Evgenia Lotsmanova artist. high awards
On March 25, the Day of the Cultural Worker, the President of the Russian Federation Vladimir Vladimirovich Putin presented Evgeniya Nikolaevna Lotsmanova, a graduate of the Moscow State Unitary Enterprise named after Ivan Fedorov, with an award for her contribution to the development of the domestic art of illustration.
It is very difficult to describe the feeling of joy, comfort, returned childhood that arises when looking at Evgenia's works. "They smell of field wind and damp earth, the beasts speak their own languages, everything in them is cheerful, absurd and strong; as in a real animal game, everything is imbued with healthy animal humor." She did not have to invent a childhood, to climb after him into an abandoned attic of memory. It's right next to her, just reach out your hand. (I’ll tell you a secret: Zhenya still plays with dolls - in the sense that she makes toys, and you can see them at exhibitions.)
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A fragile girl works with heavy lithographic plates, improving dozens of times what has become completely weightless as a result - the true art of classical book illustration. The result is masterpieces - flickering, magical pictures that you can look at for hours and read and reread, like real fairy tales.
This sorceress is "a bird from Diodorov's nest". Her name is Evgenia Nikolaevna Lotsmanova. I think you will remember this name."
Evgenia speaks very warmly about her beloved teacher Boris Arkadyevich Diodorov: "He helped me believe in myself, helped me make a life choice in favor of sincere art, sincere creativity - the kind of creativity that my soul asks for."
Butterflies. "Magic Hill" G.H. Andersen
Little Water. "Magic Hill"
Evgenia Lotsmanova was born on January 14, 1985 in Kolomna, Moscow Region. She graduated from a children's art school and chose the profession of an illustrator. Drawing was a favorite pastime from early childhood, it is no coincidence that Eugenia's maternal relatives were icon painters in the Yegoryevsky district of the Moscow province. In 2007, Evgenia graduated from the Moscow State University of Printing Arts. Holder of a diploma from the Union of Artists of Russia (2010), winner of the competition in the nomination "Best Children's Edition" at the Great Book Fair (Perm, 2013). Member of the Moscow Union of Artists.
Author of illustrations for the books “Tales of 1001 Nights” (2007), “Magpie Tales” by A.N. Tolstoy (2013), “Magic Hill” by G.Kh. . She also created a series of illustrations for "Gulliver's Travels", "The Chronicles of Narnia", "Tartuffe", a series of lithographs dedicated to the historical places of Russia. Participant of numerous exhibitions of illustrations, including three personal ones.
Ball. "Magic Hill" (clickable, but better viewed in parts)
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Firebird. "Magic Hill"
Forest maidens. "Magic Hill"
Feast. "Magic Hill"Snow house. Magic Hill"
Mouse. "Magic Hill"
Cloud. "Magic Hill"Elves. "Magic Hill"
Harp. "Magic Hill"
Maximilian Voloshin a hundred years ago said this about the Forty Tales: “Genuine poetry, like genuine painting, like genuine feminine charm, are not accessible to words and definitions, because they themselves are already the final definitions of complex systems of feelings and states..."
Kolomna is a wonderful city. It is both ancient and new. We arrived here well in advance, and before the opening of Zhenya Lotsmanova's exhibition, we wandered around a bit and took some pictures as a keepsake.
Still, it is not clear why there is not a single bench on the boulevard in front of Ozerov's house ((There is absolutely nothing to sit on with taste. But otherwise, the ratings from impressions are solid fives.
And the exhibition itself even exceeded our expectations. It seems that they saw for the most part the well-known, already loved for a long time, but all the same, the feelings at the sight of this wealth are fresh and strong. Just like the first time.
For some reason, I have a feeling in the depths of my soul that I remember Zhenya from her very young years. This, of course, is a "false memory". I met her at the defense of my diploma at the University of Printing Arts, or a little earlier, in the workshop of Boris Arkadyevich Diodorov.
He has, I repeat, many talented students. And the diplomas at that time were also defended entirely by worthy guys. But no offense to all of them, be it said, Zhenya eclipsed everyone.
