Viktor Grigorievich Sevastianov (1923-1993)
AKA Viktor Grigorevich Sevastyanov
Victor Grigorievich Sevastianov was born July 1, 1923, in Odessa, Ukraine. As a young man he fought in the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he began his studies at the Odessa Art Institute. Sevastianov was a tremendous athlete, and from 1947 to 1952 he was one of Ukraine’s top football players. However, in 1953 he quit football and devoted himself entirely to painting.
For Sevastianov, the world of art was a world of nature. He manifests aesthetic emotions; “drawing melting snow behind the shed at the edge of the forest; a lonely tree above the river, and the white of a cloud descending low to the horizon. Here they are, the “heroes” of his canvases: an old rural fence, a horse harnessed to a sleigh, a lilac, a forest. The artist’s lyrical and romantic paintings are either silent and dreamy or gently moved, but always deeply sincere. Each of his landscapes reflects a certain state of mind: the lyric tonality of blue-grey and grey-green, with their understatement, tranquility, and sometimes boredom or loneliness; (the) expressiveness and optimism of bright red, green, and yellow with their rudeness and deliberateness.”
Sevastianov was an extremely modest man. Many of his paintings have no signature or even a title. The paintings in this exhibition were signed by his daughter, Larissa. Sevastianov never thought that the world would see his works, but following his death, his family held several exhibitions. They include Nantes, France (1996), Rennes, France (1997), Brussels, Belgium (2003 and 2004).
The Belgians called Sevastianov a post-impressionist, which in general, is not far from the truth. A leading Belgian newspaper Leco, wrote of his work, “In his snowy landscapes there are calm and clarity, they speak about the severity of the season, during which life slows down. Spring will come, wake up the meadows, and in the shining colors, the apple trees will come to life. The canvases convey an excited atmosphere, changing with the rhythm of the seasons.”
Sevastyanov’s works can be found in +the Donetsk Art Museum, the Khmelnitsky Art Museum, and several other museums in Ukraine, and in private collections in England, France, Canada, United States, Germany, and Belgium.
Victor Grigorievich Sevastianov was born July 1, 1923, in Odessa, Ukraine. As a young man he fought in the Great Patriotic War. After the war, he began his studies at the Odessa Art Institute. Sevastianov was a tremendous athlete, and from 1947 to 1952 he was one of Ukraine’s top football players. However, in 1953 he quit football and devoted himself entirely to painting.
For Sevastianov, the world of art was a world of nature. He manifests aesthetic emotions; “drawing melting snow behind the shed at the edge of the forest; a lonely tree above the river, and the white of a cloud descending low to the horizon. Here they are, the “heroes” of his canvases: an old rural fence, a horse harnessed to a sleigh, a lilac, a forest. The artist’s lyrical and romantic paintings are either silent and dreamy or gently moved, but always deeply sincere. Each of his landscapes reflects a certain state of mind: the lyric tonality of blue-grey and grey-green, with their understatement, tranquility, and sometimes boredom or loneliness; (the) expressiveness and optimism of bright red, green, and yellow with their rudeness and deliberateness.”
Sevastianov was an extremely modest man. Many of his paintings have no signature or even a title. The paintings in this exhibition were signed by his daughter, Larissa. Sevastianov never thought that the world would see his works, but following his death, his family held several exhibitions. They include Nantes, France (1996), Rennes, France (1997), Brussels, Belgium (2003 and 2004).
The Belgians called Sevastianov a post-impressionist, which in general, is not far from the truth. A leading Belgian newspaper Leco, wrote of his work, “In his snowy landscapes there are calm and clarity, they speak about the severity of the season, during which life slows down. Spring will come, wake up the meadows, and in the shining colors, the apple trees will come to life. The canvases convey an excited atmosphere, changing with the rhythm of the seasons.”
Sevastyanov’s works can be found in the Donetsk Art Museum, the Khmelnitsky Art Museum, and several other museums in Ukraine, and in private collections in England, France, Canada, United States, Germany, and Belgium.