Nikita Mogilevtsev

With Confidence- 21st Century Contemporary Mythology painting of a Running Man

2020

Nikita Mogilevtsev, born and raised in a very artistic family in St Petersburg has a special style of his own. With his mother and father both as prominent artists, it was almost impossible for him to follow in his footsteps. Nikita Mogilevtsev studied at the renowned Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg. After his studies, he was given an "internal place" at the academy because of his special paintings. That means that he started teaching and also got a studio where he could work freely under the direction of artist / professor at the Academy Vladimir Pesikov. This was a great start for him as an artist. Now, since 2016, he is a teacher at this academy. His paintings were exhibited in beautiful places in Russia (St Petersburg / Moscow) but also quickly found their way to an exclusive gallery in China. While studying at the Imperial Academy, gallery owner David van der Linden met Nikita during one of the many guided tours of the Hermitage. Nikita spoke enthusiastically about Rembrandt's use of color, but also about Monet's use of color. He indicated that he had learned a lot from this. Incidentally, examples for the Russian artist can be found in Dutch and Belgian art history anyway. As he himself says: I loved Dutch masters such as van Eyck, Pieter Brueghel, Rogier van der Weyden, Bosz for their symbolism. Rembrandt - for light and texture. Impressionists - for color. Andrew Wyeth - for mood in paintings and composition. I think that in my paintings I try to combine everything that I liked in my childhood.