Boris Lavrenko
| Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko | |
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| Born |
6 May 1920 Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Russia |
| Died | 7 June 2001 (aged 81) Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation |
| Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
| Known for | Painting, Graphics, Art teaching |
| Movement | Realism |
| Awards | Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the Russian Federation |
Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko (Russian: Бори́с Миха́йлович Лавре́нко; 6 May 1920, Rostov-on-Don, Soviet Russia – 7 June 2001, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, People's Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad), regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Boris Mikhailovich Lavrenko was born on 6 May 1920 in the city of Rostov on Don, Soviet Russia.
In 1936–1940 years Boris Lavrenko studied at the Rostov on Don Art School. In Autumn of 1940, he was drafted into the Red Army. Boris Lavrenko was a veteran of World War II. As an artilleryman, he went all the way from Moscow to Berlin. His front-line drawings, sketches, portraits are interesting as a documentary and truth.
After demobilization in 1946, Boris Lavrenko entered at the first course of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There he studied under Mikhail Avilov, Ivan Stepashkin, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Joseph Serebriany.
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