29.03.1906 – 07.10.2000

Konchalovsky Mikhail Petrovich was born on March 29, 1906 in the family of the famous Russian artist Petr Konchalovsky. The boy grew up in a special creative environment, his mother Olga Konchalovskaya was the daughter of Vasily Surikov himself, and he often stayed in the house of his daughter and son-in-law.

Mikhail Konchalovsky worked in a realistic manner, however his painting is far from being a socialist realism, popular and supported by the authorities. The artist preferred to paint still lifes, landscapes and portraits full of lyricism and love of life. His still lifes echo with the still lives of small Dutch people – they are just as naturalistic and appetizing. A wonderful colorist, Mikhail Konchalovsky did not immediately come to painting, his first oil sketches were created in Venice, while traveling with his father. In 1924 – 1930 years. Mikhail Konchalovsky studied at VKhUTEIN in the workshops of Osmorkin and Mashkov, Mashkov’s influence was especially noticeable in Konchalovsky’s early works.

Mikhail Konchalovsky worked a lot with his father during joint trips to Novgorod (1926-1928), to the Caucasus (1927,1931), to the Crimea (1929), Murmansk (1936), Krasnoyarsk (1951). He created a series of works “Monuments of Russian Architecture”.

In the Voronezh Regional Museum. Kramskoy kept two still lifes of Mikhail Konchalovsky’s brush – “Game” and “Apples and Plums”. Despite the fact that these works are divided two decades, they are similar in their execution. His paintings are juicy, bright, expressive, rich in color, in all his strength and subtlety, the canvases seem to be filled with life and light.