Vladimir Volegov, 1957 | Romantic painter

Russian painter Владимир Волегов is famous for his figurative paintings with his dramatic use of color and texture he creates a portrait-like treatment of the female form, captured in a frozen, yet living moment, with the surrounding bursts of color and scenery.

Born in Khabarovsk, Russia, Volegov began painting at the age of three and his talent would be noted repeatedly throughout his adolescence.

After having attended the art school, "Krivoj rog" and having served in the army, Volegov was admitted to the lvov polygraphic institute in the former soviet union.

Beginning in 1984 Vladimir began participating in, and winning, international competitions for poster art.

Volegov moved to Moscow in 1988 and before long Vladimir's career in commercial art was in full swing.

Notable russian publishing houses sought his talents to design posters and cd and cassette covers for musical groups.

While working with the publishing houses he continued to work on his paintings and participate in exhibitions.

In 1990 Volegov began traveling to Europe where he earned money by painting portraits on the streets of Barcelona, Berlin, Vienna and other european cities.

It is with this experience he further honed his skills in depicting the human form.

Over the past fourteen years, his art has evolved into the striking figurative work he creates today.

Volegov's vibrant color palette and bold strokes coalesce to create evocative images that possess a timeless sensibility.

For 10 years, he participated in the Summer Portrait project in the Austrian town of Wels.

Having seen his works on the vinyl and CD album covers he made for show business projects, Russian show business celebrities started making orders for painted portraits.

In 1992, during his summer work as a contracted painter in the park of Gardaland (Italy), in one of the local markets, he purchased a book with Giovanni Boldini’s pictorial reproductions, which impressed, amazed and inspired Vladimir.

When he saw the impressionists’ originals in the Musée d'Orsay, he started to spend more time on painting and never stopped working.

At the beginning of 2000, Vladimir created a web page with his commercial and artistic works.

It was through that page, that his art manager found him, and in 2004, Vladimir signed a long-term contract with Soho Editions, NY, USA.

Vladimir discovered the names of John Singer Sargent, Joaquin Sorolla, adopted the style of romantic realism and started to paint in that manner.

After seven years of marriage, in 2006, Vladimir and his wife, Ekaterina, moved to Spain.

And in that same year, their son Anton was born.

In 2007, he started his successful cooperation with Galeries Bartoux in France as well as with art galleries in the USA, Italy and Sweden.

In 2011, while Vladimir was working on a 3D project, an idea of creating 3D dolls dawned on him.

He set up web page and took part in the exhibitions in Paris (Doll Expo 2012), in Barcelona (Doll Show 2012), in New York (Art Expo New York 2012), in which both his paintings and dolls were a tremendous success.

Vladimir worked on the inflow of private orders for portraits while simultaneously pursuing his artistic endeavours, the main theme of which was depicting women and children.

Besides, Vladimir created videos dedicated to the process of painting creation, and has composed music to them.

Il pittore Russo Vladimir Volegov è famoso per i suoi dipinti figurativi, in cui l'uso drammatico del colore e della consistenza crea un trattamento simile ad un ritratto della figura femminile, catturata in un momento congelato ma vivo, con le esplosioni di colore e lo scenario circostanti.