Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Алекса́ндрович Тата́ренко; October 5, 1925 – December 1, 1999) was a Russian painter, restorer, art teacher, and member of the

Saint Petersburg Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Le ...

who regarded as a representative of the

Leningrad School of Painting The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...

Biography

Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko was born October 5, 1925, in

Ochakov Ochakiv, also known as Ochakov ( uk, Оча́ків, ; russian: Очаков; crh, Özü; ro, Oceacov and ''Vozia'', and Alektor ( in Greek), is a small city in Mykolaiv Raion, Mykolaiv Oblast (region) of southern Ukraine. It hosts the adminis ...

city, Nikolaev oblast of southern

Ukraine Ukraine ( uk, Україна, Ukraïna, ) is a country in Eastern Europe. It is the second-largest European country after Russia, which it borders to the east and northeast. Ukraine covers approximately . Prior to the ongoing Russian inv ...

USSR 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 nationa ...

. Since 1933 Alexander Tatarenko lived in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

. In 1942–1945 Tatrenko took part in the Great Patriotic War and was wounded. Then he was mobilized in the fleet until 1950. He was awarded many military orders and medals. In 1955 Alexander Tatarenko graduated from

Vera Mukhina Institute The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Санкт-Петербургская художественно-промышленная академия имени А. Л. Штиглица; abbreviated as СПГХПА) is the ...

in Leningrad in Alexander Kazantsev workshop. He studied of Stepan Privedentsev, Ivan Stepashkin,

Piotr Buchkin Piotr Dmitrievich Buchkin (russian: Пё́тр Дми́триевич Бучки́н; 22 January 1886 – 21 June 1965) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFS ...

, Kiril Iogansen. Since 1960 Alexander Tatarenko has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, landscapes, seascapes, cityscapes, genre compositions. Alexander Tatarenko worked as easel and monumental painter, restorer, Art teacher. His solo exhibitions were in

(1962, 1981), Odessa (1963, 1982). Alexander Tatarenko was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 – Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation) since 1955, a Member of Peter's Academy of Sciences and Arts (1996). Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko died on December 1, 1999, at the seventy-fifth year of life. His paintings reside in Art museums of

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

Petrozavodsk Petrozavodsk (russian: Петрозаводск, p=pʲɪtrəzɐˈvotsk; Karelian, Vepsian and fi, Petroskoi) is the capital city of the Republic of Karelia, Russia, which stretches along the western shore of Lake Onega for some . The population ...

, Nikolaev,

Lvov Lviv ( uk, Львів) is the largest city in western Ukraine, and the seventh-largest in Ukraine, with a population of . It serves as the administrative centre of Lviv Oblast and Lviv Raion, and is one of the main cultural centres of Ukrain ...

, in private collections in Russia, France, Ukraine, Finland, Germany, USA, England, Japan, and throughout the world.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' – Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.

References

Bibliography

* ''Alexander Alexandrovich Tatarenko. Exhibition of works. Catalogue.'' – Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1981. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' – Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. – p. 129. * ''Soviet realist and impressionist paintings''. – London: Phillips Auction, 1994. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. – London: Izomar 1998. , . * ''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' – Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. – p. 183. , . * ''Artists of Peter's Academy of Arts and Sciences''. – Saint Petersburg: Ladoga Publishing House, 2008. – pp. 174–175. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' – Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 254, 277, 370, 394, 396, 397, 400, 402, 403, 405, 406, 444. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Tatarenko, Alexander 1925 births 1999 deaths People from Ochakiv 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design alumni Soviet military personnel of World War II 20th-century Russian male artists