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