should at least be spaced out in time. First you have a pink stage, then a blue one. At the same time, you cannot have all the stages at once. What should I do? This is how the pseudonym Marina Ivanova was born. That was my first wife's name. The gallery could not take pictures of the mythical author. Well, I said - here's the author, if that. These were paintings of a new direction, and, I think, at a certain stage, the paintings of Marina Ivanova overshadowed the paintings of Ivan Slavinsky. I even envied myself. He said: "Masha, look how famous you are!" And the familiar artists, caustic, gave me the nickname Plum - Slavinsky-Ivanova.
C Did you live there without a visa?
And In principle, no one has asked me for a visa in a year and a half. I even managed to buy a car and register it without having any documents on hand.
C I can't imagine how you did it. Probably solely on personal charm.
And I am in something, maybe, a capable person. There is no voice or hearing, but linguistic mimicry is good. And the first five minutes, when I started to speak, I was mistaken for a Parisian. Then, of course, bloopers appeared. But for all their bureaucracy, the French are very naive. If they asked me for documents, I said that the visa was over and now the documents are being processed. It never occurred to them that a person could have a car, get and pay bills, live like a Frenchman, and still get by with a four-day expired tourist visa.
C How were you declassified?
And the next year we decided to take a car ride south. From Paris we drove to Biarizza. Since Europe is a single economic zone, there are no borders there. But there are mobile customs offices. And when we passed the turnstiles, I didn't even see the customs officers, but there was some sort of leapfrog with traffic lights. In general, I stopped somewhere in the wrong place. And they thought we saw them and tried to hide. Well, they demanded the documents. We were taken to sort out a village near Bordeaux. There are computers. Well, okay - the whole day with his wife in the French bullpen!
C And how did it end?
And We had to return. But I already had an invitation back in my pocket. And here in St. Petersburg I went to the consulate and arranged everything.
C They say Schumacher has your paintings. And who else has famous personalities?
And a number of works were bought for Bill Gates. Well, maybe they are not with Bill Gates himself, but they have them in their Swiss office - this is a scientific fact. In general, gallery owners never tell whom they sold your work to. Therefore, it is possible to know about your customers in a very abstract way.
C Have you ever made repetitions of your paintings?
And I do not make copies. If someone needs a copy of my painting, let them turn to another artist. I believe you always have to move
forward. Therefore, I do not understand artists whose walls are all hung with their paintings. The works are good - I understand, I feel sorry for the person. But it seems to me that this is still not entirely correct. I had several works that I considered, without false modesty, well, brilliant! Then I sold them, but in my head they were postponed as works to the level of which I need to strive. And then somehow it turned out that after a year, after two I saw them. And I thought: "It's all somehow weak ..." And hang it in front of my eyes, I would be calm - no, it slows down very much.
C Have you ever had to give pictures?
And yes. But I actually don't really like doing it. Not because they can be sold, not because! When you write a work, you do what you like. And when you make a gift, you want to please the person. So that not your cockroaches run to him from the picture, but so that he looks at it and experiences positive emotions. And you are trying to understand this person, to adjust to him. And the picture turns out to be a little not yours.
C What else could you do for a living?
And Machines could be repaired. It's easy. And, probably, also teach children to play tennis.
C They say that to get to your model, you need to go through a hard casting. It's true?
And (laughs) I don't have a tough selection like fashion designers. It's just that I - and this applies not only to women - is unpleasant to write ugly things. I know that there is such a direction. The whole West is sick with this nonsense - people write what should be disgusting. It's okay to shock the audience. And you try to write beautiful, for real. Try not to disfigure the beauty, preserve it, and maybe enhance it. What is the point in a modern portrait? I do not mean those portraits that are drawn from a photograph. Even if a person is not very handsome, a good artist will still give him something attractive. Any person is beautiful at certain times. It's just that this moment must be found and conveyed.
C So how are you looking for models?
