Bidspirit auction | Evgeny Innokentyevich Datsko (1940–2023). Navy

Evgeny Innokentyevich Datsko (1940–2023). Navy Day. Vladivostok. 1974. Autolithograph. - Sheet: 41 × 50 cm. Image: 31 × 40 cm. Framed with museum glass. Framed dimensions: 50 × 58 cm. Evgeny Innokentyevich Datsko (1940–2023) was a Soviet and Russian artist, graphic artist, and poster designer. He was awarded the honorary title of Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation. Born in Vladivostok, Datsko worked in a wide range of graphic and printmaking techniques, including autolithography, linocut, and silkscreen printing. He is regarded as one of the leading masters of Far Eastern graphic art and as one of the founders of the Kaliningrad school of poster design. Maritime subjects, the history of the Russian Far East, and the legacy of Russian America occupied a central place in his artistic practice. In the 1990s, Datsko undertook a major artistic and research expedition along the western coast of North America, travelling from Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky to Los Angeles. During this journey, he created a substantial body of paintings and graphic works devoted to Orthodox communities, Russian Old Believers in Alaska, and the cultural heritage of Russian America. The expedition later inspired his book Journey to Russian America (2007). Datsko’s works have been exhibited extensively in Russia and abroad. They are represented in the collections of the Primorye State Art Gallery, the Museum of the World Ocean, the Alexander Solzhenitsyn House of Russian Abroad, the Kaliningrad Museum of Fine Arts, ROSIZO, and other museum collections throughout Russia, as well as in private collections across Europe, North America, China, and Australia. His oeuvre is distinguished by its diversity, vivid decorative qualities, and a sustained interest in historical and ethnographic subjects. Through both graphic art and painting, Datsko explored the cultural heritage of Russia and the Russian diaspora, creating works that combine documentary insight with expressive artistic vision.