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1971 In Fine Arts Of The Soviet Union
The year 1971 was marked by many events that left an imprint on the history of Soviet and Russian Fine Arts. Events * The Spring Exhibition of work by Leningrad artists of 1971 was opened in the Leningrad Union of Artists. The participants were Evgenia Antipova, Veniamin Borisov, Nikolai Galakhov, Boris Korneev, Mikhail Kozell, Elena Kostenko, Vladimir Krantz, Ivan Lavsky, Efim Liatsky, Dmitry Maevsky, Gavriil Malish, Vera Nazina, Yuri Neprintsev, Dmitry Oboznenko, Vladimir Ovchinnikov, Ivan Savenko, Alexander Semionov, Alexander Shmidt, Leonid Tkachenko, Nikolai Timkov, Yuri Tulin, Valery Vatenin, Vecheslav Zagonek, Ruben Zakharian, and other important Leningrad artists. * Exhibition of Leningrad artists named ''«Our Contemporary»'' was opened in Russian museum in Leningrad. The participants were Nikolai Baskakov, Yuri Belov, Olga Bogaevskaya, Tatiana Gorb, Irina Dobrekova, Alexei Eriomin, Yuri Khukhrov, Anna Kostrova, Engels Kozlov, Boris Lavrenko, Oleg Lomakin, Dmitry Ma ...
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Soviet Union
The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, it was nominally a federal union of fifteen national republics; in practice, both its government and its economy were highly centralized until its final years. It was a one-party state governed by the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, with the city of Moscow serving as its capital as well as that of its largest and most populous republic: the Russian SFSR. Other major cities included Leningrad (Russian SFSR), Kiev (Ukrainian SSR), Minsk ( Byelorussian SSR), Tashkent (Uzbek SSR), Alma-Ata (Kazakh SSR), and Novosibirsk (Russian SFSR). It was the largest country in the world, covering over and spanning eleven time zones. The country's roots lay in the October Revolution of 1917, when the Bolsheviks, under the leadership of Vladimir Lenin, overthrew the Russian Provisional Government ...
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Dmitry Oboznenko
Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko (russian: Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Обозне́нко; July 10, 1930, Leningrad, USSR – June 19, 2002, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 – the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre compositions and combat paintings of the siege of Stalingrad. He was a noted poster and caricature artist, a member of The Fighting Pencil Group. Biography Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko was born July 10, 1930 in the Leningrad, USSR. In 1951 he entered at the first course of painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Vladimir Gorb, Valery Pimenov, Vitaly Valtsev, Rudolf Fr ...
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Nikolai Baskakov (painter)
Nikolai Nikolaevich Baskakov (russian: Никола́й Никола́евич Баска́ков; May 8, 1918 – October 14, 1993) was a Soviet painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 known as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting, Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and portrait painting. Biography Nikolai Nikolaevich Baskakov was born May 8, 1918, in a village seven kilometers from the Astrakhan city on the Volga River. His father, Nikolai Evlampievich Baskakov, was a carpenter. His mother, Evdokiya Vasilievna, was a housewife raising their children – nine sons and two daughters. From 1933 to 1939 Baskakov studied under the Russian art educator Pavel Vlasov in the Astrakhan School of Art. In 1939 he was drafted into the Red Army, having served in the Far East. There, in 194 ...
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Russian Museum
The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on Arts Square in Saint Petersburg, is the world's largest depository of Russian fine art. It is also one of the largest art museums in the world with total area over 30 hectares. In 2021 it attracted 2,260,231 visitors, ranking second on list of most-visited art museums in the world. Creation The museum was established on April 13, 1895, upon enthronement of the emperor Nicholas II to commemorate his father, Alexander III. Its original collection was composed of artworks taken from the Hermitage Museum, Alexander Palace, and the Imperial Academy of Arts. The task to restructure the interiors according to the need of future exposition was imposed on Vasily Svinyin. The grand opening took place on the 17 of March, 1898. After the Russi ...
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Ruben Zakharian
Ruben Agasievich Zakharian (russian: Рубе́н Ага́сиевич Захарья́н, 14 July 1901 – 25 May 1992) was a Russian painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. Early life and education Ruben Agasievich Zakharian was born on 14 July 1901 in Tiflis, Russia Empire. In 1921 Ruben Zakharian entered in Tiflis drawing school (since 1922 – Tbilisi Academy of Arts), where he studied of Evgeny Lansere and Boris Fogel. In 1923 he moved to Petrograd to continue art education in VKHUTEIN (The Leningrad Higher Institute of Industrial Art, formerly known as the High Art School under Imperial Academy of Arts; since 1944 known as the Repin Institute of Arts), where he studied under Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin and Alexander Karev. In 1927 Ruben Zakharian graduated from the Leningrad Vkhutein. His graduation work was painting "Athletes".''Anniversary ...