And I have an image in my head - I need such a girl for this picture. Where am I going to look for her? What, pester on the street? How many such cases have been - you see, you stop. And she: “Yeah - an artist? Clear. I have already been written once ... I know how it all ends. " Well, that's why go, waste magical energy (laughs), when you can invite professionals who understand what is needed from them. You select by photographs. But there is still such a thing - plastic. One girl will come, sit down and nothing is needed - a finished painting. No need to bend her fingers, she sat down and that's it. Another will come - it seems like beauty, but it will sit down, and everything is clear - it means that I will try to twist you in some position for two hours. Not our option. Therefore, there is no standard. Plasticity is probably the main thing. No 90-60-90. I need a person to be fairly uncomplexed. From time immemorial, artists have painted nudity. If I spend half a day trying to convince a girl to undress not for something, but for work - well, imagine!
I found an interesting artist on the Internet a few years ago. At first glance, it reminded me very much of the manner of painting of the artist Vrubel. After looking at a few more paintings, I suddenly remembered the artist Degas ... Yesterday I saw his work on the net again. Looked through. The feeling of the work is not very inspiring (not mine), but I really liked the technique of execution and the original manner. Great talent. In addition, I liked some aspects of his biography.
Slavinsky was born in 1968 in Leningrad. He has been working as a professional artist for about twenty years. He began to paint in childhood, and received further artist skills at an art school at the Academy of Arts. Presumably, he took over his talent as an artist from his father Dmitry Obozenko, who was a famous battle-painter in Leningrad.
In 1990, the first exhibition of works by Ivan Slavinsky was held in St. Petersburg in the art gallery "Association of Free Artists". Both viewers and critics recognized the artist's unique talent, after which he immediately became famous in the city on the Neva. Since then, he has been invited to various galleries in Moscow and abroad.
Then Ivan worked abroad, lived in Paris for seven years. His canvases have become a permanent decoration in private collections in Italy, France, Holland. In France, USA, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Holland he is considered one of the best Russian artists.
The starting price of paintings by Ivan Slavinsky is 20 thousand dollars. In his works, many notice at the same time something from Vrubel, Degas and Petrov-Vodkin. Many are willing to pay big money for such a powerful "mixture". Some critics are pondering about him, is it decent to call the artist a genius during his lifetime.
Biography of Ivan Slavinsky
Ivan himself talks about his artistic history ... He started not in the Association of Free Artists, but on the so-called panel. It was at Katka's garden. The artists themselves sold their works. From early in the morning they came, as if on a fishing trip, in order to take a "fish" place, to hang pictures. And soon he went dry, that everyone would be kicked out if he did not become a member of the Association of Free Artists. No one then knew what it was. But Ivan decided to join the partnership so as not to run away from the police ...
With regard to art studies ... He did not succeed with the Academy. However, at that time his father, a Leningrad battle painter, taught there. And Ivan learned a lot from him. This was facilitated by large orders of war paintings. The father was always critical of his son's work. Almost never praised. But later he began to trust to add something to his works. At that very moment, Ivan realized that he himself could write something.
Ivan wrote in his father's workshop. He taught him in a peculiar way. Correct it will do. Asks if his son understood. He will nod. And at this moment the father erases everything: "Write!"
Ivan Slavinsky went to France in 1993. I just went to see it for four days. But these days were not enough. It was then New Year. We took a long walk. The first couple of days Ivan lay there, thinking with horror that I would not have time to see anything. Then everyone gathered to go back. And Ivan met his future friend, a Russian guide, who said to him: “Why would you walk around Paris with a headache? Let's change tickets. " And he stayed in Paris with an expired visa. The new friend showed all those places that, from his point of view, had to be seen. And in the end he invited me to live with him so as not to overpay for the hotel. He rented a tiny 2x2 cage with his girlfriend. But the view was on the Eiffel Tower. There was a tiny window. But looking at him immediately realized that you were in Paris.
Ivan was in Paris with his first wife. The four of us in that room were very cramped. They found a way out at a nearby construction site. We made bunks there. In this regard, a lot of memories remained.
