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Mikhail Kirin(1932-2007)Artist of the Russian North
Brief BiographyBorn in Vytegra, 1932Family moved when he was very small to
Murmansk, where he grew upBut he and his wife owned a house in Vytegra
and another on the shore of Lake Onega, in the village of Golyashi
Used a wide range of techniques, but favored linocuts
Drew and painted landscapes, portraits, village and town scenes
Very interested in the far north (above Arctic Circle; but also took themes from the Vytegra area)
Some links to materials in Russian (items also include illustrations)Мурманский вестник - С любов
ью к северному краюМурманское отделение Союза
Художников России — Letopisi.ru
Графика Михаила Кирина - Художественные, Выставки, События в Мурманске - MurmanOut.ru. Все развлечения Мурманска.
http://www.ethnomuseum.murman.ru/gallery/painters/kirin/
After Bathing
The Bathers
Portrait of the Poet Nikolai Klyuev
Sketches on a wall in Kirin’s Golyashi summer home
Mikhail and Vera Kirin, summer 2003
Interior, the Kirins’ summer home at Golyashi
At the Kirins’ s house, summer 2003
Mikhail Kirin and guests on the shore of Lake Onega, Golyashi, Summer, 2003
The Onega Shore, Golyashi, Summer 2003