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Ekaterina Posetselskaya

Ekaterina Posetselskaya (born August 7, 1965, in Leningrad) is a Russian-French artist.

Ekaterina Posetselskaya
Екатерина Георгиевна Посецельская
Ekaterina Posetselskaya at the exhibition, 2016
Ekaterina Posetselskaya at the exhibition, 2016
Born (1965-08-07) August 7, 1965 (age 59)
Leningrad, USSR
Alma materSaint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
Known forurban landscape pastel drawings, book illustration
RelativesMarc Chagall (great-uncle)

Biography

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Ekaterina Posetselskaya, a grand-niece of a renowned Russian-French artist, Marc Chagall, was born in Leningrad in 1965. She graduated with honors from the textile art department of the Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design.[1][2][3] However, she first became prominent in France in 1992 after presenting painted easter eggs at the international Salon, followed by other European exhibitions.[4] In 1999, she had her first solo exhibition in the trade mission of Russia in France.[5][6][7]

In 2012, she was invited as an honorable guest to participate in Salon des Indépendants with decorated easter eggs. In 2013, she participated in Salon du dessin et de la peinture à l'eau (Paris) where her drawing of her hometown of Saint Petersburg was awarded a separate Maxime Juan Prize from the Foundation Taylor.[8][9][10][4] Since 1992, she had over 250 exhibitions in her hometown of Saint Petersburg and Europe, including Salon du Dessin et de la Peinture a l’eau, Salon d’Automne, Salon des artistes français (Paris, France),Salon des Indépendants, Salon Artcité (Fontenay-sous-Bois, France), and Art-Fair in Battersea (London). Her solo exhibitions occurred in London, Paris, Meung-sur-Loire, Orleans, Reims, Zurich, Moscow, and Saint Petersburg galleries.[1][4][11][12][6]

Posetselskaya is a member of the International Federation of Artists (since 2011), the Artists' Union of Russia (since 1991), the National Pastel Society of Russia, Art de Pastel en France, and the Foundation Taylor (France).[2][13][12][6]

Style

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Autumn Paris/ for the project City as an Artist's Subjectivity. 2019–2020. Paper, lithography, silk-screen printing, colour pencils

Over the years, Posetselskaya worked in painting, batik, printed graphics, book design, and tapestry.[11] However, she's best known for her pastel drawings of cities such as Saint Petersburg, London, and Paris. Her works present the city as a protagonist, free of genre scenes. Posetselskaya focuses on the architecture and geometry of flat surfaces, using pastels to mimic the texture of the walls and add softness to the image. She leans towards delicate ochre, beige, brown, light-gray, cadmium, and coppery colors.[11][14][15][16][17]

 
Sunset view from Vasilyevky island. 2019. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel

Posetselskaya is a renowned illustrator who has worked on more than 30 books. Her notable works include forty pastels for the new edition of the Goat Song by Konstantin Vaginov;[18] fifty illustrations for the Stone. Tristia edition of Osip Mandelstam poems;[19] Marina Tsvetaeva's The Tale of Sonechka;[20] and illustrations for the Book of Daniel published by Vita Nova Publishing.[21][12]

 
Sunny day in London. 2020. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel

Posetselskaya's method resembles impressionist art and the works of her favorite artists: Albert Marquet, Maurice Utrillo, and Giotto.[2][22] Her friends, such as Belarusian-French artist Boris Zaborov, also influenced her style.[11][23]

Awards

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Posetselskaya received three gold, four silver, and a bronze medal from the International Federation of Artists. She received the gold award at an international salon in Saint-Raphaël (2003),[4][24] Vladimir Vetrogonski award of the International Triennale of Graphic Art in Saint Petersburg.[1][9] Her book illustrations won her an Image of the Book award (2023),[25] as well as numerous awards and medals from the Moscow International Book Fair and the Saint Petersburg branch of the International Federation of Artists (IFA).[12]

