OSTROVSKIY VASILIY IGOREVICH (1936-2012) - Soviet graphic artist, poster artist. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (since 1963). Honored Artist of Russia (1997).

Was born in Moscow. Graduated from the Moscow Art Institute named after V.I.Surikov in 1960 with a degree in poster. He studied with famous teachers M.M. Cheremnykh and N.A.Ponomarev.

Vasily Ostrovsky made a significant contribution to the development of Russian poster in all its genre manifestations. At the beginning of his career in the 1960s, he gained fame, working in film posters. He executed posters for such films as “9 days of one year”, “Jamilya”, “An ordinary miracle”, “The Deer King” and many others, and were highly appreciated by the audience and artistic community. Ostrovsky also worked in the field of social and political posters, collaborated with the publishing houses "Iskusstvo", "Sovetskiy Khudozhnik", "Plakat" - "Panorama".

Author of film posters: "On the Threshold of Life" (1961), "9 Days of One Year" (1962), "Seven Nurses" (1962), "Vienna Woods" (1962), "How Toasts Are Born" (1963), "To Me , Mukhtar! " (1964), "A Man Walking Through the Wall" (1964), "Frost" (1965), "An Ordinary Miracle" (1965), "Happy Holidays, Girls!" (1966), Children's Film Festival. Cartoon-66 "(1966)," Solidarity, peace, friendship! " (1968), The Diamond Arm (1969), The Stolen Month (1969), The Golden Boy (1969), The Kid and Carlson (1969), The White Sun of the Desert (1970), The Wedding ( 1970), The Deer King (1970) and others.

Author of political posters: "Dexterity, beauty, health" (1960), "We affirm forever the union of science and labor" (1965), "Glory to the people - the winner! 1941-1945 "(1970)," Solidarity, peace, friendship "(1971)," Peace "(1972)," On green fields and on a white track we will bring sports glory to the country! " (1973), "We will grow a worthy replacement for our famous athletes!" (1973), "I benefit from training: I will be strong, I will be agile!" (1973), “The people and the party are one! All for the elections to the Supreme Soviet of the USSR! " (1974), "Let the atom serve peace, not war!" (1974), “Take care of your native nature” (1975), “Let's preserve cultural monuments! Let's restore what was destroyed! " (1976), "Land reclamation - the fields!" (1977), "Glory to Peaceful Labor" (1977), "Constitution of the USSR" (1978), "Broader Front of Scientific Works" (1978), "BAM - All-Union Shock Komsomol Construction Project" (1979), "April 12 - Cosmonautics Day" (1980; jointly with V. S. Karakashev), "Human health is a common property" (1982), "Glory to Labor" (1982), "April 12, Cosmonautics Day" (1982), "Glory to Peaceful Labor" (1984), "Happy New Year!" (1984), "April 12 - Cosmonautics Day!" (1985), "Do not destroy yourself!"; triptych "Constitution of the USSR" (1978).

He constantly participated with his posters and graphics in all major exhibitions, all-Union, Russian, Moscow and group. Held two personal exhibitions. Participant of the 1st, 2nd and 6th Biennials in Warsaw and other international exhibitions and competitions. V.I.Ostrovsky's work has been awarded numerous diplomas and awards. In the 90s, being the chairman of the poster section and a member of the board of the Moscow Union of Artists, he initiated the organization and participated in several exhibitions of topical socio-political posters, representing the author's, civic position of Moscow poster artists. The works of V. I. Ostrovsky, reviews about them in the mass press and special editions were repeatedly published, several of them were included in the major edition “Russia XX Century. The history of the country in a poster ”.

Since 2002, V. I. Ostrovsky taught the discipline "Poster" at the Department of Graphic Art. Being a high-class professional with a bright creative personality, he managed in a relatively short time to instill in students an understanding of such a specific genre of fine art as a poster. This is evidenced by the fairly large-scale participation of his students at the 7th All-Russian exhibition of posters in Voronezh in 2005, at the All-Russian and Moscow International exhibitions, as well as at the jubilee (75 years of the Moscow Union of Artists) Exhibition of Moscow poster artists in 2007. In general, more than thirty students of V. I. Ostrovsky were able to show their posters at exhibitions and competitions of a fairly high level, which was marked with diplomas and prizes.

No less significant is the creative contribution of Vasily Ostrovsky to the art of graphics. He created several cycles of drawings, formed as a result of constant and long-term work. These are landscapes, still lifes, nudity, portraits, etc. The artist was fluent in various graphic techniques and materials. Among them are gouache, sepia, sanguine, ink - brush, pen, pencil. Over the past few years and at the present time, V. I. Ostrovsky has been working on a series of drawings based on the subjects of ancient mythology.

V. I. Ostrovsky's circulation posters are in the State Museum of Political History of Russia (GMPIR), the State Central Museum of Cinema (GTsMK), the Volsk Museum of Local Lore (VKM), the Gelendzhik Museum of History and Local Lore (GIKM), the Memorial Museum of Cosmonautics, the Museum of the History of Kronshtadt, Rybinsk Museum-Reserve, Saratov Regional Museum of Local Lore (SOMK), Stavropol State Museum-Reserve (SGMZ), Nevyansk State Historical and Architectural Museum (NGIAM), Novomoskovsk Historical and Art Museum (NIHM), OIHM im. IN Kramskoy, Central Air Force Museum, private collections; originals - in the Yaroslavl Art Museum (YAHM), the State Literary Museum. V. I. Dahl, private collection.