Omsk On The Right (Part 2)

Now, at the Omsk Hermitage Art Museum, an old believer has a showing of his artwork. And he's rather well known:Viktor Kalinin is one of the masters who defined the image of Russian art in the second half of the 20th and early 21st centuries. His works are featured in the collections of the most famous Russian museums, including the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum.The artist was born in 1946 in the Altai Territory, in the village of Zalesovo. In 1960-1962, he studied at the Surikov Art School in Krasnoyarsk, and in 1971, he graduated from the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School (formerly the Stroganov School), Department of Monumental Painting. Member of the Moscow Union of Artists (1975); Full Member of the Russian Academy of Arts (2007); Member of the Presidium of the Russian Academy of Arts (2012); First Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts (2017); Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (2013). Participant of international art symposiums and art salons in the UK, Hungary, Denmark, Norway, Poland, the USA, France, and Switzerland.So, I'm looking forward to taking a look today at his works when the museum opens at 10am.This is not the run-of-the-mill talented or even very talented artist. Here is an extraordinary artist! Monumental indeed describes his works. Abstract modernism, cubism, and impressionism seem all mixed in here, but at no point does the viewer feel lost. Mystery is there, but not in meaning. Also, if you look and look again, you'll...