Year of creation | 2017 |
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Dimensions | 80 W × 60 H × 3 D cm |
Type of art | painting |
Style | impressionism |
Genre | cityscapes |
Materials | oil, canvas |
Type of packaging | cardboard box |
This painting masterfully captures the atmosphere of an evening rain in the old city, depicting the streets shining in the light of the lanterns and the wet cobblestones reflecting the architecture. The artist uses bright and saturated colors, creating dynamism and a sense of movement. The impressionistic technique gives depth, conveying both the physical and emotional impact of the rain. The picture awakens feelings of nostalgia and romanticism, inviting the viewer to experience the unique beauty of city streets under the rain.
Artist Pyotr Kozlovsky was born in 1962 in the town of Novoukrainka, Kirovograd region. His interest in painting arose in early childhood. Already at school he took painting lessons from the artist Ivan Stepanovich Koltsov. In 1986 he graduated from the easel painting department of the Moscow Higher Art and Industrial School. S.G. Stroganov. In 1987-89 worked in Moscow, in a creative workshop at the Union of Artists of Russia. This was followed by years of study at the Kiev National University of Culture and Arts, Department of Industrial Design. Upon completion of his studies, Petr Alekseevich opened a workshop in Kyiv and together with other artists he organized the “Master Art” association. Since 2002 he has been a member of the National Union of Artists of Ukraine. Participant of all-Ukrainian and international exhibitions. The artist’s works were successfully exhibited in France, Sweden, the Czech Republic, Poland, Russia, and Jordan. His paintings are in the collections of Ukrainian and Russian museums, private collections of famous figures art and representatives of the political elite of Ukraine and Russia. The main genre in the work of Pyotr Kozlovsky is the urban landscape. The artist is a recognized classic of this genre. In his paintings you can see different cities, but the main theme of the master remains Kyiv. The cities of Peter Kozlovsky are a special world. Wet asphalt, blurry glare of city lights, bright umbrellas - romantic understatement, expectation of change, hope for happiness. In this almost ghostly world, the artist connects London, Prague, Dnieper, Vienna, Kyiv, Feodosia. The master’s canvases have an amazing property: they are all imbued with a poetic feeling. Grace of lines, play of light, painstakingly recreated shades of colors... All this seems to transport the viewer to another world where it rains, but in this world there is no place for hopelessness.