Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (russian: Кане́ев Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович; April 5, 1923 in

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, USSR – March 6, 1983 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 ...

, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in

, a member of 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 ...

, regarded as a known 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 ...

, most famous for his cityscapes of Leningrad and ancient Russian towns.

Biography

Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev was born April 5, 1923 in Kaneevo village,

of USSR. In 1927 his family moved to Leningrad. In 1937 Mikhail Kaneev entered in the

Leningrad Secondary Art School Leningrad Secondary Art School (russian: Ленингра́дская Сре́дняя худо́жественная шко́ла) was established in 1934 as the first art school for gifted children. History The Leningrad Secondary Art School ...

(now known as the Art School named after

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) at the All-Russian Academy of Arts, which ends in 1941. In the same year Mikhail Kaneev entered at the first course of Department of Painting at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Since the beginning of the

Great Patriotic War The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of conflict between the European Axis powers against the Soviet Union (USSR), Poland and other Allies, which encompassed Central Europe, Eastern Europe, Northeast Europe (Baltics), and Sout ...

he was drafted into the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

and returned to classes only after the Victory in 1945. He studied of Ivan Stepashkin, Leonid Ovsiannikov,

Mikhail Avilov Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov (russian: Михаи́л Ива́нович Ави́лов) (September 6, 1882, Saint Petersburg – April 14, 1954, Leningrad) was a Russian Empire and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningr ...

, and

Yuri Neprintsev Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev (russian: Ю́рий Миха́йлович Непри́нцев; August 15, 1909 – October 20, 1996) was a Soviet Union, Soviet, later Russians, Russian, painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Re ...

. In 1951 Mikhail Kaneev graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in

Rudolf Frentz Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz (russian: Рудо́льф Рудо́льфович Фре́нц; 23 July 1888 – 27 December 1956) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher who lived and worked in ...

workshop. His graduation work was historical painting "By Stalin's route" (the first ever nonstop flight by

Valery Chkalov Valery Pavlovich Chkalov ( rus, Валерий Павлович Чкалов, p=vɐˈlʲerʲɪj ˈpavləvʲɪtɕ ˈtɕkaləf; – 15 December 1938) was a test pilot awarded the title Hero of the Soviet Union (1936). Early life Chkalov was bo ...

Georgiy Baidukov Georgy Filippovich Baydukov (russian: Гео́ргий Фили́ппович Байдуко́в; – 28 December 1994) was a Soviet test pilot, Hero of the Soviet Union (1936), writer and hunter. Early years Baydukov was born at the Tar ...

, and Alexander Beliakov on the route Moscow – Vancouver in 1937). Since 1953 Mikhail Kaneev has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted landscapes, cityscapes, genre paintings, etudes done from nature. Mostly known as a master of the cityscapes of the Leningrad and ancient Russian towns. Decorative and graphic style of his paintings were distinguished by clarity of the silhouette, black and white contrasts. The artist often used a black stroke that makes it possible to paint the light places without the addition of white pigment, seeking the intensity of color. Mikhail Kaneev was a member of the

since 1953. In 1961–1983 Kaneev taught at the Herzen Pedagogical University in Leningrad, where he was professor and a head of Drawing Department. In 1982 Mikhail Kaneev was awarded the Honorary title of the Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation. Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev died in Leningrad on March 6, 1983, at the sixtieth year of life. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, USA, France, England, Japan,''Exhibition of modern Soviet Painting. 1983. Gekkoso Gallery. Catalogue''. — Tokyo, 1983. – р.18. and throughout the world.

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Bibliography

* ''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1956 года. Каталог.'' Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. С.12. * ''1917–1957. Выставка произведений ленинградских художников. Каталог.'' Л., Ленинградский художник, 1958. С.16. * ''Осенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1958 года. Каталог.'' Л., Художник РСФСР, 1959. С.13. * ''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1960 года. Каталог''. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1961. С.20. * ''Exhibition of modern Soviet Painting. 1983. Gekkoso Gallery. Catalogue''. Tokyo, 1983. P. 18. * ''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Vol. 4, part 2.'' Moscow, Iskusstvo. 1995. P. 170. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. London, Izomar. 1998. , . * ''Верность традициям. Художник-педагог М. А. Канеев.'' СПБ, Издательство РПГУ им. А. И. Герцена. 2005. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P. 9, 20, 21, 361, 388, 390–402, 404–406. , . * ''Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005''. Saint-Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing. 2007. P. 64.

External links

''Art works and Biography of Mikhail Kaneev in ARKA Fine Art Gallery''
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