About the artist:

Gleb Bogomolov was born in 1933 in Leningrad. Active participant of the movement of soviet unofficial artists. Participant of the non-conformist exhibition in the Leningrad (1974). Participated in over 250 exhibitions since 1977. Laureate of Tsarskoselskaya Reward (1997). Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Member of the Academy of Contemporary Art, St-Petersburg.Lives and works in St.-Petersburg. Has been working with “Alla Bulyanskaya Gallery” since 1996. Collections including: The State Russian Museum. St.-Petersburg, Russia. The State Tretyakov Gallery. Moscow, Russia. St.-Petersburg Museum of History. St.-Petersburg, Russia. Anna Akhmatova museum "Fontanny Dom". St.-Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia. Far-East Art Museum. Khabarovsk, Russia. Petrozavodsk Art Museum. Russia. Vladivostok Art Museum. Russia. Sosnovy Bor Art Museum. Russia. Sevastopol Art Museum. Ukraine. Narva Art Museum. Estonia. Zimmerly Art Museum. New Jersey, USA. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art. New York, USA. National Museum of Contemporary Art. Seoul, South Korea. "Alla Bulyanskaya gallery" Collection. Moscow, Russia. Diagilevsky Center Collection. St.-Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Gleser Collection. Moscow, Russia. Grim Danesy Collection. Oslo, Norway. Henry Nannen Kunsthalle. Emden, Germany. Govard Sirak Collection. Columbus, Ohio, USA. Pendorff Collection. Hamburg, Germany. Deutsche Bank Collection. Germany. St.-Petersburg Museum of History. St.-Petersburg, Russia. Anna Akhmatova museum "Fontanny Dom". St.-Petersburg, Russia. Museum of Contemporary Art. Moscow, Russia. Far-East Art Museum. Khabarovsk, Russia. Petrozavodsk Art Museum. Russia. Vladivostok Art Museum. Russia. Sosnovy Bor Art Museum. Russia. Sevastopol Art Museum. Ukraine. Narva Art Museum. Estonia. Zimmerly Art Museum. New Jersey, USA. Museum of Soviet Unofficial Art. New York, USA. National Museum of Contemporary Art. Seoul, South Korea. "Alla Bulyanskaya gallery" Collection. Moscow, Russia. Diagilevsky Center Collection. St.-Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Gleser Collection. Moscow, Russia. Grim Danesy Collection. Oslo, Norway. Henry Nannen Kunsthalle. Emden, Germany. Govard Sirak Collection. Columbus, Ohio, USA. Pendorff Collection. Hamburg, Germany. Deutsche Bank Collection. Germany. Everybody does not have the talent of a pathfinder. Gleb Bogomolov has managed to become a pioneer. The master was always attracted by the unknown. To jell as a personality and, therefore, as an artist was the most important thing for him. As early as in the 70s, he was working without any thought about his future success among the audience and was fighting for the right of freedom in the creative activity. Just at that time, the first exhibitions by nonconformists were taking place in Leningrad and Gleb Bogomolov was actively participating in them. Then he was a leader of the Experimental Fine Arts Partnership. The search for the truth and inner emotional experience were always playing a considerable role in his creative work. Brilliant skill of colorist and logician, the combination of complicated intellectual context, and vast psychological spectrum allow to assess the uniqueness of this author who has managed to personify the spiritual peculiarity of the Saint-Petersburg culture and preserve the intimate perception of the world as a poetic integrity. The artist applies the traditions of the old Russian art in his own manner. Many of his works resemble icons, which retained only individual fragments. Gleb Bogomolov continues to leave concrete images for the world of abstraction. He is involved in the search for a new plastic language. He confesses himself that everything he does is a small bridge from extremely ancient to extremely new.