Hertsen Theodor Theodorovich
Monumentalist. Graphic artist. Painter. People's Artist of the Kyrgyz Republic. Laureate of the Toktogul State Prize.
Born in 1935 in the village of Orlovka, Leninpol District, Kyrgyz SSR. In 1961, he graduated from the Frunze Art College, and in 1966 - from the Moscow Higher Artistic and Industrial School (formerly Stroganov School).
Since 1970, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
He worked in the field of monumental decorative art, easel and book graphics. In graphics, he worked in various techniques - in engraving and drawing, creating numerous series and cycles.
T. Hertsen's works in graphics and monumental painting are interconnected and distinguished by a unity of style and approach to solving artistic tasks. The central focus of his recent work is a cycle of illustrations for the four-volume edition of the epic "Manas." Several years of intense, painstaking work summarized all his experience in working on Kyrgyz themes.
Participant in republican and international exhibitions. His works are held in the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after G. Aitiev, as well as in museums of the CIS and in private collections abroad.
MAIN WORKS
Monumental Works
Ceramic mosaic "Gymnasts" in the production building of the Frunze Woolen and Cloth Combine. 1969.
Ceramic mosaic "Herdsmen" in the foyer of the "Son-Kul" state farm club in the Kochkor District. 1971.
Ceramic mosaic on the end wall of the secondary school of the "Kara-Kol" state farm in the Ak-Suu District. 1973.
Ceramic mosaic, stained glass, wood carving in the building of the Osh Kyrgyz Drama Theater. 1974.
Mural on the theme of rural youth life in the foyer of the Culture Palace of the "Krasnaya Zarya" collective farm in the Sokuluk District. 1976.
Thematic reliefs at the Yurovskoye Reservoir (in collaboration with V. Dimov, V. Shestopal). 1979-1980.
Graphic Works
Cool Stream. 1966. Linocut 35x51.
Warm Rain. 1966. Linocut 29.5x45.7.
Series "In My Native Collective Farm." 1970. Linocut Silence. 47x60.
Noon. 50.8x53.
Labor Days. 48.8x66.
Series "On My Collective Farm Land." 1971. Engraving on cardboard.
Still Life. 61.8x48.
Dairymaid. 46x45.
Lunch Break. 56x47.
Elders. 48x42.
Builders. 50x42.5.
Portrait of a participant in the battles for Berlin, Orozbaev. 1975. Paper, pencil. 56x46.
Portrait of the People's Artist of the USSR K. Moldobasanov. 1978. Paper, pencil. 60x80.
Book Graphics
Illustrations for the book "Molten Stone." Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan." (Diploma of the 1st degree at the IX Inter-Republican Competition. Ashgabat, 1970). Illustrations for the poetry collection "We Sing of Lenin, of the Party." Linocut. Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan" (Diploma of the 1st degree at the IX Inter-Republican Competition. Ashgabat, 1970).
Illustrations for the poetry collection by S. Tokombaev. Ink, pen. Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan."
Series of illustrations for the four-volume edition of the epic "Manas." Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan." 1973-1978.