Soon Ivan bought paint, sat down in a corner and began to write something. Then I found a gallery where a Russian girl was engaged in the implementation of paintings that were written in Russia. It turned out that the girl knew his last name, saw his work in the gallery on Nevsky. And Ivan wrote her a small collection. Money was earned from the first auction. By that time, the initial money had dried up. A couple ate different canned food ..
Ivan tried to write in different directions. But, as it turned out, the French are very difficult to understand this. If the artist painted in a different manner, then this, and their presentation, should at least be stretched over time. As a result, the pseudonym Marina Ivanova was born. That was his first wife's name. But the gallery did not want to take the works of the mythical author. Ivan said - here's the author, pointing to his wife. These were works of a new direction, and, at some stage, the paintings of Marina Ivanova slightly overshadowed the works of Ivan Slavinsky. Ivan even envied himself. He said: "Masha, look how famous you have become!" Acrid familiar artists gave Ivan the nickname Plum, thus combining the names of Slavinsky and Ivanov.
For a year and a half living in France, no one asked Ivan for a visa. He even managed to buy himself a car and register it, without having any documents.
He attributes success in this to his ability to speak. He was mistaken for a Parisian. Plus, the French are very naive. If Ivan was asked for documents, he said that the visa had already expired, and the documents were being processed. So I lived for some time with an expired four-day tourist visa.
But a little later it was declassified at the customs point. Day in the French bullpen. As a result, I had to return to Russia. But there was already an invitation to France in my pocket. Then everything was formalized as expected through the consulate.
A number of works by Ivan Slavinsky bought for Bill Gates. Maybe. Not for Bill himself, but they definitely have them in their Swiss office ... Also, the famous Formula 1 driver Schumacher has his works.
Ivan does not make copies of his paintings. He believes that we must always move forward. Doesn't understand the artists who hung the walls of the house with their paintings. Ivan had several of his paintings, which he considered brilliant, but he sold them. He only left them in his mind as pictures, to the level of which one should strive. And then, a year later, when he saw them, he thought that they were somehow weak. And if they were hanging in front of our eyes, they would have greatly slowed down ..
Ivan does not like to give pictures. Not because it's a pity. He just doesn't like to adapt to the viewer. But if you give, then it is necessary for the person to experience positive emotions, that is, to write for him ...
When asked what else he could earn in life, Ivan replied that he would fix cars and teach children to play tennis.
When asked how Ivan searches for models for paintings, he replied that he initially had an image in his mind, and he needed just such a girl for a portrait. It is impossible to invite on the street, because they are afraid. As a result, he hires professionals. Selects by photographs. But in the end, all the plastic decides. There are beautiful, but not plastic, not convincing. Some sit down immediately so that the picture is ready, with others - for hours you have to look for successful plastic poses. And it is important that the person does not have a complex. Artists have always painted nudity. And I don't want to spend an hour convincing the model to undress ...
Then Ivan worked abroad, lived in Paris for seven years. His canvases have become a permanent decoration in private collections in Italy, France, Holland. In France, USA, Germany, Great Britain, Italy and Holland he is considered one of the best Russian artists.
The starting price of paintings by Ivan Slavinsky is 20 thousand dollars. In his works, many notice at the same time something from Vrubel, Degas and Petrov-Vodkin. Many are willing to pay big money for such a powerful "mixture". Some critics are pondering about him, is it decent to call an artist a genius during his lifetime.
Ivan himself talks about his artistic history ... He started not in the Association of Free Artists, but on the so-called panel. It was at Katka's garden. The artists themselves sold their works. From early in the morning they came, as if on a fishing trip, in order to take a "fish" place, to hang pictures. And soon he went dry, that everyone would be kicked out if he did not become a member of the Association of Free Artists. No one then knew what it was. But Ivan decided to join the partnership so as not to run away from the police ...
With regard to art studies ... He did not succeed with the Academy. However, at that time his father, a Leningrad battle painter, taught there. And Ivan learned a lot from him. This was facilitated by large orders of war paintings. The father was always critical of his son's work. Almost never praised. But later he began to trust to add something to his works. At that very moment, Ivan realized that he himself could write something.
