Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Копнина́; November 11, 1921 – March 6, 2009) was a

Soviet The Soviet Union,. officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics. (USSR),. was a List of former transcontinental countries#Since 1700, transcontinental country that spanned much of Eurasia from 1922 to 1991. A flagship communist state, ...

Russian Russian(s) refers to anything related to Russia, including: *Russians (, ''russkiye''), an ethnic group of the East Slavic peoples, primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries *Rossiyane (), Russian language term for all citizens and peo ...

painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She is 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 ...

, and is most known for her portrait paintings.

Biography

Kopnina was born November 11, 1921, in

Krasnoyarsk Krasnoyarsk ( ; rus, Красноя́рск, a=Ru-Красноярск2.ogg, p=krəsnɐˈjarsk) (in semantic translation - Red Ravine City) is the largest city and administrative center of Krasnoyarsk Krai, Russia. It is situated along the Yeni ...

East Siberia Siberia ( ; rus, Сибирь, r=Sibir', p=sʲɪˈbʲirʲ, a=Ru-Сибирь.ogg) is an extensive geographical region, constituting all of North Asia, from the Ural Mountains in the west to the Pacific Ocean in the east. It has been a part of ...

Soviet Russia The Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, Russian SFSR or RSFSR ( rus, Российская Советская Федеративная Социалистическая Республика, Rossíyskaya Sovétskaya Federatívnaya Soci ...

. In 1950 she graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in

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 ...

workshop. She was a pupil of Alexander Zaytsev,

Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky (russian: Павловский Генрих Васильевич) (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leni ...

, and

Semion Abugov Semion Lvovich Abugov (russian: Семён Львович Абугов) (30 December 1877 in Byerazino, Minsk Governorate – 3 May 1950 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a memb ...

. Beginning in 1949, Kopnina participated in art exhibitions. She painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, and still lifes. She had a solo art exhibition in Leningrad in 1985. Kopnina became 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 ...

in 1950.''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p.61. From 1960 to 1990 she worked as an art teacher in the Secondary Art School of

Repin Institute of Arts Repin (russian: Ре́пин; masculine) or Repina (; feminine) is a Russian last name. It is derived from the sobriquet ''"репа"'' ("turnip") and may refer to the following people: *Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Ukrainian and Russian painter * Niko ...

in Leningrad. Kopnina died on March 6, 2009, in Saint Petersburg. Her paintings are in museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, the U.S., China, and other countries.

References

Bibliography

* ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 61. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. - pp. 20–21. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.''- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 362, 388-394, 397, 398, 403, 405, 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 House, 2007.- p. 62. .

External links

''Art works and Biography of Tatiana Kopnina in ARKA Fine Art Gallery''
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