This lovely painting was made by Vyacheslav
Nikolaevich Zabelin who was
born in 1935 in Khamovniki, an old region of Moscow. Zabelin recounts his
childhood as having “passed by during the years when my country was engaged in
a heroic war against fascist Germany”. After the war, in the late 1940’s, he
had the opportunity to work in the studio of M.A. Slanov. One day as he was
working in the studio, the famous artist Konstantin Yuon (student
of Valentin Serov and K. Korovin) came to visit.
Yuon took notice of Zabelin’s work which resulted in Zabelin’s acceptance to
the “1905” Moscow Art School in 1956. His studies here continued until 1961
when he enrolled in the Surikov Institute. Zabelin spent the next six years at
the Surikov, obtaining his diploma and continuing on to get his post-graduate
degree. Yuon would continue to help direct Zabelin along his
educational path as well as inspire his work. Mari sent
me this card from Belarus. The card depicts the artist’s impression of the “morning glory over the Rostov Palace”.