Geliy Mikhailovich Korzhev-Chuvelyov (; 7 July 1925 – 27 August 2012) was a Soviet and Russian painter.

Life

He studied at Moscow State Art School from 1939 to 1944 under Vasily Pochitalov, Mikhail Dobroserdov, and Mikhail Barshch. From 1944 to 1950 he studied at the Moscow State Art Institute under Sergey Gerasimov and Vasily Pochitalov. A painter in Soviet approved style of socialist realism, he continued to be active after the dissolution of the

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and remained a supporter of

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Politics

Unwavering in his political views, in the late 1990s the artist refused a state award bestowed upon him by the government of the

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, and Korzhev wrote of his motives:

I was born in the Soviet Union and sincerely believed in the ideas and ideals of the time. Today, they are considered a historical mistake. Now Russia has a social system directly opposite to the one under which I, as an artist, was brought up. The acceptance of a state award would be equal to a confession of my hypocrisy throughout my artistic career. I request that you consider my refusal with due understanding.

Death

He died on August 27, 2012. He was buried at Alekseyevskoye Cemetery in Moscow. The monument on the grave was made by grandson

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under the sketches of the artist himself.

Gallery

File:Триптих Коммунисты. Гомер (левая часть)..jpg, Homer - the left part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих_Коммунисты._Поднимающий_знамя_(центральная_часть)._1959-1960г..jpg, Raising the banner - the central part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих Коммунисты. Интернационал (правая часть)..jpg, International - the right part of the triptych "The Communists" File:Триптих Опалённые огнём войны. Следы войны (левая часть). 1962-1964 г..jpg, Traces of war File:Влюбленные. 1959 г..jpg, Lovers File:Триптих Опалённые огнём войны. Мать (центральная часть). 1962-1964 г..jpg, Mother

References

External links

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1925 births 2012 deaths 20th-century Russian painters 21st-century Russian painters Artists from Moscow Full Members of the Russian Academy of Arts Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1963–1967 Members of the Supreme Soviet of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic, 1975–1980 People's Artists of the RSFSR (visual arts) People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts) Recipients of the Order of Lenin Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour Recipients of the USSR State Prize Socialist realist artists Russian communists 20th-century Russian educators Russian male painters Soviet educators Soviet painters {{Russia-painter-stub