Valeria Borisovna Larina (russian: Вале́рия Бори́совна Ла́рина; April 10, 1926 – February 25, 2008) was a

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realist painter and graphic artist who lived and worked in

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 ...

(formerly Leningrad). She was 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 ...

(known as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation prior to 1992) and is regarded as a 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 ...

Biography

Valeria Borisovna Larina was born April 10, 1926 in Leningrad, USSR. In 1946, Valeria Larina entered the first course of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There she studied under

Piotr Belousov Piotr Petrovich Belousov (russian: Пётр Петро́вич Белоу́сов; May 3, 1912 – March 31, 1989) was a Ukrainian and Russian graphic artist, painter, art teacher, professor of the Ilya Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, ...

, Ivan Stepashkin, and Alexander Zaytsev. In 1953, Valeria Larina graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as a painter in Boris Ioganson's workshop. Her peers included Mark Klionsky, Leonid Kabachek, Izzat Klychev, Konstantin Molteninov, Vladimir Seleznev,

Nikolai Galakhov Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov (russian: link=, Никола́й Никола́евич Гала́хов; May 29, 1928 in Kazan, USSR) is a Russian artist. He is an '' Honored Artist of the Russian Federation'', a member of the ''Saint Petersbur ...

, and other young artists. One of Larina's final works prior to her graduation was a genre painting named "Young Shipbuilders".''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.70. Following her graduation, Larina participated in art exhibitions. She painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes, and sketches from daily life. In the 1950s she was most famous for her series of expressive portraits of steel-makers and workers from the Kirov plant in Leningrad. Later, she painted mainly portraits of females and etudes of nature. Starting in 1954, Valeria Larina was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (now the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists). Valeria Borisovna Larina died in

in 2008. Her paintings are located in museums and private collections in Russia, England, Germany, France, Italy, the U.S., and other nations.

References

Sources

* ''Saint-Pétersbourg - Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Pétersbourg.'' - Pont-Audemer: 1994. - p. 106. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 115, 269, 327, 364, 390, 392-394, 400, 415, 416. , .

External links

''Valeria Larina on VIDEO "Portrait in painting of 1920-1990s. The Leningrad School. Part 2"''

''Valeria Larina on VIDEO "Portrait in painting of 1920-1990s. The Leningrad School. Part 3"''
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