Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov (Russian: Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов; 21 December 1937 – 23 February 2026) was a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art.[1] He was a member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
Nikolay Blagodatov | |
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Николай Благодатов | |
 Blagodatov in 2014 | |
| Born | 21 December 1937 Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union |
| Died | 23 February 2026 (aged 88) |
| Citizenship | Russian |
| Occupation | Collector of Soviet Nonconformist Art |
Life and career
editBlagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.[2] In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970–1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.[3] From 1979, he wrote articles about art (more than 250 articles).[4] As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including eight personal collections.[5] He was a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He personally met with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.[6][7] Blagodatov died on 23 February 2026, at the age of 88.[8]
Bibliography (selected)
edit- Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. (RUS) ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4
- Blagodatov N. City: Subjective Improvisations / City as an Artist's Subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5. ISBN 978-5-906281-32-6
- Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (Rus & En). — Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p.
- Walking with memories // THE! — 2004. — No. 4.
- Art is a search, search is an art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. — P. 253—255. (RUS).
References
edit- ↑ Nikolay Blagodatov and 100 paintings from his collection. https://obtaz.com/blagodatov-01.htm
- ↑ Meetings with Blagodatov N. I. Elena Kolobova.https://proza.ru/2018/08/05/1282
- ↑ Nikolai BLAGODATOV. THE PAINTER ZINSTEIN. Note.https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=3734
- ↑ Субъективные пространства города. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — С. 66-68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4.
- ↑ About how he (Nikolay Blagodatov) created his famous collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art. https://oralhistory.ru/talks/orh-1501
- ↑ Places of power of the unofficial art of Leningrad.https://artguide.com/posts/937
- ↑ Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov is a friend of Art.https://proza.ru/2022/05/20/1526
- ↑ Сегодня на 89 году жизни ушел из жизни добрый гений неофициального искусства Ленинграда-Петербурга Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов (in Russian)
