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Fyodor Pavlovich Zvonarev was born in 1929 and raised on the outskirts of Uknezh. From childhood he always wanted to be an artist. He began his career by working at the Voronezh Theater, and then studied in Yeltse and Leningrad (St. Petersburg). Following graduation he moved to Lipetsk to work as an artist in the musical theater. In 1961, tired of the theater, he began to work exclusively as an easel painter.
Although accomplished in many genres of painting, Zvonarev was primarily interested in landscape. His work is distinguished by his technique of applying thick paint to the canvas in bold brush strokes.
Zvonarev enjoyed travel and received much inspiration from it. He enjoyed camping and hiking, and frequently visited the Academic Dacha (150 kilometers from Moscow). Artists from all over the former Soviet Union gather at the dacha in groups of 30 to paint and find inspiration. Zvonarev was particularly influenced by a group of artists from Vladimir who also apply paint generously and are interpretive with color.
The American artist Rockwell Kent was another influence. Zvonarev attended a Rockwell Kent exhibit in Moscow in 1955 and was impressed by the huge canvases, expecially one which depicted icebergs in subtle colors and surfaces.
Zvonarev’s paintings hang in several museums in Russia, including:
- Kramskoi Museum (Voronezh City Museum))
- Borisoglebsky City Museum
- Ostrogorskaya Art Gallery
His works can also be found in private collections in Denmark, France, Germany, Holland, Spain, the United States, and Russia. He exhibited widely in his own country and abroad.
He died August 29, 2000, following a heart attack.
His works have been published in various books and journals, including:
- “Tradition Rediscovered.” CommonPlace Publishing, New Canaan, CT.
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- At Rostov Stables
- At the Bank of the River Bitug (sold)
- At the Old Fort in Autumn (sold)
- Autumn Fields (sold)
- Autumn Fields (sold)
- Autumn Motive
- Autumn Motive (sold)
- Autumn Near Voronezh
- Awakening
- Baikal
- Baikal Sunset Glow
- Baikal. Green Grass (sold)
- Baikal. With Fog
- Blue Bay
- Blue Day
- Blue Inlet (sold)
- By the Lake
- Cathedrals (sold)
- Chapel near Academic Dachas (sold)
- Church of Bogoyavleniya
- Cloudy Day
- Cloudy Day (sold)
- Cloudy Day (sold)
- Cottage by the River (sold)
- Cottage in the Forest (sold)
- Cross-country Skiing
- Dacha at Oklonye
- Dacha by the Lake (sold)
- Early Spring
- Evening (sold)
- Evening Comes Across the Field (sold)
- Expanse (sold)
- Fallen Snow
- Flowering Cherry Tree
- Forest Edge
- Fortress. Ivan-City, 15th-16th century
- Green Coast (sold)
- House on a Precipice
- Kozma and Domian Church (sold)
- March Snow
- May Apparel (sold)
- May in Full Bloom (sold)
- Meadow
- Meadow in the Morning
- Morning
- Morning Light
- Old Ladoga
- Old Ladoga (sold)
- Old Russia (sold)
- On the Angara River (sold)
- On the River Betyuse (sold)
- Overcast Morning
- Path (sold)
- Path to the River (sold)
- Pereirava
- Quiet
- Rainy Day
- Repair Shop (sold)
- River in Winter
- Road to the River (sold)
- Road to the Sea
- September
- Sketch of the Morning (sold)
- Slope towards the Meadow
- Sludyanka (a place)
- Soon there will be Spring Floods (sold)
- Southern Spring
- Spring Clouds (sold)
- Spring Flood
- Spring Forest
- Spring Garden (sold)
- Spring Inlet (sold)
- Spring Motive (sold)
- Spring Stream
- Spring. Academic Dachas
- Still Life with Blue Jug
- Sunflowers by the House (sold)
- Sunny Day (sold)
- Thaw
- Thaw
- The Grain is Ripening
- The Mista River
- The River Mista (sold)
- The River on Sunday
- Time of the Nightingale
- To Spring
- View of the Dacha
- Village Cross. Baikal
- Village in the Ravine (sold)
- Voronezh. A Sketch
- Warm Autumn (sold)
- Warm Season is Beginning
- Warming (sold)
- Winter
- Yellowed Grass (sold)