Ivan wrote in his father's workshop. He taught him in a peculiar way. Correct it will do. Asks if his son understood. He will nod. And at this moment the father erases everything: "Write!"
Ivan Slavinsky came to France in 1993. I just went to see it for four days. But these days were not enough. It was then New Year. We took a long walk. The first couple of days Ivan lay there, thinking with horror that I would not have time to see anything. Then everyone gathered to go back. And Ivan met his future friend, a Russian guide, who said to him: “Why would you walk around Paris with a headache? Let's change tickets. " And he stayed in Paris with an expired visa.
The new friend showed all those places that, from his point of view, had to be seen. And in the end he invited me to live with him so as not to overpay for the hotel. He rented a tiny 2x2 cage with his girlfriend. But the view was on the Eiffel Tower. There was a tiny window. But looking at him immediately realized that you were in Paris.
Ivan was in Paris with his first wife. The four of us in that room were very cramped. They found a way out at a nearby construction site. We made bunks there. In this regard, a lot of memories remained.
Soon Ivan bought paint, sat down in a corner and began to write something. Then I found a gallery where a Russian girl was engaged in the implementation of paintings that were written in Russia. It turned out that the girl knew his last name, saw his work in the gallery on Nevsky. And Ivan wrote her a small collection. Money was earned from the first auction. By that time, the initial money had dried up. A couple ate different canned food ..
Ivan tried to write in different directions. But, as it turned out, the French are very difficult to understand this. If the artist painted in a different manner, then this, and their presentation, should at least be stretched over time. As a result, the pseudonym Marina Ivanova was born. That was his first wife's name. But the gallery did not want to take the works of the mythical author. Ivan said - here's the author, pointing to his wife. These were works of a new direction, and, at some stage, the paintings of Marina Ivanova a little overshadowed the works of Ivan Slavinsky. Ivan even envied himself. He said: "Masha, look how famous you have become!" Acrid familiar artists gave Ivan the nickname Plum, thus combining the names of Slavinsky and Ivanov.
For a year and a half living in France, no one asked Ivan for a visa. He even managed to buy himself a car and register it, without having any documents.
He attributes success in this to his ability to speak. He was mistaken for a Parisian. Plus, the French are very naive. If Ivan was asked for documents, he said that the visa had already expired, and the documents were being processed. So I lived for some time with an expired four-day tourist visa.
But a little later it was declassified at the customs point. Day in the French bullpen. As a result, I had to return to Russia. But there was already an invitation to France in my pocket. Then everything was formalized as expected through the consulate.
A number of works by Ivan Slavinsky were bought for Bill Gates. Maybe. Not for Bill himself, but they certainly have them in their Swiss office ... Also, the famous Formula 1 racer Schumacher has his works.
Ivan does not make copies of his paintings. I believe that we must always move forward. Doesn't understand the artists who hung the walls of the house with their paintings. Ivan had several of his paintings, which he considered brilliant, but he sold them. I only left them in my mind as pictures, to the level of which one should strive. And then, a year later, when he saw them, he thought that they were somehow weak. And if it hung in front of my eyes, it would greatly slow down ..
Ivan does not like to give pictures. Not because it's a pity. He just doesn't like to adapt to the viewer. But if you give, then it is necessary for the person to experience positive emotions, that is, to write for him ...
When asked what else he could earn in life, Ivan replied that he would fix cars, play tennis for children.
And Machines could be repaired. It's easy. And, probably, also teach children to play tennis.
When asked how Ivan searches for models for paintings, he replied that he initially had an image in his mind, and he needed just such a girl for a portrait. It is impossible to invite on the street, because they are afraid. As a result, he hires professionals. Selects by photographs. But in the end, all the plastic decides. There are beautiful, but not plastic, not convincing. Some sit down immediately so that the picture is ready, with others - you have to look for successful plastic poses for hours. And it is important that the person does not have a complex. Artists have always painted nudity. And I don't want to spend an hour convincing the model to undress ...
