Artist The text "Молчанов"

Here is the English translation of your text: --- Born on November 27, 1966 in Moscow. Lives and works in Moscow. Corresponding member (2011), Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts (Painting Department, 2021). Honored Artist of Russia (2009). Member of the All-Russian public organization "Creative Union of Artists of Russia" (since 1997). **Education:** Yaroslavl Art School (1982–1986), Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1989–1995). **Main Works.** *Painting:* "Blagovest" (2005), "Cornflower Russia" (2010), "Mother Volga" (2005), "Russian Birches" (1988–1991), "Peak of Summer" (2011), "Solstice" (2012), "The Airy Gait of Spring. Plyos" (2017), "Festive Autumn" (2007). *Sculpture:* Monuments erected to Ivan the Terrible in Oryol (2016), St. Nicholas the Wonderworker in Lipetsk (2021), and Archpriest Avvakum in Borovsk (2020). *Architectural Projects:* Chapel "Tsar's Golgotha" in Kostroma for the 400th anniversary of the Romanov dynasty (2013), Cultural and Exhibition Center in Kostroma (under construction). **Public Activity:** Author and host of the program "Thoughts on the Beautiful" on the "Soyuz" TV channel (since 2012). Participant in numerous exhibitions in Russia and abroad since 1982. **Solo exhibitions:** Kostroma Art Museum "Noble Assembly" (Kostroma, since 2016), Kostroma City Administration (2016), "20x30" for the 50th anniversary and 30 years of creative activity at the International Foundation for Slavic Culture and Literature (Moscow, 2016), Russian Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Moscow, 2017), "Holy Russia" at the Church Staff House on Rogozhsky (Moscow, 2018), "Under the Rustling Birches" at the Russian Academy of Arts (Moscow, 2021). Curator and participant in the exhibition "Protected Russia" marking the 400th anniversary of Archpriest Avvakum at the Zurab Tsereteli Art Gallery (Moscow, 2020). **State and Public Awards and Honors:** Order of "Pious Tsar Ioan** --- (The last sentence is cut off in the original.)Here's the English translation of your text: --- "Ivan IV Vasilyevich" for service to the Russian state in word and deed (2006), laureate of the Central Federal District Prize in the field of literature and art in the category "Painting" (2007), "Letter of Appreciation from the Governor" of the Orel region, Potomsky V.V. (2014), medal "St. Martyr Theodore Stratilates" from the Kostroma Diocese (2016), medal "Sts. Cyril and Methodius" from the International Foundation for Slavic Writing and Culture (2016). The art of the leading contemporary painter and master of landscape, Oleg Ivanovich Molchanov, has firmly entered the history of Russian and world art, and has achieved wide recognition in Russia and abroad. He has brought into Russian art his profound creative interpretation of the great traditions of the past. The beginning of the 21st century is a new and important period in the work of O.I. Molchanov. He is one of those masters who, with his art, connects centuries, successfully developing the Russian school of landscape painting. Filled with spiritual depth, the artist's work is constantly refined. Thanks to an ongoing creative search, the figurative and plastic language of his works created in recent years has become more sophisticated. This is evidenced by the works exhibited at exhibitions in recent years both in Russia and abroad, as well as by the artist's awards. The art of the master, connected with a moral and ethical foundation, develops and enriches modern culture. Over almost 40 years of creative work, O.I. Molchanov has created about a thousand paintings. The best narrative and portrait compositions, still lifes, and landscapes by the artist have found a worthy place in the collections of our country's museums, as well as in public and private collections abroad. O.I. Molchanov rightly stands as a leading master of plein air painting. His landscapes are built upon the pictorial harmony of earth and sky, distant and near planes. His love for painting outdoors and attention to the discoveries of the Impressionists contributed to the creation of entire series of beautiful landscapes of central Russia. The artist's achievements in mon... --- (Note: The text is abruptly cut off at the end with "мон" and seems to start a new sentence or thought, likely "monumental painting" or something similar. If you have the rest, I can continue!)Here is the English translation of your text: --- ...monumental art. Molchanov was one of the first in Russia to turn to the revival of monumental painting in the Russian Orthodox Church. He has painted more than 10 churches, created the artistic decoration of the chapel "Tsar's Golgotha" in Kostroma, and restored the iconostasis of the Church of All Saints on Kulishki in Moscow. Thanks to his high professionalism, rich experience, and constant creative search, Molchanov has turned to new types of art for himself, creating expressive monuments in terms of imagery to Saint Great Martyr Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich the Terrible (2016, Oryol), Protopope Avvakum (2020, Borovsk), and St. Nicholas the Wonderworker (2021, Lipetsk). Molchanov is one of the country’s leading experts in the field of exhibition work. This was facilitated by his diverse and long-term exhibition activities. With his direct participation, exhibitions for such socially significant contemporary projects as, for example, the exhibition "Crimea is Ours" in 2019 in Oryol were created. In 2020, with great success, the anniversary art exhibition "Secret Russia," dedicated to the 400th anniversary of Protopope Avvakum, was held in the halls of the Russian Academy of Arts (RAH) in Moscow, and the art exhibition "Hidden Russia" was organized in Oryol. These exhibitions are a significant phenomenon in national culture. They played an important role in uniting masters of fine art and became an impetus for solving many artistic problems of modern times. Equally timely and significant for both national and world culture is O.I. Molchanov’s educational work in creating the author’s television series "Thoughts on the Beautiful" on the Soyuz TV channel, dedicated to the life and work of both outstanding masters of art and young artists of Russia. The painter O.I. Molchanov, through his highly creative output, large-scale public activity, and active work for the benefit of new generations, makes an outstanding contribution to the development of national and world culture. L.V. Shirshova, art historian, Honored...Honored Worker of Culture of the Russian Federation, Academician of the Russian Academy of Arts.