| Vadim Fedorovitch Ryndin studied at the Art workshops in Voronezh from 1918until 1922), the Higher State Art Technical Institute (1922 - 24). In 1925 worked as a theatre designer for the Chamber Theatre, and in 1931 became the art director. In 1953-1970 - the art director of the Bolshoi Theatre. Member of the Makovets group (1924-26), the Society of Moscow Artists (1927-28), the Association of Russian Artists (1932). Participant of exhibitions: the Makovets (1924 - 26), L. Arenier (Paris, 1925), the Society of Moscow Artists (1928), The Four Arts (1929). Autobiography I studied at home; as a child, I was very nervous and sick. I grew alone. Contacts with other children were substituted by books. When I was a child I had a desire: I liked to paint. Accidentally I chanced to find myself in Voronezh, in the art workshops headed by N. Maksimov and S. Romanovitch. When I was 10, I knew already El Greco, Goya, French painters. Needs, bad health, colorless life were obstacles for my work. I developed a passion for Picasso, Derin, and later for Cezanne. In 1923, an acquaintance with Chekrygin's paintings was an extraordinary event for me. It was very close to my creative images. |
