Lev Russov
| Lev Alexandrovich Russov | |
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| Born | January 31, 1926 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Died | February 20, 1987 Leningrad, Soviet Union |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Tavricheskaya Art School, Repin Institute of Arts |
| Known for | Painting, Graphics, Sculpture |
| Movement | Realism |
Lev Alexandrovich Russov (Russian: Ле́в Алекса́ндрович Ру́сов; January 31, 1926 – February 20, 1987) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, and sculptor, living and working in Leningrad. A member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, he was regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, being most famous for his portraits.
Lev Alexandrovich Russov was born January 31, 1926, in Leningrad. In 1939-1941 he studied at the Art studio of the Wyborg district of Leningrad. In December 1941, along with his mother he was evacuated from the siege of Leningrad in the Gorky region. In 1943, for continuing art education he moved to Kostroma city, where goes to the regional art school. In 1945, in connection with the return to Leningrad Russov was transferred to Tavricheskaya Art School, from which he graduated in 1947.
After graduation Russov entered the first course of Painting Department of Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture namen after Ilya Repin, studied of Yuri Neprintsev and Genrikh Pavlovsky. However, having studied for two years for health reasons had to leave class. In 1951–1955 Russov taught drawing in the secondary schools of Leningrad, while continuing to worked on his painting skills.
Since the mid-1950s, Russov participates in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. At the Spring exhibitions of 1954 and 1955, Russov shows paintings "A Girl with a Bow" (1954), "At the Sea" and "Portrait of Artist Vladimir Kremer" (both 1955), immediately attracting attention as talented painter.
In 1955, for his portrait paintings, Lev Russov was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists on the recommendation of renowned artists Piotr Buchkin, Yuri Neprintsev, and Veniamin Kremer. He painted portraits, genre and historical paintings, still lifes, landscapes, worked in watercolors and woodcuts.
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