Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov (russian: Пё́тр Фё́дорович Наза́ров; 25 December 1921 in Kochki,

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, Soviet Russia – 19 April 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet and Russian painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad city, and who is regarded as one of 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

Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov was born on 25 December 1921 in the village of Kochki,

, Soviet Russia.Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.365. In 1931 Nazarov's family moved to Krasnoyarsk city, Eastern Siberia. Here he spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for some his paintings. In autumn 1940, Nazarov 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, afte ...

. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in 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 Sou ...

, he fought in the infantry in units of the 5th Army. After demobilization in 1946, Nazarov came to

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 ...

and entered at Tavricheskaya Art School, where he graduated in 1950. In the same year, Nazarov joined the first course of painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Piotr Belousov, Mikhail Platunov, Valery Pimenov. In 1956 Nazarov graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture namen after Ilya Repin 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 ...

personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "Lenin at the opening of the first power plant in rural Kashino", dedicated to the first steps to implement the plan of industrialization of Soviet Russia (

GOELRO plan GOELRO (russian: link=no, ГОЭЛРО) was the first Soviet plan for national economic recovery and development. It became the prototype for subsequent Five-Year Plans drafted by Gosplan. GOELRO is the transliteration of the Russian abbreviatio ...

). In the years 1957–1970, Nazarov worked as an artist in various organizations in Leningrad, and he also painted to order. Starting in 1957, Nazarov participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted genre and historical paintings, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, sketches from the life. His personal exhibition was in

in 1981. For the manner of Nazarov the characteristic variety of techniques, decorative, skilful of plein air painting. The coloring of his work is saturated, painting is based on the relationship of warm and cold tones, and light and shadow contrasts. Nazarov was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1970.''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p.89. In years 1970–1988, Nazarov worked as Art Teacher in the Vera Mukhina Art Institute in Leningrad. Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov died on 19 April 1988 in

aged sixty-seven. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, England, in the U.S., Japan, and other countries.

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* ''Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1963. -p. 13. * ''Autumn Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1962. Exhibition Catalogue''. - Leningrad: : Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1962. - p. 19. * ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. - p. 35. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 89. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 365, 390, 393, 394, 396–398, 402, 403, 405. , . * ''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 House, 2007. P.76. {{DEFAULTSORT:Nazarov, Piotr 1921 births 1988 deaths People from Novosibirsk Oblast Soviet military personnel of World War II 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Socialist realist artists Repin Institute of Arts alumni 20th-century Russian male artists

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