Arkady Alexandrovich Plastov was a Soviet artist, painter, and graphic artist, the author of thematic paintings, a portraitist, landscape painter, and illustrator. He was born in the village of Prislonikha in the Ulyanovsk region. A family tradition of icon painting determined his subsequent path. In 1903 Plastov entered the Simbirsk Spiritual School, and later the seminary. After graduating from the seminary he went to Moscow, where he studied at the Imperial Stroganov Central Art and Industrial School (1912–1914) and at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (sculpture department). In 1917 the established artist returned to his native village. Wide recognition came to Plastov in the 1930s. His paintings were first exhibited in Moscow in 1935. He gained worldwide recognition with the work “Kolkhoz Holiday” (1937). Subsequently Plastov concentrated on creating genre canvases depicting life in the Russian village. The painting “The Fascist Flew By” (1942) became iconic. In addition to painting, Plastov illustrated works by Pushkin, Nekrasov, and Tolstoy. He traveled extensively but constantly returned to his native Prislonikha. The artist lived in his native village until his death — he died on May 12, 1972, at the age of 79.
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