CLASSICAL GRAPHIC ARTISTS OF ALTAI IN COLLECTIONS OF THE STATE ART MUSEUM OF THE ALTAI KRAI (BARNAUL, RUSSIA)

The reported study was funded by Russian Fund of Basic Research according to the research project no. 19-412-220003 r_a. The paper outlines basic biographic information that reflects creative way of professional graphic artists from Altai, Russia: Fyodor Filonov (1919–2007), Andrei Vagin (1923–2006), Alexei Yugatkin (1926–2001), and Aleksandr Deriavsky (1927–2017), whose works will be in exhibition “Classical Works of Altai's Graphis Artists” of The State Art Museum of the Altai Krai (Barnaul, Russia) that will be held in 2022, after reconstruction of the institution's building. Individual artistic and aesthetic achievements of masters that followed stylistic traditions left by the first professional painters of Altai (Grigory Choros-Gurkin (1870–1923) and Andrei Nikulin (1878–1945), defined main vectors for development of professional graphics in Altai in the 2nd half of 20th century and the beginning of the 21st century. The author describes a contribution made by Vladimir Ramensky and Aleksandr Deriavsky in development of professional book graphics in Altai Krai, Vladimir Ramensky's work in developing professional artistic education in the territory.