Konyashin Oleg Alexandrovich (1938 - 2019) - graphic artist, Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1970). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1999). Honorary Citizen of the city of Alatyr (1994). Oleg Alexandrovich was born on August 11, 1938 in the city of Alatyr, Chuvash region. He lived in the city of Elektrostal. Graduated from the Penza Art School named after I. K.A. Savitsky in 1958, teacher Evgeny Alekseevich Nozdrin. Moscow Polygraphic Institute, 1961-1966, teachers: A. D. Goncharov - professor, student of V. A. Favorsky; V.N. Lyakhov - Doctor of Arts.
Since 1966 the artist has been working in the publishing houses «Imaginative literatura», «Soviet Russia», «Think», collaborates with publishing houses in Izhevsk, Saratov, Kaliningrad, etc. He illustrates and designs books by Russian and foreign writers and poets. Participant of regional, zonal, republican, all-union and international exhibitions. The first personal exhibition took place in Alatyr in 1994.
O. A. Konyashin awarded numerous certificates and diplomas, the medal ««For Merit» before the city of Elektrostal, Moscow region», the Gold Medal of the Board of the Union of Artists of Russia «Spirituality. Traditions. Mastery».
Creation:
- Series of linocut: «Provincial cities of Russia», «Architectural ensembles», «Russia is my homeland», «Monuments of Russian history», «Landscapes of Moscow region»; portraits of prominent people.
- Etchings: «Orthodox» (1990), «Characters» (1997), «China-City» (1992, 2000-2003); «I am walking across Russia» (2004-2006).
- Book design and illustration: K.V. Ivanov's «Favorites» (1979), K.G. Abramov «Stepan Erzya» (1980), D. Defoe «Robinson Crusoe» (1982), G.M. Markov «Salt of the Earth» (1986), A. Dumas «Queen Margot» (1995), «Scripture for Children» (1996), F.I. Tyutchev «Lyrics» (1996) and others.
Works were published in such magazines as «Soviet Music», «Friendship of Peoples», «Musical Life», «Moscow», «Artist» and in newspapers: «Soviet Culture», «Moskovsky Komsomolets», «Week», etc. Works are also in museums: Moscow, Mozhaisk, Solikamsk, Kargopol, Elektrostal, Leipzig, London, Hollis (USA), as well as in private collections. Konyashin Oleg Alexandrovich died on June 23, 2019.
