Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov (russian: Гелий Михайлович Коржев-Чувелёв; 7 July 1925 – 27 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian painter.

Life

He studied at Moscow State Art School from 1939 to 1944 under Vasily Pochitalov, Mikhail Dobroserdov, and Mikhail Barshch. From 1944 to 1950 he studied at the Moscow State Art Institute under Sergey Gerasimov and Vasily Pochitalov. A painter in Soviet approved style of

socialist realism Socialist realism is a style of idealized realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and was the official style in that country between 1932 and 1988, as well as in other socialist countries after World War II. Socialist realism is c ...

, he continued to be active after the dissolution of the

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and remained a supporter of

Communism Communism (from Latin la, communis, lit=common, universal, label=none) is a far-left sociopolitical, philosophical, and economic ideology and current within the socialist movement whose goal is the establishment of a communist society, a ...

Politics

Unwavering in his political views, in the late 1990s the artist refused a state award bestowed upon him by the government of the

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, and Korzhev wrote of his motives:

I was born in the Soviet Union and sincerely believed in the ideas and ideals of the time. Today, they are considered a historical mistake. Now Russia has a social system directly opposite to the one under which I, as an artist, was brought up. The acceptance of a state award would be equal to a confession of my hypocrisy throughout my artistic career. I request that you consider my refusal with due understanding.

Death

He died on August 27, 2012. He was buried at Alekseyevskoye Cemetery in Moscow. The monument on the grave was made by grandson

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under the sketches of the artist himself.

Gallery

File:Триптих Коммунисты. Гомер (левая часть)..jpg, Homer - the left part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих_Коммунисты._Поднимающий_знамя_(центральная_часть)._1959-1960г..jpg, Raising the banner - the central part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих Коммунисты. Интернационал (правая часть)..jpg, International - the right part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих Опаленые огем войны. Следы войны (левая часть). 1962-1964г..jpg, Traces of war File:Влюбленные. 1959 г..jpg, Lovers File:Триптих Опаленые огем войны. Мать (центральная часть). 1962-1964г..jpg, Mother

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