Vyacheslav Babiyak. Artist, scientist and poet. To mark the 70th anniversary of his birth

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DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33910/2687-1262-2025-7-1-88-93

Keywords:

Vyacheslav Babiyak, Herzen University, the artist’s personality, Russian graphic art, drawing as an art form, Russian art education, creative and scientific interests, achievements

Abstract

This article is dedicated to the 70th anniversary of the birth of Vyacheslav Babiyak, a recognized Saint Petersburg artist and scientist, Doctor of Sciences (Art Criticism) and Professor at Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia. It provides a brief biographical overview of his life and career. The main focus is on Babiyak’s output as a remarkable graphic artist and a prominent expert in research dealing with the Russian art school of realistic drawing and specific aspects of teaching drawing to students. We analyze a number of graphic works, paintings and poems created by the artist, highlighting his contribution to the development of art criticism and its educational and pedagogical modes at Herzen University.

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ЛИТЕРАТУРА

Бабияк. В. В. (2023) Отголоски: Антология. СПб.: Свет, 448 с.

Бабияк, В. В. (2017) «...Воздух белого листа...»: искусство уникальной графики. В кн.: Н. А. Яковлева (ред.). Анализ и интерпретация произведения искусства. СПб.: Лань; Планета музыки, с. 391–455.

Бабияк, В. И. (2017) Этика: религия, культура, медицина. СПб.: Фолиант, 160 с.

Бабияк, В. И. (2021) Зарницы: Стихи. СПб.: Свет, 288 с.

Иванова, Н. (2006) Вячеслав Вячеславович Бабияк. Обучая, учимся сами! В кн.: Художники-педагоги Герценовского университета. Студенты и аспиранты о своих учителях. СПб.: Изд-во РГПУ им. А. И. Герцена, с. 230–236.

REFERENCE

Babiyak, V. I. (2021) Zarnitsy: Stikhi [Lightning: Poems]. Saint Petersburg: Svet Publ., 288 p. (In Russian)

Babiyak, V. I. (2017) Etika: religiya, kul’tura, meditsina [Ethics: religion, culture, medicine]. Saint Petersburg: Foliant Publ., 160 p. (In Russian)

Babiyak, V. V. (2023) Otgoloski: Antologiya [Echoes: An anthology]. Saint Petersburg: Svet Publ., 448 p. (In Russian)

Babiyak, V. V. (2017) “Vozdukh belogo lista...” [“The air of a white sheet ...”: The art of unique graphics]. In: N. A. Yakovleva (ed.). Analiz i interpretatsiya proizvedeniya iskusstva [Analysis and interpretation of artwork]. Saint Petersburg: Lan’ Publ.; Planeta muzyki Publ., pp. 391–455. (In Russian)

Ivanova, N. (2006) Babiak Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich. “Obuchaya, uchimsya sami!” [Vyacheslav Vyacheslavovich Babiyak. “By teaching, we learn by ourselves!”]. In: Khudozhniki-pedagogi Gertsenovskogo universiteta: Studenty i aspiranty o svoikh uchitelyakh [Artists-teachers of Herzen University. Students and graduate students about their mentors]. Saint Petersburg: Herzen State Pedagogical University of Russia Publ., pp. 230–236. (In Russian)

Published

2025-07-30

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Articles