01 Work, CONTEMPORARY Interpretation of the Bible! VYACHESLAV KALININ's The Exodus, with Footnotes - #46

VYACHESLAV KALININ (RUSSIAN 1939-2022)

The Exodus/ The flight into Egypt , c. 1990

Oil on canvas

81 x 91 cm (31 7/8 x 35 7/8 in.)

Private collection

The flight into Egypt is a story recounted in the Gospel of Matthew and in New Testament apocrypha. Soon after the visit by the Magi, an angel appeared to Joseph in a dream telling him to flee to Egypt with Mary and the infant Jesus since King Herod would seek the child to kill him. The episode is frequently shown in art, as the final episode of the Nativity of Jesus in art, and was a common component in cycles of the Life of the Virgin as well as the Life of Christ. Within the narrative tradition, iconic representation of the "Rest on the Flight into Egypt" developed after the 14th century. More on the flight into Egypt

Vyacheslav Kalinin Russian Artist: He is a painter and graphic artist. Born in the family of Vasily Kalinin in Moscow (1939). Graduated from the Abramtsevo School of Art in Khotkovo (1962) and the Victor Vasnetsov School of Art and Industry in Abramtsevo (1963). Continued the traditions of Russian Primitive painting in the “base” subjects, grotesque images and local tones of his early works (early 1960s).

He held an exhibition of art with Eric Bulatov at the Kurchatov Institute of Nuclear Physics in Moscow, which was closed down by the authorities a few hours after it opened (1965). Depicted rural images and drinking scenes throughout his entire career. Later ironically employed such devices of the old masters as glazing and numerous staffage details. Linked to Fantastic Irrealism and Expressionism by art critics, although considered himself a follower of the Moscow Realist school. Contributed to exhibitions in Russia (from 1962) and abroad (from 1967). More on Vyacheslav Kalinin

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