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Vecheslav Zagonek
Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his lyrical landscapes and genre paintings. Biography Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek was born December 19, 1919 in the city Irkutsk, East Siberia. In 1927 Vecheslav Zagonek with parents comes to Leningrad. In 1936–1939 he studied at the Secondary Art School under All-Russian Academy of Art. In 1939 Vecheslav Zagonek was drafted into the Red Army and took part in the Winter War and as antiaircrafter in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. After demobilization in 1945 Vecheslav Zagonek entered at the ...
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Valery Vatenin
Valery Vladimirovich Vatenin (russian: Вале́рий Влади́мирович Вате́нин; January 27, 1933, Leningrad, USSR – June 16, 1977, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the "left wing" of the Leningrad School of Painting, Leningrad school of painting. Biography Valery Vladimirovich Vatenin was born on 27 January 1933 in Leningrad. In 1947, Vatenin entered at Tavricheskaya Art School, which he has graduated in 1952. In 1953, he was accepted at the first course of Department of Painting at the Repin Institute of Arts, where he studied under, among others, Valery Pimenov, Leonid Khudiakov, and Alexander Zaytsev (artist), Alexander Zaytsev. In 1959, he graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, S ...
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Yuri Tulin
Yuri Nilovich Tulin (russian: Ю́рий Ни́лович Ту́лин; August 14, 1921 in Maksatikha village, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – April 27, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) -was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portraits and historical paintings. Biography Yuri Nilovich Tulin was born August 14, 1921, in village of Maksatikha, Tver Oblast, Soviet Russia. In 1922 Tulin family moved to Petrograd. In the years 1930–1936 Yuri Tulin visited private Art studio of Alfred Eberling and Pavel Mikhailov, then Art studio at the Leningrad Palace of Young Pioneers. In 1937–1941 he studied at the Secondary Art School at the All-Russian Academy of Fine Arts, pupil of Piotr Kazakov and Alexander Zaitsev. In 1941, Yuri Tulin entered the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Pain ...
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Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov (russian: Тимко́в Никола́й Ефи́мович; August 12, 1912 – December 25, 1993) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, and a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation). He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting, worldwide known for his landscape paintings. Biography Nikolai Efimovich Timkov was born August 12, 1912, at a settlement of Nakhichevanskaya Dacha close to Rostov-on-Don, Russian Empire. His parents, Efim Yegorovich Timkov and Vasilisa Timofeevna Ablyazova were peasants from the Saratov province. In 1892, they moved to Rostov-on-Don. A father worked as a general worker. The family had four older children. Parents died in 1924, when Nikolai was twelve years old. Care of him took the older sisters. In 1927, Nikolai Timkov finished 8 gr ...
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Leonid Tkachenko (artist)
Leonid Anisimovich Tkachenko (russian: Леони́д Ани́симович Ткаче́нко; born 28 March 1927) was a Soviet, Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), living and working in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the "left" wing of the Leningrad school of painting. Biography Leonid Anisimovich Tkachenko was born 28 March 1927, in Pyatigorsk city, North Caucasus, USSR. In 1950 Leonid Tkachenko graduated from Kharkov Art Institute. In 1950 he moved from Kharkov to Leningrad. Since 1950 Leonid Tkachenko has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, landscapes, genre and abstract compositions, still lifes. Leonid Tkachenko worked in oil painting and watercolour technique. His solo exhibitions were in Leningrad (1983) and Saint Petersburg (1996). In 1950 -1970 Leonid Tkachenko travelled by the virgin lands of Kazakhs ...
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Alexander Shmidt
Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Влади́мирович Шми́дт; August 15, 1911 – May 5, 1987) was a Russian-Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and Art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting. Biography Alexander Vladimirovich Shmidt was born August 15, 1911, in the town of Rechytsa, in the Minsk Governorate of the Russian Empire (present-day Gomel region, Belarus). In the 1928, Alexander Shmidt entered at the first course of the painting department of the Leningrad's Vkhutemas (since 1932 known as Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture). There he studied under Alexander Savinov, Vasily Savinsky, Arcady Rylov, and Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. In 1933, Alexander Shmidt graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of easel painting.''Anniver ...
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