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| Anatoly Zverev 1931–1986, Still Life with Bottles , Oil on paper & collage, 19.5 x 27 in |
Russian artist, a member of the non-conformist movement and a founder of Russian Expressionism in the 1960s. He was born in Moscow. Almost from the very beginning of his career Zverev received moral and financial support from well known Moscow art collector, George Costakis Costakis later said that Anatoly was “one of the most talented artists in Soviet Russia... a unique phenomenon”. Costakis brought his work to the attention of the West. Zverev’s work was admired by Picasso, and he exhibited around the world. The Russian painter Robert Falk said, “Artists of that caliber are born only in 100 years”. However, he did not have a solo show in Russia until shortly before his death in 1986 and his work was exhibited in small, underground galleries. Throughout his career he was harassed and persecuted by the Soviet authorities especially as his international success
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grew. Anatoly Zverev’s works can be found in The Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts (Moscow), the State Russian Museum, The State Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow), the Museum of Contemporary Art (Moscow), Zimmerli Art Museum at Rutgers University (USA) and many other and public and private collections in Russia, USA and Europe. In 1992, the Zverev Center was founded. Museum is called in the honor of Anatoly Zverev.
Literature: Alexander Gleser, Contemporary Russian Art, 1993, p.139, illustrated.
Gail Gelburd, Silent Scream from the Russian Underground, 1995, illustrated.
Pinakothe˜ke˜ , N° 22 –23 , 2006, p.101, N°14, illustrated.
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