Ivan Grigorievich Savenko (; 17 January 1924 – 17 December 1987) was a

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painter,

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, lived and worked in

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, regarded as one of representatives of the

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, most famous for his landscape paintings.

Biography

Ivan Savenko was born on 17 January 1924 in Varvarovka village, Chernigov Province,

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, USSR. He was a veteran of World War II, was wounded and lost his right hand, he had many military orders. In 1950, Savenko graduated from Kiev Art Institute in Grigory Svetlitsky personal art studio. In 1950–1954, Savenko studied as post-graduate student in Ilya Repin Institute in Aleksandr Gerasimov art studio. Master of Art-criticism (1954).

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(1975). Since 1950, Savenko has participated in art exhibitions. He painted landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, sketches from the life. Personal exhibition in Moscow (1990). Savenko was a member of

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since 1952.''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 114. Savenko died on 17 December 1987 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in

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, in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, Ukraine, Germany, Japan, Italy, England, and throughout the world.

References

Bibliography

* ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 114. * ''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. 92. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Savenko, Ivan 1924 births 1987 deaths People from Chernihiv Oblast Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Repin Institute of Arts alumni Soviet military personnel of World War II Recipients of the Order of Glory Honored Artists of the Russian Federation