Biography
Sergei Polyak was born on June 23, 1975 in Chernigov, in the family of Fedor Mikhailovich and Sofia Gavrilovna Polyakov. My father was a watch repair master, and my mother was the shop manager at the Chernigov Khimvolokno plant. Sergei received a general education at the Chernigov secondary school, and studied the basics of professional excellence at the Chernihiv children's art school.
The artistic abilities of the boy showed up early. His paintings in the Art Nouveau style even amazed connoisseurs with a deep meaning, non-childish wisdom and philosophy. Already in childhood, Sergei predicted a bright future in art. Famous artists noted the extraordinary technique of drawing, a special, own style.
After graduation, Sergei entered the Odessa Art College named after MB Grekov. Here he created his best paintings, his talent also attracted the attention of teachers and fellow students. Pole's paintings delighted others. However, the star of the gifted artist was not allowed to shine for a long time. Flaring up, she went out forever.
Sergei tragically died under mysterious circumstances on March 1, 1994. He was 19 years old.
Creation
Pole's paintings are exhibited at the Chernigov Regional Art Museum named after G. Galagan, Chernihiv Children's Art School. Some of the work of Sergei is kept by his parents.
The G. Galagan Art Museum is known far beyond the borders of the Chernihiv region. It was founded in 1983, in an old building, built at the end of the century before last - in 1899. It is assumed that the museum’s art collection was started by Mazepa’s comrade-in-arms, who later took the side of Emperor Peter the Great, Colonel Ignatius Galagan. Descendants continued his work, continuing to increase the number of exhibits. The greatest contribution to the development and increase in the collection was made by the famous statesman Grigory Pavlovich Galagan.
The Chernigov Regional Art Museum named after Grigory Galagan reverently cherishes the memory of a talented young man, arrange personal exhibitions of his paintings.
“For me, every such day is very important (about one of the days when the next exhibition of Sergey's paintings was held in the museum), ” acknowledges the artist’s father Fedor Oleksandrovich. - I am grateful to these caring people who organize exhibitions perfectly, and to all the fans who are interested in the work of my son. Sergey's life was short, but very bright, eventful.
Despite the fact that Sergey’s life was short, he left a rich creative heritage that found fans far beyond Ukraine. Connoisseurs of paintings by the artist are in Russia, Eastern and Western Europe, Mexico, the United States, Canada and other countries.
According to the president of the International Academy of Literature and Art of Ukraine, Ukrainian writer, journalist, public figure Sergey Dzyuba, life is measured not by the number of years lived, but by what a person managed to realize, realize during his life. “For people illuminated by the spark of God, life is often like an amazing star that flashes radiantly in the sky and, rapidly rushing off the Milky Way, falls to the Earth, ” says Sergey Viktorovich. ways of perfection. That was the fate of Chernihiv Sergey Polyak
Sergey's life was short but vibrant. After all, his paintings are the work of a mature Master, ”says the director of the Chernihiv Art Museum, Irina Ralchenko. According to Irina, the canvases painted in the early nineties, when Sergey was a student at the Odessa Art School, clearly demonstrate the very high professional level of the young artist. The Pole was equally talented and vividly able to paint landscapes, portraits and still lifes, as well as works from life, acute psychological, with a strain, pierced by feelings.
