Nikolay Blagodatov Explained

Nikolay Blagodatov
Birth Date:	December 21, 1937
Birth Place:	Leningrad, USSR
Citizenship:	Russian
Occupation:	collector of Soviet Nonconformist Art

Nikolay Innokentjevich Blagodatov (Russian: Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов) is a famous Soviet Nonconformist Art collector in USSR and Russia.^[1] He is a member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.

Biography

Nikolay Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.^[2] In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970-1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.^[3] Since 1979, he has been writing articles about art (more than 250 articles).^[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including 8 personal collections.^[5] He is a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He personally meets with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.^{[6] [7]}

Bibliography (selected)

• Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. (RUS)
• Blagodatov N. City: Subjective Improvisations / City as an Artist's Subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5.
• Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (Rus & En). — Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p.
• Walking with memories // THE! — 2004. — No. 4.
• Art is a search, search is an art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. — P. 253—255. (RUS).

Notes and References

1. Nikolay Blagodatov and 100 paintings from his collection. https://obtaz.com/blagodatov-01.htm
2. Meetings with Blagodatov N. I.Elena Kolobova.https://proza.ru/2018/08/05/1282
3. Nikolai BLAGODATOV. THE PAINTER ZINSTEIN.Note.https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=3734
4. Субъективные пространства города. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — С. 66-68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4.
5. About how he (Nikolay Blagodatov) created his famous collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art. https://oralhistory.ru/talks/orh-1501
6. Places of power of the unofficial art of Leningrad.https://artguide.com/posts/937
7. Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov is a friend of Art.https://proza.ru/2022/05/20/1526