page_title: Vladimir Tomilovsky
section_title: The Eternity theme
hierarchical_section_title: Vladimir Tomilovsky / Creative work / The Eternity theme
caption_attribution_description: English: A photo of "The Great Martian God" (frescs) by Vladimir Tomilovsky
context_page_description: Vladimir Petrovitch Tomilovsky was a Russian landscape painter predominantly depicting the nature of Siberia and Lake Baikal.
context_section_description: A new turn signified the late period of Tomilovsky’s creative live. His art became more laconic and the themes of endless cosmic eternity and the momentary human life became more pronounced. One can find these reflections in the works like ‘The Great Martian God’, where Tomilovsky depicted the supernatural forces, the universal mind, and the planet of Earth at its origin. In the late works of the artist, one would not find admiration of the Soviet construction sites anymore. Instead, the message about the fragility of our planet and its nature in front of relentless urbanisation and environmental concerns sounds stronger. The painting called On the edge of the 21st century is a vivid example of these concerns. An Irkutsk-based writer Larisa Lankina wrote in one of her articles that ‘the planet of Earth in Tomilovsky’s art resembles a fragile Christmas ball seen by the artist from the emptiness of the outer worlds; and it becomes the symbol of the human responsibility for its future’.
caption: The Great Martian God (fresco)
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