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The comissar
190х243 cm. Oil on canvas. 1966-1967
Odessa Art Museum
«The comissar» embodies the ideas of the 60-s, when the struggle for the truth of life took place. The poet Mayakovsky was the first love of those who belonged to the generation of the 60-s. He was something of a form of legal opposition. The rough language of poster was set off against the official language. The everyday, the laconic, the simple became features of the so called «severe style» in painting. The 60-s became a legendary time in history. They have conquered for us the first piece of land on the territory of free. Tokarev's «The comissar» was among those who fought for this».
O.Savitskaya
Art-critic
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The cart
200х186 сm. Oil on canvas. 1969
State art museum, Kiev
«The mighty riding horses and the uneven flight of the cart set a decisive diagonal on the painting. The point of view is chosen so that we can see the characters face to face, we can look right into their eyes. But it doesn't prevent us seeing the whole scene from above — the whole cart, the heads, the horse manes in a hot dusty haze and the edge of a grassland as if running from under the wheels».
L.Popova
Art critic
V.Zeltner
Art critic
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The portrait of the People's artist of USSR Myhail Bozhiy
108х96 cm. Oil on canvas. 1961
The Vorontsov Palace in Alupka, Ukraine
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The road to Hurzuf
67х82 cm. Oil on canvas. 1968
Odessa Art Museum
«The best paintings by Tokarev belong in their essence to the so called «severe style». It was the movement in soviet art of the 60-s. The time of restrained feelings, masculine characters, laconic yet expressive colors».
D.Papikyan
The art-critic
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The old Hurzuf
100х130 cm. Oil on canvas. 1968
Private collection
«These are not just landscapes, they bear features of untouched by time eternal, ancient nature».
M.Lazarev
Art-critic, member of Russia Academy of Arts, editor-in-chief of «Iskusstvo» magazine.
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The street in Hurzuf
Oil on canvas. 1968
The union of artists
«In the landscapes made in Crimea Tokarev strives to depict not only the sun, the light of the south, but more importantly the ancient power of the land where the time rocks its waves, where the massives of white washed houses look like a foam on a sand».
L.Popova
Art-critic
V.Zeltner
Art-critic
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The house with a cypress tree
84х80 cm. Oil on canvas. 1968
Odessa Art Museum
«By the end of 60-s Tokarev formed the concept of his landscape painting. His landscapes are heroic by nature. What appears on the canvas is seen as though from a significant distance. Land, trees, waters are seen by artist as mighty forms in space».
L.Popova
Art-critic
V.Zeltner
Art-critic
Vyacheslav Tokarev: «An artist should not try to achieve a final solution working on a scetch, in order not to feel restrained. He should be able to unleash his imagination».
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