Tatiana Godovalnikova Explained

Tatiana Godovalnikova
Birth Name:Tatiana Vasilievna Godovalnikova
Birth Date:31 December 1962
Birth Place:Sevastopol
Nationality:Russian
Alma Mater:National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev, USSR 1990
Style:Seascape, landscape, portrait, still life, icon painting
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Awards:Personalized Gold Medal named after Vasily Shukshin for contribution to Russian culture 2015

Tatiana Godovalnikova (Russian: link=no|Татьяна Годовальникова, 31 December 1962 in Sevastopol[1] USSR) is a Russian contemporary artist. Museums in Russia, Germany and Japan as well as private collectors in Israel, Poland, Great Britain, Germany and Switzerland have Godovalnikova’ s art.[2] Her works are presented also at Sevastopol Art Museum and the State Museum of Heroic Defence and Liberation of Sevastopol. In 1992 she became a member of the Union of Artists of Russia and the International Association of Art (IAA/ AIAP) – UNESCO.

Biography

Tatiana Godovalnikova was born in the coastal city of Sevastopol in an artistic family with strong cultural traditions.[3] Her father was both an artist and a writer. Her mother, Alexandra Sukhaya, is a famous Russian sculptor.[1] From childhood Tatiana was surrounded by love to fine art, classical music and literature. At an early age she decided to become an artist inspired by the beauty of her parents’ artworks. Tatiana started to be interested in Russian Impressionism already from 15 years old. Her favourite Russian painter was and still is Konstantin Korovin.

Education

  1. Sevastopol Art School 1978.[4]
  2. The Art College named of N.S. Samokish 1984.[1]
  3. National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture, Kiev, USSR 1990.[4]

Career

Exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Types of art

Portrait

Primarily working in still life and landscape, Godovalnikova enjoys doing portraiture and particularly painting children and women. And especially her love for the great painting of Camille Corot and other French Impressionists helped her to develop own style with a sensitive portrayal of the subject matter and depth of colors.[4]

Icon painting

At the beginning of the 1990s, Godovalnikova was blessed by the Russian Orthodox Church as Icon painter. She is the most recognized icon painter in Sevastopol. Her best works adorn the iconostases of many churches of the hero city... They are worshipped in the Cathedral of the Holy Equal-to-the-Apostles kn. St. Vladimir — the tomb of the outstanding admirals of the Russian Navy, in the, in the village of – in the Church of Seraphim of Radonezh, in Balaklava. And a good two dozen of icons – in the Pochayiv Lavra in the Ternopil region, in the cathedrals of Chernivtsi, in private collections in Sevastopol, Moscow, St. Petersburg, in the Netherlands.[7]

Awards

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Крымская художественная галерея: Годовальникова Татьяна Васильевна . Crimean Art Gallery: Godovalnikova Tatiana Vasilievna . Russian . 4 April 2021.
  2. Web site: ARTKATE GALLERIES.Our artists: Tatyana Godovalnikova . 15 March 2021.
  3. Web site: Godovalnikova Tatiana: catalog . 15 March 2021.
  4. Web site: TATIANA GODOVALNIKOVA . 29 March 2021.
  5. Web site: Artists: Godovalnikova Tatyana . 29 March 2021.
  6. Web site: В женевском Дворце Наций прошел День русского языка. . The Day of the Russian Language was held in the Geneva Palace of Nations. . Russian . Konstantin Pribytkov . 6 June 2017. TASS . 29 March 2021.
  7. Web site: Главное, чтобы на душе было- радостно… . The main thing is that the soul was happy… . Russian . Leonid Somov . 1 September 2007. Online Newspaper "Slava Sevastopolia” . 4 April 2021.
  8. Web site: Золотая медаль "Василий Шукшин" – крымчанам. . Gold medal "Vasily Shukshin" – to the Crimeans. . Russian . Obukhovskaya Liudmila . 20 July 2015. Krymskaya Pravda . 29 March 2021.