Vasily Golubev - Master Postwar Expressionist

Golubev is not simply painting nature, but as it were, competing with her in the creation of form. The brush literally molds the mass, impasto color builds relief - rhythmic, textured, volumetric. While his personal version of Expressionism was independent of any connection to the artistic trends of the West, he reached many of the same conclusions as Edvard Munch and Raoul Dufy, among others.