Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov (russian: Влади́мир Фё́дорович Чека́лов; July 6, 1922 – June 4, 1992) was a

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realist painter and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. 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 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 ...

, most famous for his battle and genre paintings.

Biography

Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov was born July 6, 1922, in the village of Novaya-Vyaltsevo, Sologalich county of Kostroma Province in the Soviet Russia. In 1926 his family moved to Leningrad. In 1936, Vladimir Chekalov, who has shown the ability to draw, goes to the Secondary Art School at the All-Russian Academy of Arts. His teachers there were noted art educators Pavel Naumov,

Alexander Zaitsev Alexander Zaytsev may refer to: *Alexander Zaytsev (artist), Alexander Dmitryevich Zaytsev (1903–1982), Russian painter and art educator *Alexander Zaytsev (pilot), Alexander Andreyevich Zaytsev (1911–1965), Soviet aircraft pilot and Hero of the ...

Samuil Nevelshtein Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (russian: Самуи́л Григо́рьевич Невельште́йн; March 22, 1903, Herson, Russian Empire – November 16, 1983, Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artis ...

Mikhail Natarevich Mikhail Davidovich Natarevich (russian: link=no, Михаи́л Дави́дович Натаре́вич; September 29, 1907 in Vitebsk, Russian Empire – February 23, 1979 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and work ...

. Together with Vladimir Chekalov in those years in the Secondary Art School involved many well known in the future artists and sculptors:

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 ...

Mikhail Anikushin Mikhail Konstantinovich Anikushin (russian: Михаил Константинович Аникушин; (19 September 1917, Moscow – 18 May 1997, Saint Petersburg) was a famous Soviet and Russian sculptor. Among his most famous works are a m ...

Vecheslav Zagonek 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, w ...

Victor Teterin Victor Kuzmich Teterin (russian: Ви́ктор Кузьми́ч Тете́рин; October 25, 1922 in Bakharevo, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – October 1, 1991 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian painter, watercolorist, and art teacher, who l ...

Alexei Eriomin Alexei Grigorievich Eriomin (russian: Алексе́й Григо́рьевич Ерё́мин; March 17, 1919 – June 11, 1998) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint P ...

Marina Kozlovskaya Marina Andreevna Kozlovskaya (russian: Мари́на Андре́евна Козло́вская; 7 April 1925 – 2019) was a Soviet and Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the leading rep ...

Oleg Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin (russian: Оле́г Леони́дович Лома́кин; August 29, 1924, Krasny Kholm, Tver Province, USSR – March 25, 2010, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, Honored ...

Maya Kopitseva Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (russian: Ма́йя Кузьми́нична Копы́тцева; May 18, 1924, in Gagry, Abkhazia, USSR – June 6, 2005, in Saint Petersburg) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and an Honored Artist of the RSFS ...

Abram Grushko Abram Borisovich Grushko (russian: Абра́м Бори́сович Грушко́; 6 June 1918 – 15 March 1980) was a Soviet painter and art teacher that lived and worked in Leningrad, was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Art ...

, and others. In 1941, Vladimir Chekalov graduated from the Secondary Art School. In July 1941, Vladimir Chekalov was drafted into the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army (Russian: Рабо́че-крестья́нская Кра́сная армия),) often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and, after ...

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 ...

, which led the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. As sapper he participated in the

Battle of Stalingrad The Battle of Stalingrad (23 August 19422 February 1943) was a major battle on the Eastern Front of World War II where Nazi Germany and its allies unsuccessfully fought the Soviet Union for control of the city of Stalingrad (later re ...

, was wounded and marked by military awards. In 1944-1945, Vladimir Chekalov of the

3rd Ukrainian Front The 3rd Ukrainian Front (Russian: Третий Украинский фронт) was a Front of the Red Army during World War II. It was founded on 20 October 1943, on the basis of a Stavka order of October 16, 1943, by renaming the Southwester ...

took part in the liberation of the Nazi occupation of Romania, Bulgaria, Hungary, Yugoslavia, and Austria. Vladimir Chekalov demobilized in 1946. During the war, he lost all the family: his parents died in the

siege of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad (russian: links=no, translit=Blokada Leningrada, Блокада Ленинграда; german: links=no, Leningrader Blockade; ) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of L ...

