Piotr Belousov

Piotr Petrovich Belousov
Born	May 3, 1912 Berdyansk, Taurida Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	March 31, 1989 Leningrad, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting, Graphics, Art teaching
Movement	Realism
Awards	Honored Artist of the RSFSR, People's Artist of the Russian Federation

Piotr Petrovich Belousov (Russian: Пё́тр Петро́вич Белоу́сов; May 3, 1912, Berdyansk, Russian Empire – 1989, Leningrad, USSR) was a Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, People's Artist of USSR, Corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, being most famous for his portraits and historical paintings.

Piotr Petrovich Belousov was born May 3, 1912 in the port city Berdyansk, located on the northern coast of the Sea of Azov, of south-east Ukraine, Russian Empire.

In 1929, Piotr Belousov met with Brodsky and by his invitation comes to Leningrad to continue his study. He engaged in drawing and painting under Brodsky leadership, as well as in the studio AKhRs and the Community of Artists.

In 1933, Piotr Belousov entered the first course of the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He studied under Mikhail Bernshtein, Pavel Naumov, Alexander Lubimov, and Vladimir Serov.

In 1939, Piotr Belousov graduated from the Repin Institute of Arts in Isaak Brodsky workshop together with Aleksei Gritsai, Lev Orekhov, Mikhail Kozell, Gleb Verner, Elena Skuin, Nikolai Timkov, Boris Sherbakov, and other young artists. His graduation work was the historical painting of "On the eve of [the] October Revolution (Meeting of Lenin and Stalin)".

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