Knyazhitskaya, T. V. Vladimir Grishaev as the First Stained Glass Artist in the Chuvash Republic

Abstract: The research subject of the article is the stained glass created by a Soviet architecture artist Vladimir Grishaev (1951 – 1999) in the 1970th– 1990th. During that period he created over 30 pieces of art for all kinds of official buildings and public facilities in Cheboksary, the capital of the Chuvash Republic. Today Vladimir Grishaev can be considered to be the first stained glass artist of Chuvashia because stained glass had been practically unknown before him in that republic. The author of the article examines the artist’s stained glass since the period when Grishaev was an art student till the last years of his life. The research method used by the author is the art history analysis of particular artworks combined with the historical analysis of the phenomenon of stained glass art in the USSR. This article is the first one in the academic literature to discuss the topic of stained glass in Vladimir Grishaev’s creative work. The main conclusions are the following: Vladimir Grishaev’s artwork is undoubtedly valuable and reflect the spiritual life of a talented artist as the representative of his epoch.

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