Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov (; 21 December 1937 – 23 February 2026) was a Russian collector of Soviet nonconformist art.Nikolay Blagodatov and 100 paintings from his collection. https://obtaz.com/blagodatov-01.htm He was a member of the Section of Criticism and Art Criticism of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists.
Life and career Blagodatov graduated from St. Petersburg State University of Water Communications in 1962.Meetings with Blagodatov N. I. Elena Kolobova.https://proza.ru/2018/08/05/1282 In 1975, he became interested in collecting works of modern art. At the moment, his collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art (1970–1990) is one of the most significant in Russia.Nikolai BLAGODATOV. THE PAINTER ZINSTEIN. Note.https://reading-hall.ru/publication.php?id=3734 From 1979, he wrote articles about art (more than 250 articles).Субъективные пространства города. — Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради, выпуск 67, СПб: АИС, 2021. Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — С. 66-68. ISBN 978-5-906442-31-4. As a collector, organizer and participant of more than 50 exhibitions, including eight personal collections.About how he (Nikolay Blagodatov) created his famous collection of Soviet Nonconformist Art. https://oralhistory.ru/talks/orh-1501 He was a partner of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. He personally met with many representatives of Soviet Nonconformist Art.Places of power of the unofficial art of Leningrad.https://artguide.com/posts/937Nikolay Innokentievich Blagodatov is a friend of Art.https://proza.ru/2022/05/20/1526 Blagodatov died on 23 February 2026, at the age of 88.Сегодня на 89 году жизни ушел из жизни добрый гений неофициального искусства Ленинграда-Петербурга Николай Иннокентьевич Благодатов
Bibliography (selected) Subjective spaces of the city. — Petersburg Art History Notebooks, issue 67, St. Petersburg: AIS, 2021. — pp. 66–68. (RUS) Blagodatov N. City: Subjective Improvisations / City as an Artist's Subjectivity. Artist's book project. Catalog. Authors of the articles: Parygin A.B., Markov T.A., Klimova E.D., Borovsky A.D., Severyukhin D.Ya., Grigoryants E.I., Blagodatov N.I. (Rus & En) — Saint Petersburg: Ed. T. Markova. 2020. — 128 p. — S. 5. Blagodatov N., Herman M., Dmitrenko A.; scientific hands. Petrova E. N. Alexey Stern. Graphics, painting, sculpture: Exhibition catalog (Rus & En). — Saint Petersburg: Palace Editions, 2004. — 144 p. Walking with memories // THE! — 2004. — No. 4. Art is a search, search is an art. — Neva, No. 2, 2002. — P. 253—255. (RUS).
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