Brief biography of the icon painter

The exact date of birth of Rublev is not known, and historians call the Moscow Principality or Novgorod a place of birth. Andrei grew up in the family of icon painters. Later he cut his hair to the monks, then Andrei accepted the name. Together with other masters, Rublev painted the Annunciation Cathedral, which became a confirmation of his skillful skill at that time. Also, for his biography, Rublev was painted by the Trinity Cathedral, the Assumption Cathedral of the city of Vladimir.

But the most wide glory of Rublev was like an icon painter. He created many icons, although icon painting was not traditional, in it he combined the spiritual beauty and power of man. The most outstanding work of Rublev is the icon “Life -Giving Trinity”, depicting three angels and a thicket in the center. Not all icons and frescoes have survived to this day. The last work, if we consider the brief biography of Andrei Rublev, was the painting in the Spassky Cathedral.

The great master died in October of the year. Another important source of art of art, Andrei Rublev, is the painting of the Moscow school of the 14th century with its soulful sincerity and special softness of style, based on the tradition of Vladimir-Suzdal painting 12-early 13 centuries. The images of Andrei Rublev as a whole are adequate to the images of Byzantine art around and the first third of the 15th century, but differ from them with greater enlightenment, meekness and humility; There is nothing from aristocratic nobility and intellectual dignity, sung by Byzantine art, but preference is given to modesty and simplicity.

Faces are Russians, with medium -sized features, without emphasized beautifulness, but always bright, noble.

Almost all characters are immersed in a state of silent contemplation, which can be called “God -thinking” or “divine speculation”; Any internal affects are not peculiar to them. It had a huge impact on all Russian art of the Moscow circle up to Dionysius. The idea of ​​Rubleva was preserved as a man of a good, humble disposition, "full of joy and lordship." He was characterized by a large internal concentration.

Everything created by him is the fruit of deep thought. It was amazing around that Rublev for a long time, he studied the creations of his predecessors, referring to the icon as a work of art. Although the name of Rublev was mentioned in the annals in connection with the construction of various temples, as an artist he became known only at the beginning of the twentieth century after the restoration of the “Trinity”-the main shrine of the Trinity-Sergius Lavra, the most perfect work of ancient Russian painting.

After clearing this icon, it became clear why the Stopatical Council decided to write this image only as Rublev wrote it. Only then did the search for other works of the artist began. During the Battle of Kulikovo in the year, Rublev was already entering the princely artel of the masters, who went from city to city and engaged in the construction and decoration of churches.

At that time, many churches were being built in Rus', in each of which the icon painters should have worked. It is impossible to sequentially trace Rublev’s creative path, because ancient Russian artists-icon painters never signed or dated their work.