Petersburg artist, owner of the gallery "SLAVINSKY PROJECT" - Ivan Slavinsky, according to critics, is considered one of the most expensive contemporary Russian artists. In this review, a story about how his formation took place, the search for his own handwriting in painting and, of course, the paintings of this wonderful master.Ivan Slavinsky was born in 1968 in Leningrad. Father - battle painter Dmitry Oboznenko inherited the artistic gift of a painter to his son. At the age of 5, the boy already had a good command of pencil and paints. First skills in fine arts Ivan graduated from the art school at the Academy of Arts. The father was very critical of his son's first works. But soon he began to trust Ivan to write small details on the edges of his canvases. And later I realized that my son is very talented, and he can create himself.
City at sunset.
Lights of the night city.
During the formation of the young artist, he was sometimes classified as a realist, then a postmodernist, then a surrealist: it was very difficult, looking at the early works of Slavinsky, to say that it was the hand of the same master. And only years later, having brought together all these styles and techniques of art, he created his own style, his own unique style.
Winter.
At his first exhibition in 1991, held in the gallery of the Fellowship of Free Artists, Ivan was recognized by both viewers and art critics. The owner of a unique painting talent immediately became famous and recognizable in the city on the Neva, and later in Moscow.
Still life with a sailboat.
Once, having gone with his wife on a 4-day tourist visa to France for the New Year holidays, he stayed there for ten whole years. At first, he and his wife stayed with a friend in a tiny room overlooking the Eiffel Tower. Then they lived on an unfinished construction site, sleeping on bunks made of planks.
Parisian.
The artist gradually began to make a living by painting: he handed over his works to a small gallery for sale. As it turned out, the owner of this gallery knew the artist's work well - she saw his work on Nevsky. The collaboration was fruitful and money-making. The couple were even able to rent a small apartment. The inspired artist began to paint in different styles, which immediately became incomprehensible to the naive French: how is it possible that a painter could simultaneously paint in several techniques. So Ivan's works were different in manner and style.
Saxophonist.
It was then that Russian ingenuity came to the rescue: the painter began to sign part of the work performed in a different technique with the name of his wife. This is how the pseudonym "Marina Ivanova" arose. Friends who know this story gave Ivan the nickname "Plum", which was derived from two surnames: Slavinsky and Ivanova. Some works signed with the name of his wife were more successful, to which Ivan, as if envious, said: "Masha, look how famous you have become!"
Oddly enough, everyone took the Russian artist for a Parisian. Thanks to good French during his illegal residence in France, no one asked Slavinsky for a visa. He even managed, without any documents, to buy a car and register it. But soon he was declassified by customs and expelled from the country. But at the same time, an invitation to France was already in his pocket. And Slavinsky, having passed all the documents through the consulate, returned to Paris legally.
Old books and a figurine of a knight.
And for about eight more years he lived in Paris and already worked under exclusive contracts for several European galleries. With personal exhibitions, he traveled almost all over Europe. The exhibitions of his paintings were a great success in Luxembourg, Dublin, Stockholm, Marseille and Paris. All canvases of the Parisian period were successfully sold out.
Santa Maria De La Salute. Venice.
His unique paintings have been added to the private collections of art connoisseurs in Italy, France, Holland, England, and the USA. The original cost of paintings by Ivan Slavinsky was from twenty thousand dollars. The buyers were impressed by the "mixture" of techniques taken from Vrubel, Degas and Petrov-Vodkin, for which they were ready to pay good money.
Still life.
While still living abroad, in 1997 he received membership in the Union of Artists of Russia. And upon his return to his homeland in 2002, he settled in St. Petersburg. In 2007 he opened an art gallery under his own name, which after a while was renamed into "SLAVINSKY ART". And since 2016 a new gallery of the painter has been opened in St. Petersburg - "SLAVINSKY PROJECT".
Girl with lilies.
The genre of fantastic realism, based on metamorphoses, symbols, allegories, on the most complex compositions, and on the use of a rich palette of colors, is reflected in classical still lifes, and in urban landscapes, and in the artist's impressionist portraits.
