Mikhail Trufanov
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov | |
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Born | November 22, 1921 Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia |
Died | April 24, 1988 (1988-04-25) (aged 66) Leningrad, USSR |
Nationality | Russian |
Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Realism |
Awards | Honored Artist of the Russian Federation |
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович Труфа́нов; November 22, 1921 – April 24, 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives[according to whom?] of the Leningrad school of painting,[1] most famous for his portrait paintings.
Biography
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov was born November 22, 1921, in village of Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Governorate, Soviet Russia (now Rakityansky District, Belgorod Oblast) in a working-class family.
Soon the family moved to industrial city Makeevka located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Province, 25 km (16 mi) from the Donetsk city. Here, Trufanov spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for his main paintings.[clarification needed][2]
In 1937–1940, Trufanov studied at the Odessa Art School, which ended only after World War II in 1945. In 1941–1944, Trufanov took part in the Great Patriotic War. He was wounded and received military awards.
In 1945, Trufanov joined the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Boris Fogel, Leonid Ovsannikov, Alexander Zaytsev.
In 1951, Trufanov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ioganson personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "In the headquarters of Kovpak", dedicated to partisan movement in the years of the Great Patriotic War.[3]
Starting in 1951, Michael Trufanov participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre compositions and landscapes, and worked in oil painting, drawing and printing. Widely known artist received for the painting "Furnaceman" (1954, Tretyakov Gallery). Solo Exhibitions by Michael Trufanov was in Leningrad in 1986.
The appearance of a new hero, a new image of working man in Soviet art of the 1950s was connected with the painting "Furnaceman" and other works by Trufanov. They embody a collective image of blast-furnace operators, miners, steelworkers, and brought the author well-deserved recognition.[4]
In 1951, Trufanov was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1963 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation.
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov died on April 24, 1988, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in Russia,[5] England,[6] China, Japan, in the U.S.,[7] and throughout the world.
See also
- Leningrad School of Painting
- List of Russian artists
- List of 20th-century Russian painters
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
References
- ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.9, 18, 20, 181, 233, 343, 344, 352, 371, 389-400, 402, 404-406, 439, 445 .
- ^ Mikhail Trufanov. Exhibition catalogue. - Moscow: Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo, 1985. - p. 5.
- ^ 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.66.
- ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 371,
- ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.
- ^ Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.
- ^ Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. — Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. — p. 204.
Sources
- Lev Mochalov. Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. - 48 p.
- Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.
- Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0-9532061-0-6, ISBN 978-0-9532061-0-0.
- Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. - ISBN 1-85149-280-1, ISBN 978-1-85149-280-0.
- Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 18, 20, 181, 233, 343, 344, 352, 371, 389–400, 402, 404–406, 439, 445 . ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
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- Painters of the Leningrad Union of Artists of 1932-1991
- Leningrad Union of Artists
- Mitki
- Nevsky-25
- Circle of Artists of the House of creativity «Staraya Ladoga»
- Exhibitions of Leningrad Artists
- Exhibition of 1950
- Exhibition of 1951
- Spring Exhibition (1954)
- Spring Exhibition (1955)
- Autumn Exhibition (1956)
- Anniversary Exhibition (1957)
- All-Union Art Exhibition (1957)
- Autumn Exhibition (1958)
- Exhibition of 1960
- Exhibition in Russian Museum (1960)
- Soviet Russia (1960)
- Exhibition of 1961
- Autumn Exhibition (1962)
- "Leningrad" Exhibition (1964)
- Spring Exhibition (1965)
- Soviet Russia (1965)
- Soviet Russia (1967)
- Autumn Exhibition (1968)
- Spring Exhibition (1969)
- Exhibition of 1970
- Our Contemporary (1971)
- Our Contemporary (1972)
- Exhibition of Eleven (1972)
- By native country (1972)
- Our Contemporary (1975)
- Portrait of Contemporary (1976)
- Fine Arts of Leningrad (1976)
- Art belongs People (1977)
- Autumn Exhibition (1978)
- Regional Exhibition (1980)
- Leningrad painting of 1950-1980s
- Etude in Painting of 1940-1980s
- Lyrical Themes in Postwar Painting
- Painting of the Leningrad School
- Still life of 1950-1990s
- In Memory of Teacher
- Lenin in Kremlin (by Nikolai Baskakov)
- Cafe Gurzuf (by Alexander Samokhvalov)
- Quince and Teapot (by Victor Teterin)
- House with Arch (by Sergei Osipov)
- Portrait of Catherine Balebina (by Lev Russov)
- Horsewoman (by Rudolf Frentz)
- Spring is on the way (by Vladimir Ovchinnikov)
- Spring Day (by Nikolai Pozdneev)
- Mothers, Sisters (by Yevsey Moiseyenko)
- In the Sun (by Alexander Samokhvalov)
- Portrait of Yevgeny Mravinsky (by Lev Russov)
- Russian Winter. Hoarfrost (by Nikolai Timkov)
- Malaya Sadovaya street (by Alexander Semionov)
- Cornflowers (by Sergei Osipov)
- Still life with Pussy-Willows (by Taisia Afonina)
- Nevsky Prospekt (by Gleb Savinov)
- A Midday (by Evgenia Antipova)
- Cherry (by Yevsey Moiseyenko)