Oleg Khvostov was born in St. Petersburg in 1972. Started painting when he was eighteen. Oleg has no professional art education; he preferred practical experience to higher art education.
But as critics and art historians note, perhaps this is precisely what helped Khvostov find his unique, easily recognizable style. After army he moved into a squat and became part of the post-Soviet artistic underground scene in St. Petersburg. In 1998 Oleg was invited to become a member of a radical art movement called The New Blockheads Society, he took part in over 50 exhibits and performances created by the group of artists. After two years he decided to move on to build a solo career of a painter. Since 2005 the artist Khvostov has been collaborating with leading Russian galleries and art institutions.
From 2000 to 2019 Oleg`s works were part of numerous exhibits in galleries, museums (including State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, Moscow Museum of Modern Art), biennales and fairs in Moscow, St. Petersburg, Vienna, Berlin, Tirana, Istanbul, Geneva and other cites. Oleg`s work is recognized by important Russian art critics and collectors.
Oleg Khvostov uses themes from traditional painting genres - landscapes, still-lifes, portraits, multi-figured compositions - but also includes numerous "remakes" of world-famous works of art, from Leonardo to Jeff Koons. Nonetheless, his characteristic method of consciously simplifying form, freeing it from excess detail, and giving
underscored roundness and cylindricity to shapes, in conjunction with his bold colors and large canvases, make his artistic manner original and easily identifiable. His use of a vivid, contrastive color palette and his deliberate simplicity imbue the artist's works with the decorative effect and irony of pop art.
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Oleg KhvostovAUTUMN • ОСЕНЬ , 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
60 x 80 cm -
Oleg KhvostovHOUSE IN TUSCANY • ДОМ В ТОСКАНЕ, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
100 x 140 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH BLUE TREES • ПЕЙЗАЖ С СИНИМИ ДЕРЕВЬЯМИ, 2016Canvas, oil
Холст, масло
55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in
140 x 190 cm -
Oleg KhvostovSTILL LIFE WITH PEACHES • НАТЮРМОРТ С ПЕРСИКАМИ, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил29 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
75 x 100 cm -
Oleg KhvostovDAY AND NIGHT (DIPTYCH) • ДЕНЬ И НОЧЬ (ДИПТИХ), 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил39 3/8 x 59 1/8 in
100 x 150.2 cm
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Oleg KhvostovRED LANDSCAPE • КРАСНЫЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in
140 x 189.9 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH FIELD AND PLANE • ПЕЙЗАЖ С ПОЛЕМ И САМОЛЕТОМ , 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in
140 x 190 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH TREES • ПЕЙЗАЖ С ДЕРЕВЬЯМИ, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных29 1/2 x 39 3/8 in
75 x 100 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH HOUSE AND FIELD • ПЕЙЗАЖ С ДОМОМ И ПОЛЕМ , 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил55 1/8 x 74 3/4 in
140 x 190 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH PLANE • ПЕЙЗАЖ С САМОЛЁТОМ, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
100 x 140 cm -
Oleg KhvostovPORTRAIT OF ART HISTORIAN • ПОРТРЕТ ИСКУССТВОВЕДА, 2016Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил31 1/2 x 23 5/8 in
80 x 60 cm -
Oleg KhvostovTHE ROYAL LANDSCAPE • КОРОЛЕВСКИЙ ПЕЙЗЖА, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
150 x 200 cm -
Oleg KhvostovGIRL AND MOON (DIPTYCH) • ДЕВУШКА И ЛУНА (ДИПТИХ), 2015Canvas, oil
Холст, масло
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных78 3/4 x 118 1/8 in
200 x 300 cm -
Oleg KhvostovSPACE COWS • КОСМИЧЕСКИЕ КОРОВЫ, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
150 x 200 cm -
Oleg KhvostovRAILWAI LANDSCAPE • ЖЕЛЕЗНОДОРОЖНЫЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2015canvas, oil
холст, масло120 x 160 cm
47 1/4 x 63 in -
Oleg KhvostovLENIN IN THE BARN • ЛЕНИН В САРАЕ, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил55 1/8 x 39 3/8 in
140 x 100 cm -
Oleg KhvostovTUSCAN LANDSCAPE • ТОСКАНСКИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ , 2015Canvas, oil
Холст, масло13 3/4 x 17 3/4 in
35 x 45 cm -
Oleg KhvostovMANDARINS • МАНДАРИНЫ, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил
39 3/8 x 55 1/8 in
100 x 140 cm -
Oleg KhvostovGREAT TUSCAN LANDSCAPE • БОЛЬШОЙ ТОСКАНСКИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2015Canvas, oil
Холст, масло59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
150 x 200 cm -
Oleg KhvostovEVENING LANDSCAPE • ВЕЧЕРНИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил25 5/8 x 35 3/8 in
65 x 90 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE WITH RED FIELD • ПЕЙЗАЖ С КРАСНЫМ ПОЛЕМ , 2015Canvas, oil
Холст, масло47 1/4 x 63 in
120 x 160 cm -
Oleg KhvostovMALEVICH'S COWS • КОРОВЫ МАЛЕВИЧА, 2015Canvas, oil
Холст, масло59 1/8 x 78 3/4 in
150 x 200 cm -
Oleg KhvostovSMALL SPACE LANDSCAPE • МАЛЫЙ КОСМИЧЕСКИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил27 1/2 x 35 3/8 in
70 x 90 cm -
Oleg KhvostovSPACE (TRIPTYCH) • КОСМОС (ТРИПТИХ) , 2015Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил63 x 141 3/4 in
160 x 360 cm -
Oleg KhvostovOLIVE WITH RASPBERRY FIELD • ПРОВАНСКИЙ С МАЛИНОВЫМ ПОЛЕМ, 2014Canvas, oil
Холст, масло
23 5/8 x 31 1/2 in
60 x 80 cm -
Oleg KhvostovCOLORS OF PROVENCE • КРАСКИ ПРОВАНСА, 2014Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных51 1/8 x 70 7/8 in
130 x 180 cm -
Oleg KhvostovPROVENCAL LANDSCAPE №3 • ПРОВАНСКИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ №3, 2014Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил35 3/8 x 47 1/4 in
90 x 120 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE • ПЕЙЗАЖ, 2013Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил15 3/4 x 19 3/4 in
40 x 50 cm -
Oleg KhvostovAUTUMN LANDSCAPE • ОСЕННИЙ ПЕЙЗАЖ , 2013Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил47 1/4 x 63 in
120 x 160 cm -
Oleg KhvostovLANDSCAPE • ПЕЙЗАЖ , 2010Canvas, oil
Холст, масло31 7/8 x 45 1/4 in
81 x 115 cm -
Oleg KhvostovKHRUSHEV • ХРУЩЁВ , 2007Canvas, acrylic
Холст, акрил31 1/2 x 15 3/4 in
80 x 40 cm -
Oleg KhvostovGIRL ON THE BALL • ДЕВУШКА НА ШАРЕ, 2004Canvas, oil
Холст, масло
Private collection of Svetlana and Sergey Gridchin
Частная коллекция Светланы и Сергея Гридчиных47 1/4 x 33 1/2 in
120 x 85 cm
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