Paola Volkova
Paola Volkova | |
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Паола Волкова | |
 Volkova in 2012 | |
| Born | Paola Dmitryevna Volkova 23 July 1930 |
| Died | 15 March 2013 (aged 82) |
| Resting place | Donskoye Cemetery |
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| Spouse | Vadim Gogosov |
| Children | 2 |
| Website | paolavolkova.ru |
Paola Dmitryevna Volkova (Russian: Паола Дми́триевна Во́лкова; July 23, 1930 – March 15, 2013) was a Soviet and Russian art critic, cultural historian. Honored Worker of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation (1996).[1]
Biography
[edit]Paola graduated from the Moscow State Library Institute.
From the late 1950s to 1987, she taught at the All-Union State Institute of Cinematography, teaching four courses on Russian and foreign art, on the history of costume, and on the art and culture of ancient China.
From 1976 until the last days of her life, she taught film design at the High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors.[2]
In 1989-2002 — Director of the Andrei Tarkovsky Foundation in Moscow.[3]
In 2011-2013, she hosted the author's series of programs Bridge over the Abyss on the Kultura TV about the history of world painting.
Author of more than 50 publications in periodicals and books on contemporary art, as well as on the work of Tarkovsky.[4]
Columnist of The Art Newspaper Olga Kabanova places Volkova on a par with other outstanding Russian educators of the 20th century: Dmitry Likhachev, Yuri Lotman, Irakly Andronnikov.[5]
She died on March 15, 2013 in Moscow. The urn with her ashes was buried at the Donskoye Cemetery (section 4).[6] Some of the ashes were scattered over the Venetian Lagoon.[7][8]
The Tretyakov Gallery houses a portrait of Paola Volkova, painted in 1959 by the artist Vladimir Weisberg.
References
[edit]- ^ "Указ Президента Российской Федерации от 11 декабря 1996 года". Archived from the original on 24 November 2023. Retrieved 24 November 2023.
- ^ "Высшие курсы сценаристов и режиссёров". February 2015. Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
- ^ "Меня шокировала надпись: Андрей Тарковский. Человеку, который увидел ангела". Московский комсомолец. 11 November 2004. Archived from the original on 26 April 2010. Retrieved 25 July 2010.
- ^ Паола Волкова (28 February 2001). "Гаянэ". Аргументы и факты. Archived from the original on 12 July 2012.
- ^ Ольга Кабанова (16 February 2015). "Феномен Паолы Волковой". The Art Newspaper.
- ^ "Московские могилы. Донское кладбище". moscow-tombs.ru. Archived from the original on 16 July 2020. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "В Венеции попрощались с выдающимся российским искусствоведом Паолой Волковой". russkiymir.ru. Archived from the original on 25 January 2022. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
- ^ "Павел Каплевич — Непрошедшее время". Эхо Москвы (in Russian). Archived from the original on 16 September 2017. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
External links
[edit]- Official website
- Yuri Rost. Paola Volkova // Novaya Gazeta (April 4, 2014)
- Паола Волкова о том, что больше не повторится // Арзамас (2010)
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- 1930 births
- 2013 deaths
- Curators from Moscow
- Writers from Moscow
- Honored Workers of the Arts Industry of the Russian Federation
- Soviet art historians
- Russian art historians
- Academic staff of High Courses for Scriptwriters and Film Directors
- Moscow State Art and Cultural University alumni
- Academic staff of the Gerasimov Institute of Cinematography
- Russian women television presenters
- Women art historians
- Russian women art critics
- Russian women curators
- Burials at Donskoye Cemetery