Dmitry Maevsky
| Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky | |
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| Born |
May 17, 1917 Petrograd, Russian Empire |
| Died | July 23, 1992 (aged 75) Saint Petersburg, Russia |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Isaak Brodsky Art Studio |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
| Awards | Medal For the Victory Over Germany |
Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky (Russian: Дми́трий Ива́нович Мае́вский; May 17, 1917, Petrograd, Russian Empire – July 23, 1992, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his lyrical landscapes.
Dmitry Ivanovich Maevsky was born May 17, 1917 in city Petrograd (former Saint Petersburg), Russian Empire. His childhood and youth in ancient Russian city of Rzhev. Here in 1930, Dmitry Majewski graduated from the seven years school. Passion for drawing led him to the studio of the artist Shvedov, where Dmitry Maevsky get his first experience of drawing and painting.
In 1933 Maevsky comes to Leningrad to continue his education. In 1933–1935 years he studied in industrial college, simultaneously preparing to enter the Academy of Fine Arts. In 1935 Maevsky passed the entrance exams at the Department of Painting of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, but was not enrolled because of lack of vacancies due to the reorganization of the institute.
In years 1937–1939 Maevsky studied in Art Studio head by Isaak Brodsky in Leningrad. Since 1939, he has participated in Art Exhibitions. In 1938 he married Valentina Chistyakova. In 1939 they had a daughter Ludmila.
In 1939 Maevsky was drafted into the Red Army. He took part in the Winter War, and in the Great Patriotic War of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. Maevsky was awarded the medal "For Victory over Germany".
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