Abram Borisovich Grushko (; 6 June 1918 – 15 March 1980) was a

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and

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that lived and worked in

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. He was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation and was one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. He was most famous for his many

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Biography

Abram Borisovich Grushko was born June 6, 1918, in

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. In 1952, Grushko graduated from the Ilya Repin Institute in the Boris Ioganson workshop. He studied the works of Boris Fogel,

Semion Abugov Semion Lvovich Abugov () (30 December 1877 – 3 May 1950) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, regarded ...

, Lia Ostrova,

Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky () (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the fo ...

, and Joseph Serebriany. After 1956, Grushko participated in Art Exhibitions and painted portraits, landscapes, and genre compositions. His works were featured in his solo exhibitions at

in 1990. The main subjects of Abram Grushko's artwork were nature and the people of Zaonezhye ( Onega Lake region,

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). His traditional plain air paintings in 1960 were replaced by decorative graphics solutions, similar to "severe style" with clarity of the silhouette, saturated colors, or a generalized drawing. Coloring was restrained, with a predominance of dark-brown, ocher, and blue tones. Since 1961, Abram Grushko was a member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. In the years of 1965 – 1980, Abram Grushko worked as an Art Teacher at Vera Mukhina Institute of Art and Design. Abram Borisovich Grushko died on 15 March 1980, in

at the age of 61. His paintings reside in Art museums and private collections in Russia, Israel, Germany, the USA, England, Japan, France,''L' École de Leningrad. Catalogue''. – Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 11 Juin 1990. – p.44-45. and other countries around the world.

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* ''The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition''. – Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. – p. 17. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' – Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. - p. 15. * ''L' École de Leningrad. Catalogue''. – Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 12 Mars 1990. – p. 22-23. * ''L' École de Leningrad. Catalogue''. – Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 11 Juin 1990. – p. 44-45. * ''Peinture Russe. Catalogue.'' – Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 18 Fevrier, 1991. – p. 7,47–48. * ''Saint-Pétersbourg – Pont-Audemer. Dessins, Gravures, Sculptures et Tableaux du XX siècle du fonds de L' Union des Artistes de Saint-Pétersbourg.'' – Pont-Audemer: 1994. – p. 101. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. – London: Izomar 1998. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' – Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p. 15, 360, 389, 390, 392–394, 396, 399, 400, 403–406, 445. , . * ''Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005''. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.- p. 67. . {{DEFAULTSORT:Grushko, Abram 1918 births 1980 deaths 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Soviet military personnel of World War II Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Repin Institute of Arts alumni Russian landscape painters 20th-century Russian male artists

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