, two elder brothers were killed at the front. After demobilization in October 1946, Vladimir Chekalov entered at the first course of Department of Painting of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There he studied under Alexander Zaytsev,

Boris Fogel Boris Alexandrovich Fogel (russian: Борис Александрович Фогель) (January 18, 1872 in Buynaksk, Russian Empire – 1961 in Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator who lived and worked in Leningrad, a mem ...

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 ...

, Lija Ostrova,

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 ...

, Mikhail Platunov, and

Joseph Serebriany Jasef Alexandrovich Serebriany (russian: Иосиф Александрович Серебряный) (April 25, 1907, Horodnia, Chernigov Governorate – 1979, Leningrad) was a Soviet Russian painter and stage decorator, who lived and worked ...

. In 1952, Vladimir Chekalov graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of painting in

Rudolf Frentz Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz (russian: Рудо́льф Рудо́льфович Фре́нц; 23 July 1888 – 27 December 1956) was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator and art teacher who lived and worked in ...

workshop, together with Sergei Babkov, Leonid Baykov,

Irina Baldina Irina Mikhailovna Baldina (russian: Ири́на Миха́йловна Ба́лдина; May 18, 1922, Moscow, Soviet Russia – January 15, 2009, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad, was a me ...

, Dmitry Beliaev,

, Boris Korneev,

Elena Kostenko Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (russian: Еле́на Миха́йловна Косте́нко; 9 August 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Arti ...

, Piotr Fomin,

Boris Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Лавре́нко; 6 May 1920 – 7 June 2001) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Pa ...

, and other young artists. His graduated work was genre painting named "Soldier kitchen", devoted the first days of a new life in the liberation from Nazi German town.''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.69. At the end of 1952, Vladimir Chekalov's graduation work exhibited in Moscow at the All-Union Exhibition of graduation works of students of art institutes. In February 1953 the magazine "Soviet Union", published in six languages, placed in a full page spread color reproductions of paintings and an article about the author that brought the young artist to fame. Vladimir Chekalov participated in art exhibitions since 1952, mainly as a master of battle paintings and genre compositions. The main theme of the artist has an image of a Russian soldier-liberator. In 1950–1960 years he repeatedly referring to the theme of the soldier's heroism and creates paintings "Countrymen", "News from the Motherland", "On a halt. In Bulgaria ", "Fight the Black Sea Fleet sailors at the Eltigen ", and others. While working on a painting, Vladimir Chekalov painted a large number of sketches from life, many of them are excellent examples of realistic painting. In the late 1950s - 1960's, Vladimir Chekalov commits creative journey to the Crimea, works in the town of Old Ladoga, at the Academic dacha, a lot of time with a landscape. In this genre with particular force revealed spectacular talent of the artist, his sense of color and the ability to transfer the state of the lighting and air environment. Since 1953, Vladimir Chekalov was a member of the

. In 1970–1980 years he taught at art school for deaf children in Pavlovsk, near Leningrad. Vladimir Fedorovich Chekalov died 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 ...

in 1992. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, Germany, Italy, the U.S., and others.

Honours and awards

Order of the Red Star The Order of the Red Star (russian: Орден Красной Звезды, Orden Krasnoy Zvezdy) was a military decoration of the Soviet Union. It was established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR of 6 April 193 ...

Order of the Patriotic War The Order of the Patriotic War (russian: Орден Отечественной войны, Orden Otechestvennoy voiny) is a Soviet military decoration that was awarded to all soldiers in the Soviet armed forces, security troops, and to partisan ...

, 2nd Class, twice *

Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For the Victory Over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (russian: Медаль «За победу над Германией в Великой Отечественной войне 1941—1945 гг.») was a military de ...

Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" The Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" (russian: Медаль «За оборону Сталинграда») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union. Medal history The Medal "For the Defence of Stalingrad" was established on ...

Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" The Medal "For the Capture of Vienna" (russian: Медаль «За взятие Вены») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on June 9, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to satisfy ...

Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" The Medal "For the Capture of Budapest" (russian: Медаль «За взятие Будапешта») was a World War II campaign medal of the Soviet Union established on 9 June 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR ...

* Medal "For the Liberation of Belgrade"

References

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