Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein (russian: Самуи́л Григо́рьевич Невельште́йн; March 22, 1903, Herson, Russian Empire – November 16, 1983, Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the 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 Saint Petersburg, Leningrad around the reformed Imperial Academy of Arts, ...

, most known for his portraits of children and youth.

Biography

Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein was born March 22, 1903, in Herson,

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 ...

(now in Ukraine). In 1923 Samuil Nevelshtein came to Moscow and entered '' VKhuTeMas'', which he had graduated in 1927. In the same year Samuil Nevelshtein arrived in Leningrad and went outside of the competition in the ''VKhuTeIn'' (since 1932 - Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture). He studied with Vasily Savinsky, Arcady Rylov, Mikhail Bernshtein, Alexei Karev. In 1931 Samuil Nevelshtein graduated from Proletarian Institute of Fine Arts (former ''VKhuTeIn''). His graduation work was genre painting named "Children's Holiday". Since 1928 Samuil Nevelshtein has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre and historical paintings, landscapes, still lifes, worked in oil painting, watercolors, pencil drawing. Solo exhibitions by Samuil Nevelshtein were in Leningrad in 1944,

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1968 The year was highlighted by protests and other unrests that occurred worldwide. Events January–February * January 5 – " Prague Spring": Alexander Dubček is chosen as leader of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. * J ...

, and 1985 year. In 1935 he was admitted to 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 ...

. The main theme of Samuil Nevelshtein paintings was the image of a young contemporary, leading genres - portraits and thematic painting. Associate Isaac Brodsky, he gave a lot of energy to the organizing of children's art education in Leningrad, heading in the years 1935-1941 Secondary Art School at the All-Russian Academy of Arts. In these years, Secondary Art School pupils were

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, and others, subsequently became well-known Leningrad artists and sculptors. Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein died on November 16, 1983, in Leningrad at the eighty-first year of life. Paintings by Samuil Nevelshtein 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 ...

, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, USA, France,''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 Avril, 1991. - p.7,52. China, Israel, England, Japan, and throughout the world.

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* ''Irina Alexandrova. Samuil Grigorievich Nevelshtein''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1989. - 40 p. * ''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 Avril, 1991. - p. 7,52. * ''Charmes Russes. Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 15 Mai 1991. - p. 37. * ''Les Saisons Russes. Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 29 Novembre 1993. - p. 12. * ''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. - p. 154. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 19, 20, 395, 385, 387-399, 401, 404, 405, 444. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Nevelshtein, Samuil 1903 births 1983 deaths 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Russian watercolorists Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Repin Institute of Arts alumni Vkhutemas alumni Russian landscape painters 20th-century Russian male artists

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