Lazar Semionovich Yazgur (russian: Ла́зарь Семё́нович Язгу́р; June 7, 1928, Leningrad, USSR – 2000, Israel) was a Soviet, Russian Jewish realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a 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 ...

(before 1992 - the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as one of the representatives 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

Lazar Semionovich Yazgur was born June 7, 1928 in Leningrad. In 1946, Yazgur entered in

Tavricheskaya Art School Tavricheskaya Art School (russian: Таври́ческое худо́жественно-педагоги́ческое учи́лище) is a secondary art school in Saint Petersburg (Leningrad). From 1919 to 1961, it was located in a building at ...

, which graduated in 1949. In 1950, he entered at the Department of Monumental Painting of the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art named after Vera Mukhina, where he studied of Ivan Stepashkin, Sergei Petrov, Kirill Iogansen. In 1953, Yazgur graduated from the Higher School of Industrial Art in Anatoli Kazantsev workshop. Since 1957, Lazar Yazgur has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted landscapes, genre scenes, sketches from the life. Most famous for his lyrical landscapes, and etudes done from nature in Old Ladoga in 1950-1970s. In 1961, Lazar Yazgur was admitted to the

Leningrad 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 ...

(since 1992 known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists). Lazar Semionovich Yazgur died in 2000 in Israel, where he lived since 1993. His paintings reside in Art museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, Germany, Israel, the U.S., and throughout the world.Язгур, Лазарь Семёнович

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* ''Directory of members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 2.'' - Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p. 631. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 151. * ''Etudes done from nature by the Leningrad School's artists. Exhibition catalogue'' - Saint Petersburg: Nikolai Nekrasov Memorial museum, 1994. - p. 6. * ''Lyrical motives in the works of artists of the war generation. Painting, drawings. Exhibition catalogue.'' - Saint Petersburg: Nikolai Nekrasov Memorial museum, 1995. - p. 6. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 27, 110, 305, 373, 394-396, 398, 399, 404, 405, 416-419, 422. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Yazgur, Lazar 1928 births 2000 deaths Painters from Saint Petersburg Russian Jews 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realism Leningrad School artists Socialist realist artists Vera Mukhina Institute alumni Tavricheskaya Art School alumni Russian emigrants to Israel 20th-century Russian male artists

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