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Painting makes it possible to see the uncreated, to place the gaze at a point where there has not yet been a camera, so it is not surprising that the theme of space is quite well represented in it. This publication is by no means a review of all the artists who depicted space, but rather a run through the milestones through the prism of my taste.

Artist Anatoly Muschenko

It is unlikely that you will be able to find the first “space artist,” but the origins of this genre were clearly the science fiction illustrators of Jules Verne. “From the Earth to the Moon” and “Around the Moon” were read by the future pioneers of astronautics, and, launching their rockets, they could remember the picture of the epic, albeit unrealistic, shot of the Columbiad.

In the 1920s in the USSR there was a group of cosmist artists “Amaravella”, but they were inspired mainly by the ideas of the Roerichs, Blavatsky, Ciurlionis and the cultures of the East, so they painted all sorts of vague mysticism. It is unlikely that Sergei Shigolev’s painting “Work in Space,” painted in 1927, depicts real people operating in real space.

Shigolev's fate was sad, but other representatives of his generation managed to do more. Chelsea Bonestell (7 years older than Shigolev) became a beacon in painting for Americans who dream of space. His illustrations appeared in magazines starting in the mid-1940s and were used in the 1949 book “Conquest of Space,” which was devoured by boys amazed by the Soviet satellite.

10 km above the pole of the Moon,

Little satellite

Yuri Shvets worked in the USSR. He worked more for cinema, as a production designer, and his work is visible in wonderful films Klushantsev, but you might well have come across the paintings as well.

Alas, in reality, 1996 was marked by completely different events

Orbital space station launch pad

Then came the turn of artists who, in addition to their fantasies, saw space flights directly. Paul Culley (official website), for example, was the only artist invited to document the process of putting on spacesuits for the Apollo 11 astronauts before launch. In addition, he painted pictures and actively drew for postage stamps.

Neil Armstrong

"Power"

The young artist Anastasia Prosochkina has already achieved noticeable success. Her works combine artistic view and attention to technical details(Anastasia consults with industry workers). The original style is popular; paintings were commissioned by both Roscosmos and private space companies.

Anastasia’s project to produce a space calendar is ending on the Planet crowdfunding platform, and five times the required amount has already been collected. I'm glad that the idea of ​​hanging a calendar on your wall for next year with space drawings is also interesting to the general public.

In addition to the above links to artists’ websites, a huge and unique collection of space art has been collected by the public

The theme of space - its conquest and development, space flights and a possible meeting with another, alien intelligence, other civilizations is not new. The topic of space flights, it would seem, is an absolutely scientific, highly professional topic that is raised in literature and cinematography with varying frequency and degree of popularity.

Space, the idea of ​​man's exploration of the Universe, the theme of man's conquest of others different from the world of Earth, and acquaintance with other civilizations could not be ignored by the visual arts. Speaking about the space theme in painting, I would like to highlight several directions in the theme “Space and the Artist”. Such themes are cosmic realism, which describes the everyday life of space explorers, the realities today and, a more popular theme - science fiction.

The very idea of ​​the space theme in painting has its own stages of development, passing its way - depending on society’s understanding of the very idea of ​​space flight - from illustrations to the works of H. G. Wells, Edgar Burroughs and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky to canvases and exhibitions dedicated to the everyday life of cosmonauts and astronauts , a vision of tomorrow's technologies.

And with the development of science and the growth of technical knowledge at the beginning of the twentieth century, the creative approach of writers is changing, who from absolutely fantastic ideas of conquering space and traveling through time by the power of the mind (like the heroes of Burroughs’ novels) take a more pragmatic approach to the idea of ​​conquering space. And with the transition from “fantasy” to science fiction in literature, the work of illustrators changes accordingly. The creation of the first, one cannot say scientific, but fantastic films about space flights and the conquest of Mars, also provided a topic for reflection and implementation in illustrative works.

After the publications of Konstantin Tsiolkovsky's books different directions, from scientific works Before science fiction works, the conquest of space ceases to be science fiction. Perhaps as illustrations for various science fiction stories, but the idea was alive. Looking at the paintings of artists devoted to the theme of space, travel along the roads of the Universe, not a shadow of primitivism or lack of understanding of the topic is visible. Even in the illustrations to the works of K. Tsiolkovsky, where the cosmonaut is dressed in a hard spacesuit, an understanding of the dangers of being in airless space is clearly visible. And indeed, cosmonaut Alexei Leonov almost died during his first spacewalk. The reason was the soft suit, due to which he was barely able to return to the ship.

And yet it is worth noting that realism remained a priority. The artist’s task was considered to show the heroes of his era. Pilots, workers and collective farmers - in the pre-war period, heroes of the front and rear - the war period and the victorious people in the post-war period.

Without occupying a leading position in fine arts, the theme of “space roads” remained quite popular as illustrations for science fiction novels - both Soviet and foreign writers. One of the “gurus” of this trend can be called Yuri Pavlovich Shvets, known both for his sketches for science fiction films and for his individual works on similar topics.

