Collection SCOR 2001

Exhibition 2000

1980-1990

Nicolas Dvigoubsky was born in Clichy-la Garenne (France) in 1936. His parents were Russian refugees.

When 15, he began his art studies with the master poster designer Paul Colin. He then attended the Ranson Academy and was the assistant of Wakhevitch, director of Ali-Baba and the 40 thieves. In 1956, he returned with his parents to their motherland.
Thereafter, he pursued his art studies in the Soviet Union and graduated from Fine Arts department of the Soviet Institute of Advanced Film Studies. As early as 1962, he became member of the Soviet Union's Association of Painters.
During the next 25 years, he lived in Moscow. His paintings were regularly exhibited in all major cities of the Soviet Union. They were purchased by many museums as well as individual collectors.
In parallel with his painting activity, Nicolas Dvigoubsky worked for the theatre as set and costume designer (Three-pennies Opera, Le Bourgeois Gentilhomme). He worked also with most major Soviet film directors (M.Konchalovsky, A.Tarkovsky, Panfiloff) as artistic director.
In 1982, he married a French artist and moved to France. In order to leave the Soviet Union, he was unfortunately obliged to leave all his paintings behind. Once in France, he resumed his painting and became quickly famous among French art lovers and professionals. He worked for West European operas as set and costume designer, in particular for Eugene Oneguine in the Scala of Milan, and Boris Goudounov in Covent Garden.
In 1988, he had his first important exhibition in Paris at the François Herail Gallery. In the same year, he was set designer for A. Zulavsky's movie Boris Godounov. He is acknowledged as one of the greatest living realistic painter of today.
He currently lives and paints in Normandie (France).

French

Nicolas Dvigoubsky est ne' de parents russes a` Clichy-la-Garenne en 1936. De`s l'a^ge de quinze ans, il commence des e'tudes artistiques en fre'quentant l'atelier du mai^tre affichiste Paul Colin. En 1956, apre`s un bref passage par l'Acade'mie Ranson et un assistanat aupre`s de Wakhevitch, le re'alisateur d'Ali-Baba et les quarante voleurs, il doit suivre ses parents qui ont choisi de regagner leur patrie.

Il poursuit donc ses e'tudes en URSS et sort diplo^me' de l'Institut des hautes e'tudes cine'matographiques sovie'tiques, section beaux-arts, et, de`s 1962, devient membre de l'association des artistes peintres d'Union Sovie'tique.

Pendant 25 ans, il va vivre a` Moscou. Il y exposera re'gulie`rement ses oeuvres ainsi que dans la plupart des grandes villes du pays; particuliers et muse'es les lui ache`tent en nombre.

Paralle`lement a` son travail de chevalet, Nicolas Dvigoubsky travaille pour les the'a^tres moscovites et re'alise de nombreux de'cors et costumes (L'Ope'ra de 4 sous, Le Bourgeois gentihomme). Il assure e'galement la direction artistique de plusieurs films de Konchalovsky, Tarkovsky et Panfiloff.

En 1982, il e'pouse une artiste franc,aise et revient vivre avec elle dans le pays qui l'a vu nai^tre, laissant malheureusement derrie`re lui toute son oeuvre peinte. Sito^t arrive' en France, il se remet au travail et acquiert tre`s vite une grande notorie'te' parmi les amateurs d'art et les professionnels franc,ais. Apre`s avoir cre'e' en 1986 les de'cors et les costumes d'Euge`ne Oneguine a` la Scala de Milan, il a la satisfaction, deux ans plus tard, a` l'initiative de la galerie Franc,ois Herail, de faire sa premie`re grande exposition en France.   La me^me anne'e il fait les de'cors pour le film de A.Zulavsky, Boris Goudounov.De`s lors, Nicolas Dvigoubsky s'impose comme un des grands artistes re'alistes du moment.