Nikolay Blagodatov
Nikolay Blagodatov | |
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Николай Благодатов | |
Blagodatov in 2014 | |
| Born | 21 December 1937 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, USSR |
| Died | 23 February 2026 (aged 88) |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Occupation | Collector of Soviet Nonconformist Art |
Nikolay Innokentjevich Blagodatov (Russian: Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов; 21 December 1937 – 23 February 2026) was a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art.[1] He was a member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
Life and career
Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.[2] In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970–1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.[3] From 1979, he wrote articles about art (more than 250 articles).[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including 8 personal collections.[5] He was a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He personally met with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.[6][7] Blagodatov died on 23 February 2026, at the age of 88.[8]
Bibliography (selected)
- Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. (RUS) ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4
- Blagodatov N. City: Subjective Improvisations / City as an Artist's Subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5. ISBN 978-5-906281-32-6
- Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (Rus & En). — Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p.
- Walking with memories // THE! — 2004. — No. 4.
- Art is a search, search is an art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. — P. 253—255. (RUS).
References
- ^ Nikolay Blagodatov and 100 paintings from his collection. https://obtaz.com/blagodatov-01.htm
- ^ Meetings with Blagodatov N. I. Elena Kolobova.https://proza.ru/2018/08/05/1282
- ^ Nikolai BLAGODATOV. THE PAINTER ZINSTEIN. Note.https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=3734
- ^ Субъективные пространства города. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — С. 66-68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4.
- ^ About how he (Nikolay Blagodatov) created his famous collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art. https://oralhistory.ru/talks/orh-1501
- ^ Places of power of the unofficial art of Leningrad.https://artguide.com/posts/937
- ^ Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov is a friend of Art.https://proza.ru/2022/05/20/1526
- ^ Сегодня на 89 году жизни ушел из жизни добрый гений неофициального искусства Ленинграда-Петербурга Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов (in Russian)