Boris Korneev (painter)

Boris Vasilievich Korneev (russian: Бори́с Васи́льевич Корне́ев; 15 February 1922 – 24 December 1973) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre painting and portraits.

Biography

Boris Vasilievich Korneev was born on 15 February 1922 in Petrozavodsk, Karelia Province, Soviet Russia.
In 1938, Boris Korneev entered the Leningrad Art Colledge and graduated only after the war. During the war he was in the army at 749 infantry and participated in the breakthrough of the Blockade of Leningrad at the liberation of Baltic countries, Karelia, Poland, Czechoslovakia. He was awarded by Order of Glory third class, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Courage", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Liberation of Prague".

In 1946, Korneev entered to the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin and graduated from it in 1952. His professors were Boris Fogel, Semion Abugov, Victor Oreshnikov, Yuri Neprintsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Andrei Mylnikov. His principal professor was Victor Oreshnikov and the diploma work was "Schoolchildren at the Concert in Leningrad Philharmonic" (Altai State Museum of Fine Arts).

Since 1952, Boris Korneev has participated in art exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, and still lifes. His personal exhibitions were in the Museum of Academy of Arts Leningrad (1975), and in the Nekrasov Apartment Museum Saint Petersburg (1997).
In 1989 - 1992 his works were presented in auctions and exhibitions of Russian painting L' Ecole de Leningrad at France.

Boris Korneev was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1954.

In years 1962–1973 Boris Korneev worked as a teacher of Ilya Repin Institute and a professor of Drawing Department since (1973).
Since 1970 he was a head of Painting section of the Leningrad Union of Artists, a deputy vice-chairman of the Leningrad Union of Artists and a Secretary of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation.

In 1971 he was awarded by Order of the Badge of Honour.

In 1965 he was taking possession of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation after his series "Roads of War".

The leading genres of his creation were theme painting and portrait oа contemporary. An artist was attracted by heroic subjects and by strong and romantic personality.
Among his works: ''Main Street in Biysk'' (1953), ''Altay (Teletskoe Lake)?'', ''Portrait of Artist M. A. Kozlovskaya'' (both 1954), ''Birch'', ''Andrei'', ''Sunday'' (all 1956), ''Portrait of Artist V. F. Zagonek'', ''Northern Night'' (both1957), ''Severe Land. Spring'', ''Great Bay'' (both1958), ''Katya Baltina from the Brigade of Finishers'' (1959), ''Development of North'', ''To the Evening'', ''Workwoman'' (all 1960), ''Country needs Metall. Geologists'' (1961), ''Wet Morning'', ''Selfportrait'' (both1962), ''Ice Highway. Ladoga 23 of April 1942'', ''Discoverer of Yakutia Diamonds L. A. Popugaev'', ''Road of Life'', ''The Year of 1941'' (all 1964), ''Kola makes a noisy'' (1966), ''Country'', ''In the Steppe near Kherson'', ''Gold of Polar Region'' (all 1967), ''Portrait of Herdsman V. Baykov'' (1970), ''M. M. Eparyn, capitan of Murmansk Fish Port'', ''Cosmetologist А. Sakeranskaya'', ''Portrait of Son'' (all 1971), ''At the Vacations'', ''Tanya'', ''N. E. Efimov, worker of Factory Printing Court, Former Commander of Company of 466 Regiment of Leningrad Front'', ''Leningrad. The Year of 1944'' (all 1972), ''Returning'', ''Girl against a Pink background'' (both 1973).

Boris Vasilievich Korneev died on December 24, 1973 in Leningrad at age 51. His paintings reside in the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov gallery, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, in the U.S., England, France,''L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue.'' – Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 12 Mars 1990. – p.72-73. and others.

See also

* Leningrad School of Painting
* List of Russian artists
* List of 20th-century Russian painters
* List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
* List of the Russian Landscape painters
* Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

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