Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of the brightest 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 ...

, most famous for his lyrical landscapes and genre paintings.

Biography

Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek was born December 19, 1919 in the city Irkutsk, East Siberia. In 1927 Vecheslav Zagonek with parents comes to Leningrad. In 1936–1939 he studied at the Secondary Art School under All-Russian Academy of Art. In 1939 Vecheslav Zagonek was drafted into the Red Army and took part in the

Winter War The Winter War,, sv, Vinterkriget, rus, Зи́мняя война́, r=Zimnyaya voyna. The names Soviet–Finnish War 1939–1940 (russian: link=no, Сове́тско-финская война́ 1939–1940) and Soviet–Finland War 1 ...

and as antiaircrafter 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 ...

of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. After demobilization in 1945 Vecheslav Zagonek entered at the first course of Department of Painting at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, where he studied of

Mikhail Bernshtein Mikhail Davidovich Bernshtein (russian: Михаил Давидович Бернштейн) (January 28, 1875, Rostov-on-Don – May 9, 1960, Leningrad) was a Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the ...

, 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 ...

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 ...

Gleb Savinov Gleb Savinov (russian: Гле́б Алекса́ндрович Сави́нов; September 27, 1915, Natalievka, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire – November 5, 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art t ...

. In 1950 Vecheslav Zagonek graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Boris Ioganson studio, together with

Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (russian: Евге́ния Петро́вна Анти́пова; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Unio ...

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Nina Veselova Nina Leonidovna Veselova (russian: Ни́на Леони́довна Весело́ва; January 6, 1922, Petrograd, Soviet Russia – March 3, 1960, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticis ...

Tatiana Kopnina Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Копнина́; November 11, 1921 – March 6, 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She is ...

Nikolai Mukho Nikolai Antonovich Mukho (russian: Никола́й Анто́нович Мухо́; December 6, 1913, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire – August 6, 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and ...

Alexander Pushnin Alexander Tikhonovich Pushnin (russian: Алекса́ндр Ти́хонович Пушни́н; March 28, 1921, city of Morshansk, Tambov Province, Soviet Russia – September 5, 1991, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter, Docto ...

, Alexander Sokolov, Yuri Tulin, and other young artists. His graduation work was genre painting "Spring in the collective farm". Since 1939 Vecheslav Zagonek has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted genre scenes, historical paintings, landscapes. Most famous for his lyrical landscapes. His personal exhibitions were in Leningrad (1966, 1990), and in Moscow (1966). In 1950 Zagonek was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists (since 1992 known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists). Vecheslav Zagonek was awarded the honorary titles of the

Honored Artist of the Russian Federation Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: link=no, Заслуженный артист Российской Федерации, ''Zasluzhenny artist Rossiyskoy Federatsii'') is an honorary title in the Russian Federation. The title is ...

(1963), the Honored Art Worker of the Russian Federation (1968), the

People's Artist of the Russian Federation People's Artist of the Russian Federation (russian: Наро́дный худо́жник Росси́йской Федера́ции). The honorary title "People's Artist of the Russian Federation" is given no earlier than five years after the h ...

(1979), and the

People's Artist of the Soviet Union People's Artist of the USSR ( rus, Народный артист СССР, Narodny artist SSSR), also sometimes translated as National Artist of the USSR, was an honorary title granted to artists of the Soviet Union. Nomenclature and significan ...

(1985). In 1965 Vecheslav Zagonek was awarded a silver medal of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. In 1977 he has become a prize-winner of the Repin Prize of the Russian Federation. In 1988 Vecheslav Zagonek was elected a member of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union. Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek died on June 24, 1994 in Saint Petersburg. His paintings reside in

State Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

State Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...

and other Art Museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, China, Germany, Italy,''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7. and throughout the world.

References

Sources

* ''Mochalov Lev. Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959. * ''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Volume 4, part 1.'' - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983. - pp. 177–178. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Time for change. The Art of 1960-1985 in the Soviet Union.'' - Saint Petersburg: State Russian Museum, 2006. - pp. 130, 164. * ''Irina Romanycheva. Academic Dacha. History and traditions.'' - Saint Petersburg: Petropol Publishing House, 2009. - pp. 57, 73, 93, 112. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 15, 19, 20, 21, 27, 29, 30, 190, 205, 344, 350, 360, 384, 388-399, 401-404, 406, 407, 411, 413-424, 445. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Zagonek, Vecheslav 1919 births 1994 deaths People from Irkutsk 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Leningrad Secondary Art School alumni Repin Institute of Arts alumni People's Artists of Russia (visual arts) Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts Honored Artists of the Russian Federation People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) 20th-century Russian male artists