Evgeny Shirokov (1931-2017)

Evgeny Nikolaevich Shirokov (1931-2017) is a representative of the "harsh style" in painting. This is a special trend in socialist realism, which was extremely popular at the turn of the 50s and 60s. This style is characterized by the fact that the masters try to convey the fate of their contemporaries, as a rule, ordinary people — workers, students. Special attention was paid to their willpower and energy. The artists of the "harsh style" of painting glorified the romance of everyday work. Their canvases are as concise and generalized as possible. Expressiveness was achieved due to the plane of color and the linear contours of the figures. The artist's works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the Perm State Art Gallery, and museums in the Perm Region, the Urals, and Siberia.