Igor Lysenko Biography

The author is Eleanor Shcheglova, a member of the Union of Artists of Russia, Honored Artist of Crimea in Yalta, near the Yubileiny concert hall, lined up in a series of sculptures dedicated to the stars of our stage. Their names are known to everyone. And what do the Yalta people know about the author of these sculptures? Local history in the Museum of N. Rakhlin in Misheror.

Igor Lysenko tells about his grandfather N. Rahlina Local history in the N. Museum of N. his mother - Leonor Rakhlin - art critic, historian, local historian, brilliant expert of Kyiv. Many artists, poets and musicians, the color of the creative Soviet intelligentsia, being in the Crimea in the summer, necessarily visited the cozy garden of Nathan Rakhlin. The gazebo was preserved, where they gathered at a large round table.

This memorial arbor saw many whose names now make up the gold fund of our culture. The musicians and singers sang, Ivan Kozlovsky sang here, he loved to visit his friend. There was talk about art, creativity, music. Little Igor, every year coming to Mishor in the summer, grew up in this atmosphere. Their doors have always been open to art historians, historians, poets, writers - they were frequent guests of their welcoming house.

The mother of Igor, Leonora, managed to create a real center of culture in her Kyiv apartment. She wrote poetry, studied local history, the history of art.

Her name - Leonor Rakhlin - is well known to true experts and lovers of the history of Kyiv. Legends still go about her excursions and lectures. Crowning in such an environment, Igor began to create very early. He sculpted selflessly from early childhood. His first participation in exhibitions took place when the boy was 5 years old. In the future, he studied a lot and seriously.

He graduated from the Republican Art School and the Kursk Pedagogical Institute, the Faculty of Sculpture. After graduation, for several years, having worked as a teacher of fine art, he completely devoted himself to his beloved business. He created freely and inspired, mastering a variety of materials, constantly improving skill. His work is distinguished by free possession of many materials - bronze, clay, gypsum, marble, stone, etc.

Often, he traveled a lot, but Crimea was always the most attractive and beloved. For the past 25 years, he finally settled here, leaving Mishor only for interesting trips, exhibitions, and travels. Mishor became his second home. He built a creative workshop. The garden was filled with excellent sculptures that create an amazing and mysterious atmosphere. In the year, in memory of his great grandfather, Igor organized a private museum Nathan Rakhlin in the country.

Musicians and music lovers visit him with pleasure. Igor conducted interesting excursions here. Igor and Eleanor Lysenko at the opening of the anniversary exhibition. Yalta, year Igor and Eleanor Lysenko at the opening of the anniversary exhibition. Yalta, since then they created together, and were inseparable. How bitter the word “were” sounds ... Igor was gone in July.

Suddenly and merciless, and it is difficult to realize those who knew him. He was a person full of energy and life. He was cheerful and very intelligent. He lived a bright life. Dozens of personal exhibitions - at home, in Europe. The anniversary exhibition of Igor Lysenko in the exhibition hall of the Union of Artists. Yalta, the year of his sculptures is decorated with parks and sanatoriums of the South -Tower - “Dulber”, “Mishor”, “Black Sea” and many others.

At numerous exhibitions, more chamber sculptures were also shown, filled with a puppy lyrics and tenderness. The author addressed the philosophical understanding of the world. He has many works devoted to the eternal issues of being. Monument to M. Lazarev in Sevastopol I. Lazarev in Sevastopol Portrait is a separate direction in the work of Igor Lysenko. His portraits are similar to their models not only externally, but, first of all, the author saw and managed to convey the inner world of a person.

He loved to sculpt portraits of people of extraordinary, creative, interesting - artists, musicians, poets. He managed to say a lot with his work. A great mark was left by the master on our land. Sculpture "Free Wind".