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eng Automatic Translation

Israel Basov

1918 – 1994

Painter-painter.

The artist was born in 1918 in the city of Mstislavl, Mogilev province, and died in 1994, three years after the collapse of the Soviet Union. All this time, the artist lived on the territory of the BSSR, and his fate was largely determined by the political and cultural conditions of this historical period.

The artist did not have a single solo exhibition during his lifetime due to a negative attitude towards his art and nationality. In 1968, he received an absurd offer from the leadership of the Union of Artists, of which he was a member, to hold a private solo exhibition without the participation of the public and the press, which Israel Basov refused. From 1975 to 1982 the artist was forced not to participate even in group exhibitions. They did not help, including two appeals in 1978 and 1987 with letters to the USSR Ministry of Culture about accepting his works for exhibitions. But until the end of his life, the artist did not betray himself, and his personal life position was an example of stoicism.

His painting is characterized by naive stylization, bright coloring and impasto writing, which ran counter to the official socialist realist cultural ideology. But until the end of his life, the artist did not betray himself, and his personal life position was an example of stoicism. The peak of his creative activity came in the last years of his life. Researchers define the period from 1978 to 1993 as the most fruitful in his work with the peak of creativity in 1993. It was during this period that the artist made a radical transition from figurative compositions to abstract plasticity. Most of his works depict the urban landscapes of Minsk, and it was through landscape and architectural painting that the artist came to experiment with non-figurative representation. Despite the fact that Israel Basov stands alone in the history of Belarusian art, his painting has had a great influence on many contemporary artists.

Lived and worked in Minsk.
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Personal site:

israel-basov.com

Selected events

Selected artworks

Associated institutions

Articles on KALEKTAR

Associated Documents

Selected dates:

1919

Born in Mstislavl, Mogilev province, which was then part of the Russian Empire until 1919, in the family of an outstanding tailor Matvey Moshevich and Maria Grigorievna.

From 1935 to 1941

Works as a photo retoucher in the artel The Way of October, performs design work.

1941

Evacuated to Yangiyul (Uzbek SSR), where he works as a performing artist in a drama theater.

From 1942 to 1943

Passes military service in the labor army (Moscow region). Demobilized for health reasons.

1944

Returns to Mstislavl, where he works as a performing artist.

1947

Moves to Minsk and marries Bela Zak, this year they have a son, Boris, and in 1950, a son, Matvey.

From 1947 to 1951

She is studying at the Minsk Art College. Teachers Akhremchik, Livshits, Tsvirko. In the last year he was expelled for cosmopolitanism, but at the general meeting the students spoke in his defense and, surprisingly, the representative of the NKVD, who was present at this meeting, took pity on him, and he was reinstated in the school.

From 1951 to 1972

Works in the Minsk art and production plant of the Hudfond of the BSSR.

1953

Takes the first part in republican art exhibitions.

1959

Joins the Union of Artists of the BSSR.

1968

The artist did not have a single solo exhibition during his lifetime due to a negative attitude towards his art and nationality. In 1968, he received an absurd offer from the leadership of the Union of Artists, of which he was a member, to hold a private solo exhibition without the participation of the public and the press, which Israel Basov refused.

From 1975 to 1982

The artist is forced not to participate even in group exhibitions. They did not help, including two appeals in 1978 and 1987 with letters to the USSR Ministry of Culture about accepting his works for exhibitions.

August 4, 1994

The artist died in Minsk.

1996

A personal catalog of the artist was published posthumously with the support of the Soros Foundation, and the first solo exhibition was held at the National Art Museum.