I'm probably addicted. Of course, he is biased - because he is not indifferent. To the art of illustrating children's books, for example. Because this is a very important matter. Dima Shevarov rightly said - the one who saves the children's illustration now is the one who saves Russia. Exactly so, and one should not think that this is pathos, big words, exaggeration. After all, today the children - and tomorrow the people. This is also not my idea, Sergey Mikhalkov said this a long time ago. It is a children's book, children's, family reading that creates that connection between times and generations, which is vital for the development of national self-consciousness. This connection has been practically lost in the last twenty years.
But I will no longer retell other people's clever thoughts, it is better to listen to Shevarov himself.
Zhenya's pictures are very kind, interesting, a little mysterious. They want to look at them, and they will tell a lot to an inquisitive child's eye, and leave a lot of things for fantasies and reflections.
He said "pictures" - and I want to stop myself. Not pictures, but pood printing stones, unbearable for fragile girlish hands - that's what Zhenya had to work with. Autolithography is a very time-consuming, difficult task that requires a true eye, a steady hand and, of course, inspiration. Unlike drawing or painting, the end result of your hand movements is not visible immediately, but after the appearance of the print (and even engravings are mirror images of the original, where "right-left" is vice versa).
() What else to add? The book of mermaid and magpie tales is ready for printing. Let's wait for its release!
Thanks to Zhenya Lotsmanova, good luck to her!
Director of the Kolomna art school Vasily Berg, director of the cultural center "House of Ozerov" Galina Drozdova, artists Alexandra Pavlova, Alexandra Ponomareva, Nadezhda Chekhonina, Tatyana Karp, Anastasia Shevarova, writer and journalist Dmitry Shevarov speak at the opening of the exhibition "A Little Fairy Tale Journey" in Kolomna:
22.6.20012, shooting - Alexandra Kirillina
Artist friends Alexandra Pavlova, Tatyana Karp, Anastasia Shevarova, writer and journalist Dmitry Shevarov talk about Zhenya Lotsmanova:
Yury Kurneshov is talking, shooting - Alexandra Kirillina
Exhibition of works by students of the Moscow State University of Printing Arts “Road to Pushkin.
Evgenia Lotsmanova, a 27-year-old illustrator, a graduate of the Faculty of Graphic Arts of the Moscow University of Printing Arts. She began to draw from early childhood. She loved to portray fairy-tale characters, all kinds of bunnies and mice, which are many in Russian folk tales.
Although the artist began to work on creating drawings for these fairy tales a long time ago, back in 2004, the result appeared only now, eight years later, because the technique of execution is very complex and time-consuming - lithography. To create one picture, according to E. Lotsmanova herself, it takes her from one to several months. (Lithography - writing, drawing and artistic drawing on stone with ink and pencil of a special composition, as well as with a needle, and the production on paper of prints of what is written, drawn or drawn in this way.)
Now Evgenia lives in Moscow, but was born and studied in Kolomna, attended art school. In 2002 she entered the Moscow State University of Printing Arts at the faculty of book graphics. So the hobby became a profession. All her works are made in the best traditions of the Russian school of illustration.
Evgenia:
"An illustrator is his own director, decorator and actor. I live the life of my characters, convey the character. The art of book illustration is very akin to the theater, sometimes you want the characters to jump out of the book and start talking."
"- I love Tolstoy's fairy tales since childhood. He has a very juicy Russian language. It's great to feel that time, village life with huts, walking geese in the yard, with horses, a threshing floor, a well. I wanted to show all this. And lithography is a very unusual technique - it's interesting create one sketch, and then vary the color in different ways. It's a fun artistic process that produces different effects."
"Fairy Forest"
January 30 at the Cultural Center "House of Ozerov" opening of the exhibition of book graphics "Fairytale Forest" by an illustrator Evgenia Lotsmanova. The basis of this exhibition was illustrations for the fairy tale "Magic Hill" by H. K. Andersen. For the young artist Evgenia Lotsmanova, "Magic Hill" is the second published book with her illustrations, which simply "revived" this fairy tale, and cannot but arouse admiration.
