Mikhail Trufanov

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov
Born	November 22, 1921 Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia
Died	April 24, 1988 Leningrad, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism
Awards	Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович Труфа́нов; November 22, 1921 in Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Governorate, Soviet Russia – April 24, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait paintings.

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov was born November 22, 1921, in village of Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Governorate, Soviet Russia (now Rakityansky District, Belgorod Oblast) in a working-class family.

Soon the family moved to industrial city Makeevka located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Province, 25 km (16 mi) from the Donetsk city. Here Mikhail Trufanov spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for his main paintings.

In 1937–1940 Michael Trufanov studied at the Odessa Art School, which ended only after World War II in 1945. In 1941-1944 Mikhail Trufanov took part in Great Patriotic War. He was wounded and has military awards.

In 1945 Michael Trufanov joined the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Boris Fogel, Leonid Ovsannikov, Alexander Zaytsev.

In 1951 Michael Trufanov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ioganson personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "In the headquarters of Kovpak", dedicated to partisan movement in the years of Great Patriotic War.

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