VIKTOR CHAZKEVICH (1943-2016). Ikarus.

Viktor Chazkevich (1943-2016), Ikarus, oil on canvas, 2013, monogrammed in Cyrillic lower right, signed, dated and monogrammed in Cyrillic and titled on the reverse, with a narrow frame approx. 131 x 111 cm.

Viktor Chazkevich comes from Minsk in Belarus. He studied at the art and technical art school, followed by the Academy in Minsk, from which he graduated with a diploma as a monumental artist. In Minsk, he created numerous large-format works in public spaces, including for schools, bus stations, and hotels. Numerous exhibitions in Belarus, Poland, and the GDR were dedicated to the artist's work before he moved to Germany with his family in 2004. He lived and worked in Leverkusen until 2016. His work became known through various exhibitions in Leverkusen, Cologne, and Düsseldorf. Unmistakably, he worked both in the tradition of socialist realism and with elements of the symbolism of the Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century. Parallels to Chazkevich can be found in the work of famous artists such as Mikhail Vrubel or Pavel Filonov.