The illustrations of this fabulous book are based on the artist's thesis work, but significantly revised for this edition. “Flipping through” the pages of this book on the screen and listening to a brief summary of the tale, everyone who came to the opening probably wanted to read this early work of the Danish storyteller and realized how much the illustrator means to the book. The drawings of the book are made in a technique that is rare today, which is considered to be "heavy male technique" - lithography. From the short film commented by Evgenia Lotsmanova herself, everyone was able to learn about the laborious process of creating a lithograph.
Eugene was asked a lot of questions. Answering them in detail, the young artist charmed everyone with her answers. According to Evgenia, each painting is a reflection of the author's soul, a little childish and naive; this is an internal dialogue with the viewer, an invitation to return to the wonderful world of childhood.
That evening, Evgenia received congratulations from the director of the Children's Art School named after the People's Artist of Russia M.G. Abakumov Vasily Alekseevich Bek, because Evgenia is a graduate of this school. There were many kind words and memories from the teacher of this school, Nadezhda Aleksandrovna Semenova. Kolomna artist Gennady Mitrofanovich Savinov expressed the hope that Evgenia would return to Kolomna more than once and surprise its residents with her work, because illustration of a children's book is akin to breathing for her - it is impossible to live without it. , illustrating the famous work of I. I. Lazhechnikov “White, black and gray”. Evgenia herself especially thanked her mother, Natalya Nikolaevna, who is her creative and spiritual inspiration.
Elegant illustrations by Evgenia Lotsmanova allowed everyone who came to the opening day to plunge into the wondrous world of book illustration. Together with the author, the audience visited the "Fairytale Forest", created by a wonderful artist, illustrator Evgenia Lotsmanova.
The Fairytale Forest exhibition by Evgenia Lotsmanova will be a real gift for Kolomna residents and guests of our city. From it, each of us will be able to draw those emotions and feelings that remained on the pages of beautiful fairy tales that once generously adorned our childhood.
According to tradition, on the Day of the cultural worker, awards in the Kremlinpeople who have dedicated their work to the younger generations, as well as those who, despite their own young years, have already said their significant word in art.
Some of the laureates are already recognized masters, while others are barely over thirty. But their achievements in the field of fine arts and music are undeniable. Those who receive awards on this day make a huge contribution to the formation in a society of moral values and moral guidelines.
Evgenia Nikolaevna Lotsmanova is a laureate of the 2015 Russian Presidential Prize for young cultural figures.The prize was awarded for the contribution to the development of the domestic art of illustration.
Evgenia Lotsmanova is an illustrator. Her works are distinguished by amazing attractiveness, kind and bright attitude towards the characters, attentive attitude to the text.The illustrations are made in the technique of color lithography using a heavy lithographic stone, which requires a lot of patience and physical strength.
E. Lotsmanova is a worthy successor to the traditions of domestic book illustration, the heritage of T. Mavrina, Yu. Vasnetsov, E. Rachev, B. Diodorov. But the young artist has a unique style of her own.
“Unfortunately, now many talented young illustrators are leaving the profession due to life and financial difficulties. And this award, I am sure, will be able to show that the profession of an illustrator is honorable, significant and supported by the state at the highest level,” the laureate emphasized.
Elena Andreevna Cheburashkina is a laureate of the 2015 Presidential Prize for Young Cultural Workers of the Russian Federation. The prize was awarded for contribution to the development of domestic design and art education.
For the first time among the recipients of this award is not a writer or a musician, but a representative of the applied profession - a designer. Elena Cheburashkina alumnus and lecturerDepartment "Artistic design of furniture" MGHPU them. S.G. Stroganov, teaches the disciplines "Project" and "Ergonomics in furniture", lectures on the history of furniture design of the 20th century. Elenais engaged in interior design of kindergartens, develops unique furniture for kindergartens, which is at the same time a means of development and entertainment for the child. You can draw on her tables, and the play area easily turns into a children's bedroom.
“Many thanks to my loving husband, my patient children, mom and dad. Mom, dad, thank you for raising me like this. Perhaps at least now you will stop calling me a little pigalis,” Elena Cheburashkina said in her speech.
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