Vyacheslav Klykov is a famous Soviet and Russian sculptor. He was an ardent patriot and agreed to immortalize not all great figures in stone. He worked on sculptures of only those people who benefited the Russian people. One of them, in his opinion, was Vasily Shukshin, Sergius of Radonezh, Fedor Dostoevsky, Nicholas II, Cyril and Methodius.
Biography: early years
Vyacheslav Mikhailovich Klykov was born on October 19, 1939 in the Kursk outback - the village of Marmyzhi, which looked like a farm with a pronounced Cossack way of life. He selflessly loved his small homeland.
Vyacheslav's parents were collective farmers. The family lived poorly. His early childhood came in the difficult war and post-war years. After school, Fangs continued his education at the construction college. Unlearned on the welder and went to work at the factory.
A year later, Klykov entered the Kursk Pedagogical Institute at the faculty of graphic art. There he became interested in sculpture and decided to move only in this direction. After studying at the Pedagogical Institute for two courses, Vyacheslav went to Moscow to the famous sculptor Nikolai Tomsky. Masters impressed with his work. So Vyacheslav became a student at the Moscow Art Institute, which he graduated in 1968.
Creation
After receiving the diploma of the sculptor-monumentalist, Klykov worked at art factories. He also began to actively participate in various exhibitions, including international ones. In 1969, Vyacheslav joined the Soviet Union of Artists.
The broad masses learned about Klykov only 10 years later, when he designed the first children's music theater in the Union, located on Vernadsky Avenue in Moscow. A year later, the capital of the World Trade Center appeared a sculpture of the Greek god Mercury, who is considered the patron saint of merchants. It was also the work of Klykov.
Vyacheslav stood apart from other sculptors of that time. At the heart of his work lay a solid civic stand. Klykov, with the help of his works, propagandized the historical foundation on which Russia should be based - the unity of the people, Orthodoxy and monocracy.
He categorically refused to make sculptures of stranglers of Russian traditions and opposing God. So, Klykov did not work on monuments to Lenin and Stalin. He advocated removing the mausoleum from Red Square.
Vyacheslav's works are in many cities not only in Russia, but also in other countries. Some sculptures are exhibited at the Russian Museum and the Tretyakov Gallery.
