Scenery sketches for the production of the play "The Girl with Blue Eyes". Artist Yu. Toropov.

Scenery sketches for the production of the play "The Girl with Blue Eyes". Artist Yu. Toropov.
4 sheets. Cardboard, paper, gouache. Dimensions: mat 42 x 58 cm, sketch 35 x 52 cm.

Sketches for the production of the Baku Russian Drama Theater named after S. Vurgun "Girl with blue eyes"

[Toropov Yuri Alekseevich (born 1931) - member of the Union of Artists of Russia. Honored Artist of Azerbaijan since 1972. For many years he worked as chief production designer at the Baku Russian Drama Theater named after. S. Vurgun. Until 2000, he worked with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Russian Federation. Works are in many Russian embassies around the world, as well as in private collections both abroad and in Russia.

                                             BAKINS IN SPIRIT

By birth, he is not a Baku citizen, but, having given the city more than twenty years, having fallen in love with it, having accepted it with his soul, he rightfully began to consider himself as such.

Yuri Alekseevich Toropov arrived in Baku shortly after graduating from the Leningrad Theater Institute named after Ostrovsky, where he studied at the production department, which at that time was headed by its creator, a prominent theater artist N.P. Akimov.

It was in 1961.

The city received him, like everyone else, with cordiality. And the young man answered him with a kind heart and an open soul.

He was not just a guest in this southern city. He came to work, to do something that not everyone can do - to serve art. Simply put, he became the chief artist of the Azerbaijan State Russian Drama Theater named after Samed Vurgun. Perfectly mastering the brush, knowing great world drama, showing interest in the Azerbaijani theater, history, culture of the people, the artist began to work miracles. His scenery for the performances aroused the admiration of the audience, which also contributed to the success of the productions. Many Bakuvians, probably, still remember the performances "Aydin", "Khamisha Khanum", "Antigone", "Steps of the Commander", "Maria Stuart", "The Dawns Here Are Quiet", "The Dawns Here Are Quiet" history ", " 104 pages about love ", " Hunted horse "and others.]