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

Leningrad 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 ...

. 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 one of the founders 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 monumental painting.

Biography

Frentz was born on 23 July 1888 in Marienburg, a suburb of Saint Petersburg, in the

Saint Petersburg Governorate Saint Petersburg Governorate (russian: Санкт-Петербу́ргская губе́рния, ''Sankt-Peterburgskaya guberniya''), or Government of Saint Petersburg, was an administrative division (a '' guberniya'') of the Tsardom of Russia ...

of the

Russian Empire The Russian Empire was an empire and the final period of the Russian monarchy from 1721 to 1917, ruling across large parts of Eurasia. It succeeded the Tsardom of Russia following the Treaty of Nystad, which ended the Great Northern War. ...

. Initially he learned from his father Rudolf Ferdinandovich Frentz (1831–1918), Academic of painting (1912), well-known Russian master of animal and hunting paintings. In 1918 Rudolf Frentz graduated from Higher Art School at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

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 ...

, where he studied noted battle painters Vasily Savinsky and Nikolai Samokysh. Since 1904 Rudolf Frentz participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted battle scenes, genre and historical paintings, portraits, landscapes, and cityscapes, the most famous being his battle and animal paintings. Among his most famous paintings were ″''On Znamenskaya Square in the February days of 1917''″ (1917), ″''Kryukov Channel''″ (1920), ″''Still Life''″, ″''Roadhog''″ (both 1921), ″''Carousel''″ (1922), ″''Nevsky Prospekt in the Night. A Cabman''″, ″''A Folk festivitie''″ (both 1923), ″''The storming of the Winter Palace''″, ″'' Horsewoman''″ (both 1925), ″''A Portrait of wife''″ (1926), ″''The defense of Petrograd from Yudenich''″ (1928), ″''Sergey Kirov at the May Day Parade''″, ″''A Workers of the Southern Urals join a Blucher's partisan detachment''″ (1929), ″''Storm of Kronstadt''″ (1935), ″''Sergey Kirov in the North Caucasus''″, ″''Joint actions of tanks, aircraft and cavalry. Combined attack''″ (both 1937), ″''Mikhail Frunze manages the crossing over Sivash''″ (1940), ″''Guerrilla paths''″ (1947), ″''Stalingrad. February 2, 1943'″ (1950). Rudolf Frentz was a founding member of the

established in 1932. From 1929 to 1956, he taught at the

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 ...

, where he was professor of painting (1939–1956) and the head of the battle-painting workshop (from 1934). From 1949 to 1956, he also was professor of painting at the

Vera Mukhina Institute The Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design (Санкт-Петербургская художественно-промышленная академия имени А. Л. Штиглица; abbreviated as СПГХПА) is the ...

, also known as the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art. Among his pupils were well-known Russian painters

Mikhail Kaneev Mikhail Alexandrovich Kaneev (russian: Кане́ев Михаи́л Алекса́ндрович; April 5, 1923 in Kostroma Province, USSR – March 6, 1983 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in L ...

, Vladislav Anisovich,

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 ...

Yuri Belov Yuri Vladimirovich Belov (russian: Ю́рий Влади́мирович Бело́в; May 27, 1929 – July 23, 2017) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the Sain ...

, Stepan Privedentsev, Sergei Babkov,

Alexander Koroviakov Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov (russian: Алекса́ндр Петро́вич Коровя́ков; November 16, 1912 – June 12, 1993) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, a mem ...

Gevork Kotiantz Gevork Vartanovich Kotiantz ( hy, Գևորգ Վարդանի Կոթյանց; russian: Гево́рк Варта́нович Котья́нц; 12 November 1909 in Shusha, Shusha uezd, Elizavetpol Governorate, Russian Empire – 28 August 1996 in S ...

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 ...

, Konstantin Molteninov,

Dmitry Oboznenko Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko (russian: Дми́трий Гео́ргиевич Обозне́нко; July 10, 1930, Leningrad, USSR – June 19, 2002, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, Honored Ar ...

, Vladimir Ovchinnikov,

Nikolai Ovchinnikov Nikolai Vassilievich Ovchinnikov (October 14, 1918 in village of Mizhuli, Cheboksary Uezd – February 2004), was a Russian and Chuvash painter (historical and conversation pieces, landscapes), People's Artist of Russia and Chuvashia, Pro ...

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 ...

, Vladimir Seleznev,

Piotr Litvinsky Piotr Petrovich Litvinsky (russian: Пё́тр Петро́вич Литви́нский; November 7, 1927, Leningrad, USSR, – July 8, 2009, Moscow, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and art teacher, Honored Artist o ...

Piotr Nazarov Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov (russian: Пё́тр Фё́дорович Наза́ров; 25 December 1921 in Kochki, Novosibirsk Oblast, Soviet Russia – 19 April 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet and Russian painter and art teacher, who l ...

and

Elena Skuin Elena Petrovna Skuin (russian: Еле́на Петро́вна Скуи́нь, lv, Jeļena Skujiņa; April 2, 1908, Ekaterinodar, Russian Empire – 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian–Latvian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, a ...

. Exhibitions of his works have been held in Leningrad (1928, 1970) and Saint Petersburg (2006). Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz died in Leningrad on 27 December 1956. His paintings are held in the

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 ...

, the

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 in art museums and private collections in Russia, Italy, France, the US, Germany, England, and elsewhere.Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. Р.6—7.

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