Piotr Vasiliev
Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev | |
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Born | 26 January 1909 Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire |
Died | 9 June 1989 (1989-06-10) (aged 80) Leningrad, USSR |
Nationality | Russian |
Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Realism |
Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev (Russian: Пё́тр Константи́нович Васи́льев; 26 January 1909 – 9 June 1989) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists[1] and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.[2]
Biography
Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev was born on 26 January 1909 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire in the working-class family.
In 1930, Piotr Vasiliev entered at the first course of Department of Painting at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied of noted educators Mikhail Bernshtein, Alexander Lubimov, Vladimir Serov, Arcady Rylov.
In 1938 Piotr Vasiliev graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Isaak Brodsky studio, together with Alexander Laktionov, Yuri Neprintsev, and other young artists. His graduated work was historical painting named "Farewell member of the Komsomol at the front. 1919.", dedicated to the events of the Civil War in Russia in 1918–1921.[3]
After graduation, Piotr Vasiliev was sent to work for an art teacher in Chuvashia. After returning to Leningrad in the years 1939-1941 he taught painting in the Tavricheskaya Art School.
In June 1941, Piotr Vasiliev was drafted into the Red Army and took part in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. He fought on the Leningrad Front, Karelian Front, and 3rd Ukrainian Front. He was wounded and marked by military awards.
In 1944–1945, Piotr Vasiliev took part in the liberation of the Nazi occupation of Poland, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, and Austria.
Piotr Vasiliev has participated in art exhibitions since 1938. He painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, genre and historical paintings. In 1946 Piotr Vasiliev was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists (since 1992 known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists).
His picturesque style is typical for students of Isaac Brodsky, and based on the constructive role of drawing, on classically constructed composition and delicate tonal relations, on transfer of lighting and shadow contrasts. The artist used mainly broad painting and a rich palette of colors.
Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev died on 9 June 1989 in Leningrad in the eighty-first year of his life. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia,[4] England, in the U.S., Japan, France,[5] and others.
Honours and awards
- Order of the Red Star
- Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad"
- Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
- Medal "For the Capture of Budapest"
- Medal "For the Capture of Vienna"
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
- ^ Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p.182.
- ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.15, 18, 28, 29, 78, 79, 358, 384, 390, 394, 396, 402, 404, 405, 411, 414, 416, 421, 422.
- ^ 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.62.
- ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.
- ^ Peinture Russe. Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 Avril, 1991. - p.7,25.
Sources
- Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Volume 2. - Moscow: Iskusstvo Edition, 1972. - p. 190.
- Peinture Russe. Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 26 Avril, 1991. - p. 7,25.
- Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 15, 18, 28, 29, 78, 79, 358, 384, 390, 394, 396, 402, 404, 405, 411, 414, 416, 421, 422. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
- 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. 62.
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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)