Anatoli Ilych Vasiliev (; 18 March 1917 – 4 June 1994) was a Russian and Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the

Saint Petersburg Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg () was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". From 1959 (when it joined the Union of Art ...

(before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), and regarded as one of the representatives of the

Leningrad school of painting The Leningrad School of Painting () is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Saint Petersburg, Leningrad around the reformed Imperial Academy of Arts, Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was united by the Saint Pet ...

, most famous for his historical paintings and etudes done from nature.

Biography

Anatoli Ilych Vasiliev was born on 18 March 1917 in Petrograd (former Saint Petersburg), Russian Empire, in a working-class family. In 1934 he entered at the

Tavricheskaya Art School Tavricheskaya Art School () is a secondary art school in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad). This was the informal name of the art school. From 1919 to 1961, it was located in a building at Tavricheskaya Street, Leningrad 35. From 1930 to 195 ...

, where he studied under S. Bootler, S. Chugunov, V. Levitsky, and M. Aslamazian. After graduation in 1938, Anatoli Vasiliev was adopted at the first course of Department of Painting at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied under noted educators Veniamin Belkin, Pavel Naumov, Mikhail Bernshtein, Nikolai Rutkovsky, and

Igor Grabar Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar (, 25 March 1871 – 16 May 1960) was a Russian Post-Impressionist painter, publisher, restorer and historian of art. Grabar, descendant of a wealthy Rusyn family, was trained as a painter by Ilya Repin in Saint Pe ...

. In July 1941 Vasiliev as volunteer went into the

Red Army The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army, often shortened to the Red Army, was the army and air force of the Russian Soviet Republic and, from 1922, the Soviet Union. The army was established in January 1918 by a decree of the Council of People ...

and took part in the

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, which led the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. He participated in the

Battle of Leningrad The siege of Leningrad was a Siege, military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) in the Soviet Union on the Eastern Front (World War II), Eastern Front of World War II from 1941 t ...

, and in the battles of Narva,

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, and

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. He was wounded and marked by military awards. After demobilization in 1945, Anatoli Vasiliev continued his studies in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin and graduated in 1950 from Victor Oreshnikov studio, together with

Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her genre compositions, portraits, landscapes, and still life paintings, which she created using oils ...

, Nina Veselova, Vecheslav Zagonek,

Tatiana Kopnina Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (; November 11, 1921 – March 6, 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of pai ...

Nikolai Mukho Nikolai Antonovich Mukho (; December 6, 1913 – August 6, 1986) was a Soviet, Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad, and was regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting. He was best known for his portraits. B ...

Alexander Pushnin Alexander Tikhonovich Pushnin (; March 28, 1921 – September 5, 1991) was a Soviet, Russian painter, Doctor of Art-criticism, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad Union of Artis ...

, Alexander Sokolov,

Yuri Tulin Yuri Nilovich Tulin (; August 14, 1921 – April 27, 1988) 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 ...

, and other young artists. His graduation work was history painting named "Mikhail Lomonosov - the father of Russian science"''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.62. In 1950 Anatoli Vasiliev was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists (since 1992 known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists). He has participated in art exhibitions since 1937, mainly as a master of historical paintings and etudes done from nature. In 1950–70s he made trips through the

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and the

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, visit

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and

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, and also the Russian North. His personal exhibition was in Saint-Petersburg in 1995. Anatoli Ilych Vasiliev died on 4 June 1994 in Saint Petersburg. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, France, England, Germany, Italy, in the U.S., and others.

References

Sources

* ''Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Volume 2.'' - Moscow: Iskusstvo Edition, 1972. - pp. 179–180. * ''Irina Romanycheva. Academic Dacha. History and traditions.'' - Saint Petersburg: Petropol Publishing House, 2009. - p. 83. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 18, 26, 29, 52, 230, 257, 261, 358, 388, 390-400, 402-405, 413, 415, 416, 418-422. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Vasiliev, Anatoli 1917 births 1994 deaths Painters from Saint Petersburg People from Sankt-Peterburgsky Uyezd Soviet military personnel of World War II 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Tavricheskaya Art School alumni Repin Institute of Arts alumni Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists 20th-century Russian male artists

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