Vladimir Lisunov
Birth name: Vladimir Lisunov
Date of Birth: 21 March 1940
Place of Birth: Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality: Russian
Education: Repin Institute of Arts
Known for: Painting
Notable works: Astral wanderings of the soul
Date of Death: 27 July 2000
Occupation: Painter
Genre: Graphic
Style: Figurative
Lisunov well called him Lis, and remember him as a vivid cult figure in the Leningrad underground. Naturally handsome,[5] with a slim figure, he wore a floor-length overcoat and a scarlet scarf thrown carelessly around his neck. His head was always adorned with a wide-brimmed hat. That was his style, which was an inextricable part of his personality. It was a style which he did not change over the course of his whole life, and which was his 'calling card'. People who only saw Vladimir Lisunov once remembered his appearance for many years.
Vladimir Evgenievich Lisunov (1 March 1940 – 27 July 2000) was a Russian nonconformist artist, member of the Leningrad unofficial art tradition of the 1960s–1980s, poet, philosopher, romantic, and mystic known as Lis among artists and close friends.
Creative work
Vladimir Lisunov spent his whole life in constant creative searching. He was always experimenting and honing his painting technique, and explored various themes. Some of Lisunov's paintings are full of mystical images and bring us in to other worlds, whereas others depict stories from the Bible or rural landscapes. He also created a series of drawings called: "Astral wanderings of the soul", "Landscapes of the soul", "Portrait of a woman", "Divas", "Aerial nudes", "Portraits of friends" and "Commuter train people".
He worked in the Leningrad Kirov Theatre of Opera and ballet, where he created sets, sketches of costumes, and makeup. He made several sketches of costumes for the ballerinas Natalia Makarova and Alla Osipenko. He earned extra money by making toys out of papier-mâché, which he decorated with paint. He also decorated porcelain in the Leningrad Porcelain Factory.