The «landscapes master» and «virtuoso colourist» is what they call Boris Ryauzov. And the most extensive retrospective of his works that completes the artist’s anniversary year allows one to truly awe at our Krasnoyarsk Region through his eyes.

Museums today possess only one third of Ryauzov's works, as more than 700 paintings are in private collections around the world. However, now you can see them at four exhibitions in Krasnoyarsk museums. The artist did not move to our city before 1941, but Krasnoyarsk became his second homeland, and the nature of the Region – the basis of his landscape paintings.

«We all have a lot to learn from Boris Yakovlevich. First of all, to love the places we reside in, to feel our involvement in the beauty surrounding us. I would like to wish every single one of us also to be inspired by our native places the way he did,» — said the Krasnoyarsk Region Minister of Culture Arkady Zinov.

Ryauzov's landscapes are a reflection of his view of the world and deep philosophical thoughts. Due to him using a very unique combination of colours, the landscapes look unreal. There are no garish emotions in the paintings, only the reflection – that is the Boris Ryauzov flavour at its best.

«This is an all-Russian event, because the level that Ryauzov reached in his work can be considered global. And the fact that the one-hundredth anniversary is celebrated where he established himself as a renowned artist suggests that Krasnoyarsk itself is reaching this world level. Thanks to the events that are taking place now, we can feel the scale of the artist in all his greatness!» — noted Viktor Kalinin,  first Vice-President of the Russian Academy of Arts. 

In addition to all the exhibitions, a premiere of theatrical and musical performance-tribute «Boris Ryauzov. The river of life» too place on the stage of the Dmitri Hvorostovsky Opera and Ballet Theatre. The audience saw the details of the life and fate of the outstanding Krasnoyarsk landscape painter, got acquainted with the history of his career. The performance combines spoken word, music and painting.

«Boris Ryauzov can rightfully be considered our countryman. His fate was closely linked with that of Krasnoyarsk. In every urban landscape of the artist one feels love for the Krasnoyarsk land. His works are like an artistic almanac-study of our city for our future generations. This year we named one of the city centre’s alleyways after Boris Ryauzov. A memorial plaque on the facade of the house where Boris Yakovlevich lived is also planned to be installed», – Mayor of Krasnoyarsk Sergei Eremin stated at the opening, while handing over the artist’s «The Vsekhsvyatskaya (All-Saints) Church. Krasnoyarsk, the nineteenth century» painting to the Surikov Museum from the city administration’s collection.

Within the framework of the final anniversary events, the All-Russian Scientific Conference «Culture and Art of Siberia. To the 100th anniversary of Boris Yakovlevich Ryauzov.» Leading professionals in the field of arts from Moscow, Abakan, Yekaterinburg, Irkutsk, Kazan, Turukhansk and Krasnoyarsk are participating in it.

Boris Yakovlevich Ryauzov is an outstanding Soviet painter. He was born in 1919 in the Biryuchya Kosa village, Astrakhan Region. Ever since 1941 he lived and worked in Krasnoyarsk, died in 1994 in Krasnoyarsk.