Sergei Kuzmich Frolov (russian: Серге́й Кузьми́ч Фроло́в; 26 September 1924 in Baklanka,

Vologda Governorate Vologda Governorate (russian: link=no, Вологодская губерния, ''Vologodskaya guberniya'', ''Government of Vologda'') was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire and the Russian SFSR, which existed fr ...

of the USSR – 1998 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet, Russian realist painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former 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). He was regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.

Biography

Sergei Kuzmich Frolov was born on 26 September 1924 in the village Baklanka, Vologda Province of the USSR, into a peasant family. In 1942 Frolov was drafted into the Red Army and took part 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 Sout ...

of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. He fought on the

Central Front The Central Front was a major formation of the Red Army during the Second World War formed on July 24, 1941. The Central Front describes either of two distinct organizations during the war. The first entity existed for just a month during th ...

and the

1st Belorussian Front The 1st Belorussian Front (Russian: Пéрвый Белорусский фронт, ''Perviy Belorusskiy front'', also romanized " Byelorussian") was a major formation of the Soviet Army during World War II, being equivalent to a Western army ...

. He was wounded and given military awards. In 1947 Sergei Frolov entered the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art, where he studied with art educators

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 ...

Alexander Lubimov Alexander Mikhailovich Lyubimov (russian: link=no, Алекса́ндр Миха́йлович Люби́мов, ; February 25, 1879, a village of Paltsevo, Kursk Province, Russian Empire – 1955, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet reali ...

, Konstantin Belokurov, Ivan Stepashkin. In 1952 Sergei Frolov graduated from the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art named after Vera Mukhina, in Alexander Kazantsev workshop. His graduation work was decorative panel "Aircraft model constructors". Since 1952 Sergei Frolov has participated in art exhibitions. He painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, worked in techniques of oil painting, watercolors, and drawing. His personal exhibitions were in Pushkin Museum-Reserve (1964) and in Leningrad (1972, 1987). Frolov most famous for the lyrical landscapes of Leningrad, its suburbs, and of ancient Russian towns. In 1952-1955 and in 1965-1975, Frolov taught painting and graphics at the

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 ...

. Since 1956 Sergei Frolov was 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 ...

. Sergei Kuzmich Frolov died on 2 January 1998 in Saint Petersburg at 73 years old. His paintings and watercolors reside in State Russian Museum, in art museums and private collections in the Russia, Japan, Finland, France,''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 Avril, 1991. p.7,61. and throughout the world.

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* ''Exhibition of modern Soviet Painting. 1976. Gekkoso Gallery. Catalogue''. Tokyo, 1976. - р.101,162. * ''Sergei Frolov. Exhibition of works. Catalogue''. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1986. * ''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 18 February 1991. p. 7,44. * ''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 April 1991. p. 7,61. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. pp. 18, 19, 29, 195, 372, 389-392, 396, 397, 400, 402, 403, 414, 415, 418, 421, 445. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Frolov, Sergei 1924 births 1998 deaths 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Soviet military personnel of World War II Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Russian watercolorists Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Vera Mukhina Institute alumni 20th-century Russian male artists

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