Once upon a time there lived such an artist

Exposition included graphics and paintings of different ages, from school years till the last days of living: portraits, still-life paintings, landscapes made in different techniques and also pencil drawings and sketches. Sergey Titov lived a short but intense creative life. He died during the failure of the Soviet Union and

rising of contemporary Russia. It was difficult period for the artist as well as for all the country. In 1993 at the Union of architects big post mortem exhibition of the artist was hold. In 1994 by the Leningrad channel «Russian video» the movie about Sergey Titov was shot. In 1997 the movie was reshot by Leningrad regional television and fragments about creativity of mother and wife of the artist were added and was called «Once upon a time there lived artists named by Titov».

In 2012 at the House of architects exhibition of Sergey Titov was hold, devoted to his 75-anniversary and 25-anniversary of his death. The uniqueness of the exhibition «Once upon a time there lived such an artist. Sergey Titov» is that this is the last retrospective exhibition of his creativity in Russia. Part of the works will be presented to museums and community organizations of Saint-Petersburg, another part is sold, and part of the works will be left at the domestic collection of the artist’s daughter. The whole epoch is reflected in Sergey Titov’s work. Through them you see how time was changing and how the attitude of the artist was changing towards it. His graphics is the reflection of the soul of the artist, his naked nerve. To understand what kind of personality was Sergey Titov you should visit the exhibition and see his original artworks! At the exhibition you can purchase the art book «Artist Sergey Titov», publisher «City» in 2015 It narrates about deep and sometimes tragic but always full of creative impulse life of the artist; the whole epoch and its outstanding personalities. You can also buy the works of Sergey Titov that you liked.