Nikolai Mukho
| Nikolai Antonovich Mukho | |
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| Born |
December 6, 1913 Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 6, 1986 (aged 72) Leningrad, USSR |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
Nikolai Antonovich Mukho (Russian: Никола́й Анто́нович Мухо́; December 6, 1913, Kronstadt, Saint Petersburg Governorate, Russian Empire – August 6, 1986, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portrait painting.
Nikolai Antonovich Mukho was born December 6, 1913, in Kronstadt, a Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island, 30 kilometers west of Saint Petersburg near the head of the Gulf of Finland.
From 1934–1940, Nikolai Mukho studied at Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. After graduation in 1940 Nikolai Mukho entered in the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In August 1941 Nikolai Mukho was drafted into the Red Army. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in the defense of Leningrad. After being wounded and demobilized in late 1943, Nikolai Mukho returned to the institute. He studied of Mikhail Bernshtein, Semion Abugov, Alexander Zaytsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Gleb Savinov.
In 1950 Nikolai Mukho graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin in Boris Ioganson personal workshop. His graduation work was genre painting named "The Leningrad Metro", dedicated to the builders of subway in Leningrad (first stations were opened in 1950).
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