Ivan Grigorievich Savenko | |
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Born | January 17, 1924 Varvarovka, Chernigov Province, Ukraine, USSR |
Died | December 17, 1987 Leningrad, USSR |
Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
Known for | Painting |
Movement | Realism |
Awards | Honored Artist of the RSFSR |
Ivan Grigorievich Savenko (Russian: Ива́н Григо́рьевич Саве́нко; January 17, 1924, Varvarovka, Chernigov Province, Ukrainian SSR, USSR – 1987, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian - Ukrainian painter, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape paintings.
Ivan Savenko was born January 17, 1924, in Varvarovka village, Chernigov Province, Ukraine, USSR.
In 1950, Savenko graduated from Kiev Art Institute in Grigory Svetlitsky personal Art Studio.
In 1950–1954, Savenko studied as post-graduate student in Ilya Repin Institute in Aleksandr Gerasimov Art studio. Master of Art-criticism (1954). Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1975).
Since 1950, Savenko has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, sketchs from the life. Personal Exhibition in Moscow (1990).
Savenko was a member of Leningrad Union of Artists since 1952.
Savenko died on December 17, 1987, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, Ukraine, Germane, Japan, Italy, England, and throughout the world.