Undoubtedly, interest in space and its conquest by man increased after Yuri Gagarin's flight into outer space on April 12, 1961. But actually, there was nothing to talk about except the idea itself. The artists’ works were presented in topics such as: “Conquest of space Soviet man"or on the topics: "Is there life on Mars?", "The climate of Venus - the planet of fogs." These were mainly illustrations for popular science publications and science fiction stories.

The paintings of Alexei Leonov, which were released in 1967, begin to change the situation. Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov, pilot-cosmonaut, who made his first flight in March 1965 - as the co-pilot of the Vostok-2 spacecraft. During this flight, a spacewalk was performed. In July 1979, together with V. Kubasov, he made his second flight on the Soyuz-19 spacecraft. During this flight, the Soyuz and Apollo spacecraft docked.

The cosmonaut, who knows space not from the plots of novels and has his own idea of ​​​​the roads leading to the Universe, creates both his own canvases and works in collaboration with Andrei Sokolov, whose work, since 1957 - the launch of the first Soviet satellite into orbit of the Earth, has been dedicated to the topic space. The work of Andrei Konstantinovich played a noticeable role not only in Russian painting, “The Fountains of Paradise” - a book by science fiction writer Arthur C. Clarke, written under the impression of his painting “Elevator to Space”.

A major role in the development of the direction of space painting was played by the popular magazine “Technology for Youth”, which not only told its readers about the latest achievements, such as a rocket plane or a jetpack, but also held painting competitions related to science fiction since the late 60s, such as “The World of Tomorrow” or “Siberia Tomorrow”.

On the territory former USSR, the space theme became especially popular in the 70s of the twentieth century. In 1973, on the big screens of the country called the Soviet Union, the first part of the science fiction film-dulogy “Moscow - Cassiopeia” was released, in 1984 - the second, “Youths in the Universe”. These films are undoubtedly the best in the line of science fiction films for children.

In similar films that depicted spaceships, the proposed equipment was shown, ideas for further development of technology were popularly conveyed (photon engines that make it possible to develop and exceed the speed of light). Films intended for children and teenagers conveyed to future artists a picture of the technologies of tomorrow, new ideas and aspirations of humanity in a format that was understandable to them.

In 1977, the magazine “Technology for Youth” opened the competition “Time – Space – Man”. Over the three years of the first stage of the competition, over 1000 paintings were sent to it. 200 submitted works were published on the pages of the magazine, 500 original works were exhibited in art galleries related to science fiction and space. The competition lasted until its collapse Soviet Union, however, at that time, space exploration and the conquest of the Universe themselves were “not the topic of the day.”

The space theme of the late 80s - early 90s is not just dreams of star roads, it is a period when stereotypes in politics and painting were broken, a period when the possibility of cooperation between two great powers, the USSR and the USA, mutual understanding between the peoples of states, in a state of Cold War, began to see each other as allies. This is clearly visible in the joint works of Andrei Sokolov and Robert McCall. Cities of the future American artist, space stations and ships in his paintings are actually an unrealized reality.

Cosmic reality and fantasy, the imagination of the artist and scientific knowledge. How close is fiction to reality? In the works of Walter Myers, an American artist who is interested in astronomy, we see pictures of distant planets of ours solar system.

Time, space, man. The theme of space, the conquest of the Universe is something that will allow you to see the future through the eyes of an artist, to see distant worlds, spaceships and cities. Fantasy, a look through time and space - an idea that was relevant, and for a long time will remain so.

We prepared this article based on a lecture given by Ksenia Podlipentseva, art critic, curator of art projects, as part of the Library Night 2018 festival.

Space is a theme that worried artists in different eras, but, perhaps, it was most uniquely represented in cosmism, futurism and suprematism.

Cosmism - a special phenomenon of the first half of the 20th century. Nikolai Fedorov is considered the founder of Russian cosmism, who created the plan for the so-called “ common cause" According to Fedorov’s ideas, humanity needs to unite all efforts in order to achieve immortality and explore space.

Of course, we can say that the idea of ​​immortality goes back to Orthodox tradition, but there is a significant difference. First of all, Fedorov spoke about the immortality of not only the soul, but also the body. Moreover, the “immortals” also had to take care to revive everyone who had ever lived before. Since this would sooner or later lead to overpopulation of the Earth, Fedorov assumed that by that time people would have already reached such a level of knowledge that they would be able to move to other planets, although at that time, of course, there was no technical equipment for space flights yet there wasn't.

In addition to Fedorov, this direction was also developed by Sergius Bulgakov, Pavel Florensky, and Konstantin Tsiolkovsky. And from the point of view of painting, the most famous cosmist was Nicholas Roerich, who turned to the genre of philosophical landscape.

First of all, this is a “generalized” landscape; there is no emphasis on the individual features of a particular area. No less important feature is light: light in a painting is not so much a phenomenon of the physical world as a marker of the artist’s spiritual state. Finally, the sky always stands out in Roerich’s canvases: even the mountains take the shape of clouds or resemble other celestial objects.

