Ivan
Krutoyarov was born in 1958
in Volgograd
Higher
education in the sciences. From 1983 till
1989 studied at Moscow Learning People's University of Arts, specialization
in easel painting.
A member of the Artists's Creative Union of Russia. A member of the Artists's Union of the Moscow Region. Organazer and curator of the international exhibition projects, winner of the international contests.
Uses unique author's technique of oil painting. His
own style defines as a combination of impressionism and
expressionism.
Participant of numerous all-Russian and international exhibitions. One of the few artists who has in his exhibition baggage a personal exhibition in the gallery of the Council of Europe (France, Strasbourg).
The artist's works are in corporate collections of RAO "Gazprom", "Norilsk Nickel", Shell, British Petroleum, in private collections in Russia and abroad.
"Ivan
Krutoyarov's painting distinguishes itself at Russian exhibitions of modern
artists by pensiveness, concentration, fascinating romanticism. The
artist, teetering on the edge of styles, undoubtedly, has his own hand and
manner, being a rich heir to the traditions of Moscow
"Expressive
impressionism" of Krutoyarov is notable for its philosophic content
combining the value of what is painted with the way how it is painted. The art
credo of Ivan Krutoyarov is the combination of power of colours with the depth
of the subject's sense. Painting
technique perfection is not an end in itself for the artist, he addresses
himself, first of all, to the spectator - an individual, but not to his
aesthetic sensibility.
In his
philosophic works the artist uses colours and texture of paints as means of
influence upon the feelings and emotions of the audience. He
manages to pass on the whole range of feelings - from the surface ones, such as
rest, confusion, anxiety, hope, sadness to the most deep, intuitive feelings which
are frequently not clearly realized. In
Ivan Krutoyarov's paintings refinement is combined with touching naivety.
When describing
and characterizing Ivan Krutoyarov's artworks, it is impossible to do without
the theory of interaction of colours and musical tones formulated by ancient
Greeks. All artworks of the artist are
surprisingly musical.
In the artist's
paintings the power of expressionistic thought is combined with the refined fineness
of pictorial vision. The desire for
harmony in the perception of the world which became rare in the art of the last
three decades gladdens by the "light sorrow", but neither the subject
nor highly professional technical workmanship determines the meaning of a
painting. The most interesting aspect of art
is the artist's personality, and if it is as original as that of Ivan
Krutoyarov, the critics are ready to admire".
Julia
Mikhailova, art critic,
expert of Moscow