Works

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Ekaterina Posetselskaya's solo shows took place in galleries and museums in Paris, Reims, Orleans, Meung-sur-Loire (France),[4] London (UK),[2][3] Zurich (Switzerland),[26] Moscow, and Saint Petersburg (Russia).[15][18][10][27][16][12][6]

Her works are included in the collections of the State Hermitage museum, the Russian Museum, Erarta, and other museums, as well as private collections in Russia, France, Belgium, Germany, Netherlands, Czech, and the USA.[14][10][1][12]

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    Paris after rain. 2020. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel
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    Griboedov channel at night. 2019. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel
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    April sun. 2020. Paper, acrylic paint, pastels
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    Sunset view from the spit of Vasilyevsky island. 2019. Paper, acrylic paint, pastel
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    Dusk. Westminster. 2020. Paper, acrylic paint, pastels

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "City in the city museum". Newsartspb. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  2. ^ a b c d "Ekaterina Posetselskaya". Sofia Abbott Art Space. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  3. ^ a b "Talk: artist Ekaterina Posetselskaya London". Afisha London. May 3, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Ekaterina Posetselskaya". Vita Nova Publishing. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  5. ^ Oleg Serebryakov (12 September 2020). "A little star of Saint Petersburg and Paris". Priisk. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  6. ^ a b c d "Ekaterina Posetselskaya chez annie de l'Artisianie a chenay". Les Grigris De Sophie. March 19, 2016. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  7. ^ Laurent Meney (March 18, 2016). "La petite cousine du peintre Chagall Ekaterina Posetselskaya expose à Reims". Franceinfo. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  8. ^ "Le Salon 2013". Salon Dessin & Peinture à l’eau. Archived from the original on October 4, 2014. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  9. ^ a b Ludmila Danilkina (March 10, 2021). "Paris Seasons". Novgorod Vedomosti. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  10. ^ a b c "The city in the city museum". The Russian Mecenate. 7 October 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  11. ^ a b c d "Ekaterina Posetselskaya: City Solitude". Erarta. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  12. ^ a b c d e f Isaac Kushnir, ed. (2023). Екатерина Посецельская. Живопись, графика [Ekaterina Posetselskaya. Paintings and drawings] (in Russian). DEAN. pp. 7–271. ISBN 978-5-6044199-7-7.
  13. ^ Alexandr Babushkin (April 23, 2014). "Ekaterina Posetselskaya". Finbahn. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  14. ^ a b "Ekatenia Posetselskaya". Abramova Gallery. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  15. ^ a b "The Unknown Petersburg: Ekaterina Posetselskaya's "Genius Loci"". Saint Petersburg TV Channel. July 22, 2020. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  16. ^ a b "Ekaterina Posetselskaya: the Loneliness of the City". Museum.ru. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  17. ^ "Looking for the shadow and the light: Paris and Saint Petersburg as seen by Ekaterina Posetselskaya". Pulse UK. 9 May 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  18. ^ a b "Ekaterina Posetselskaya: the Goat Song". Afisha. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  19. ^ "Mandelstam in the Ruymantsev Palace". Saint Petersburg Culture. March 14, 2023. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  20. ^ "Tale of Sonechka, tale of love". Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russia Abroad. March 15, 2018. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  21. ^ Erast Kuznetsov (26 March 2018). "Between the Heaven and the Earth". Russian Mecenate. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  22. ^ Ilya Abel (April 14, 2017). "A discrete manner of painting". New Continent. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  23. ^ "Paris and Petersburg through the eyes of Yekaterina Posetselskaya". Izba Arts. April 17, 2019. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  24. ^ "Posetselskaya Ekaterina". Masters' Guild Gallery. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  25. ^ Mikhail Zilyev (June 3, 2023). "The Artists' Union of Moscow distributed the Image of the Book award". Rossiyskaya Gazeta. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
  26. ^ "Ekaterina Posetselskaya". Galerie Anna Bushumova. Retrieved November 13, 2024.
  27. ^ "The opening of "We'll meet again in Saint Petersbeg" exhibition". Saint Petersburg City Administration. Retrieved October 21, 2024.
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