People in Roerich’s paintings, as a rule, are not located in the center, that is, they are not the main characters, although one cannot say that they are “crushed” by the endless sky: rather, all the elements of the picture are in harmony, because the main idea of ​​the artist’s work is harmony man and the universe.

Perhaps the recognition of Gagarin, who described his flight into space as follows, can be considered a high assessment for Roerich:

“The rays shone through the earth’s atmosphere, the horizon became bright orange, gradually turning into all the colors of the rainbow: blue, indigo, violet, black. Indescribable range! Like in the paintings of the artist Nicholas Roerich.”

An equally significant direction at the beginning of the last century was futurism : having originated in Italy, it most loudly declared itself in Russia, becoming one of the most radical phenomena of the avant-garde. Futurism considered itself the herald new era, glorifying, however, not so much the future as the rapidly developing present of factories and machines.

The Budutlyans, the first group of futurist writers, more than once in their work turned to phantasmagoric images of the conquest of the Universe for that time. However, in futuristic painting the cosmic motif was still not the leading one. The most striking examples here include “Emptiness” by Natalia Goncharova, a work written during the period of her passion for non-objective painting, and a series of paintings “Space”.

Despite all the aggressiveness and self-confidence of futurism, by the beginning of the First World War it began to slowly fade, splitting into various movements and giving way to other areas of art.

Suprematism associated, first of all, with its creator - Kazimir Malevich. And of course, the most famous painting, associated with the name of this artist, is “Black Square”, an absolutely unique piece in terms of the number of existing interpretations. During this period, Malevich abandoned objectivity, declaring that painting should express not the object, but the artist’s feeling from the object. In other words, Malevich called for abandoning the “intermediary” of form and painting sensation.

The painting shows a clearly defined black square bordering a white background; It must be taken into account that the work is usually displayed on a white wall. Imagine in your mind how the white background of the canvas merges with the white background of the surroundings, and the square itself moves further and further away, gradually turning into a black dot... There is no point in looking in the “Black Square” for a special plot or another picture, supposedly hidden under a layer of paint. Essentially, “Black Square” is an attempt to graphically represent the infinity of the Universe.

Evgeniy Kovtun, art critic

from the article ““Victory over the Sun” - the beginning of Suprematism”

The Suprematist method consisted in the fact that Malevich looked at the earth as if from the outside, the inner “spiritual” universe suggested this look to him, and the unshakable canons of space construction immediately collapsed. In Suprematist easel works, the idea of ​​“top” and “bottom”, “left” and “right” disappears - all directions are equal, as in outer space. The space of the picture is no longer subject to gravity (up-down orientation); it has ceased to be geocentric, that is, a “special case” of the universe. Arises independent world, closed in itself, possessing its own field of cohesion-gravity and at the same time correlated as an equal with the universal world harmony.

The main element in Malevich’s paintings is the suprems (from the Latin supremus - highest), geometric shapes, drawn in isolation from the ground, reflected the artist’s idea of ​​a cosmic city, a complex freely floating in the air, the creation of which would be possible thanks to future scientific and technological achievements.

The space theme was developed more specifically by one of Malevich’s favorite students, Ilya Chashnik, who considered Suprematism “a worldview of non-objective, natural and cosmic structures.” In his very famous work“Red circle on a black surface” you can guess a planet in endless outer space and a space station located next to it, although we are still talking about a Suprematist composition. Interestingly, this picture can often be found on the covers of science fiction books.

Of course, the space theme is not limited to the listed areas: look at the bizarre “social futurism” that painted a bright future for the exploration of other planets and contacts with extraterrestrial beings. And although the 21st century has brought new, unprecedented opportunities for studying the Universe, it is worth recognizing that in the last century the theme of space caused much more excitement - at least in art.

Pictures of space are what help us better understand the unknown world of the universe. On clear, warm evenings, looking at the sky strewn with millions of stars, people involuntarily freeze before its grandeur and incredible beauty. It is so secret and alluring.

What does the moon hide inside? Why do stars twinkle? Are there living inhabitants on other planets? A person can see the full extent of cosmic mysteries either on a dark moonless night or while admiring beautiful photos space in excellent HD quality.

The planets of the solar system excite the imagination and evoke a hundred thoughts. It's amazing that there are other worlds different from ours. Saturn, Jupiter, Venus, Mars - what are they? What does the earth look like from space, if you look at it from the outside?

The answer lies in the selection, which contains pictures on the theme of space. All its greatness, beauty, fabulousness are collected here, and many mysteries are revealed.

Photos of space are rich in surprises and unusual landscapes and that is why they are so popular among people. They keep secrets that humanity has not yet been able to unravel. By studying photographs of the earth from space, we only make our own assumptions about existing life in other civilizations.

Perhaps one day we will see creatures similar to us or even more developed on them. And who knows, maybe it will be tomorrow? Install space images on your desktop, and suddenly a cute alien will smile at us from the photo and joyfully say: “Hello!”