Sergei Yefimovich Zakharov (russian: Серге́й Ефи́мович Заха́ров; November 26, 1900, town
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Sakalin Province of Russian Empire – January 24, 1993, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and interior designer, who lived and worked in Leningrad (current
Saint Petersburg
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 ...
). He 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 ...
, and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the
Leningrad school of painting and graphics, most famous for his watercolors of fruits and flowers.
Biography
Sergei Yefimovich Zakharov was born November 26, 1900 in the town of
Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky located on
Sakhalin
Sakhalin ( rus, Сахали́н, r=Sakhalín, p=səxɐˈlʲin; ja, 樺太 ''Karafuto''; zh, c=, p=Kùyèdǎo, s=库页岛, t=庫頁島; Manchu: ᠰᠠᡥᠠᠯᡳᠶᠠᠨ, ''Sahaliyan''; Orok: Бугата на̄, ''Bugata nā''; Nivkh: ...
Island near the Tatar Strait on the western shores of Northern Sakhalin at the foot of the Western Sakhalin Mountains.
In 1927 Sergei Zakharov graduated from the Tomsk Institute of Architecture and Construction.
Since 1928 Sergei Zakharov has participated in art exhibitions. He painted still lifes, portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, worked in watercolours, tempera, and monumental painting. In 1930–1950s Sergei Zakharov worked a lot in Soviet Tajikistan, where he designed the interiors of public buildings.
In 1951 Sergei Zakharov was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Art Worker of Tadzhik Republic.
Sergei Zakharov most famous for his watercolors of fruits and flowers, also for paintings devoted to Middle Asia. Sergei Zakharov regarded as an outstanding master of watercolors worked in the technique of watercolor pouring. His personal exhibitions were in Leningrad (1951, 1980, 1984), Saint-Petersburg (1996), and Moscow (1961, 1965).
Sergei Zakharov 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 ...
since 1938.
Sergei Efimovich Zakharov died in Saint Petersburg in 1993. His paintings and watercolors reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in the Russia, Italy, England, in the U.S., and throughout the world.
[''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Volume 4, part 1''. - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983. - pp. 254–255.]
See also
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Fine Art of Leningrad
The fine art of Leningrad is an important component of Russian Soviet art—in the opinion of the art historians Vladimir Gusev and Vladimir Leniashin, "one of its most powerful currents". This widely used term embraces the creative lives and th ...
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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 ...
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List of Russian artists
This is a list of Russians artists. In this context, the term "Russian" covers the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, Russian Empire, Tsardom of Russia and Grand Duchy of Moscow, including ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities living in Ru ...
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List of 20th-century Russian painters
This is a list of 20th-century Russian painters of the Russian Federation, Soviet Union, and Russian Empire, both ethnic Russians and people of other ethnicities. This list also includes painters who were born in Russia but later emigrated, and tho ...
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List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
This is a list of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (founded 2 August 1932 as the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, since 1959 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Acquired its current name after ...
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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 ...
References
Sources
* ''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Vol. 4, Part 1''. - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983. - pp. 254–255.
* ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 47.
* ''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. 244, 245, 363, 382-385, 387-391, 394, 396-398, 400, 401, 411, 413-415, 418-420, 442-444. , .
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1900 births
1993 deaths
People from Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District
People from Primorskaya Oblast
20th-century Russian painters
Russian male painters
Soviet painters
Leningrad School artists
Russian watercolorists
Socialist realist artists
Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists
Russian still life painters
20th-century Russian male artists