Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov (; November 22, 1921 – April 24, 1988) was a Soviet Russian painter and

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. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the

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, most famous for his portrait paintings.

Biography

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov was born November 22, 1921, in village of Nyzhnie Peny,

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) in a working-class family. Soon the family moved to industrial city Makeevka located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Province, 25 km (16 mi) from the

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city. Here, Trufanov spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for his main paintings. In 1937–1940, Trufanov studied at the Odessa Art School, which ended only after World War II in 1945. In 1941–1944, Trufanov took part in the

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. He was wounded and received military awards. In 1945, Trufanov joined the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of

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, Leonid Ovsannikov, Alexander Zaytsev. In 1951, Trufanov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in

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personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "In the headquarters of

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", dedicated to

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in the years of the

. Starting in 1951, Michael Trufanov participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre compositions and landscapes, and worked in oil painting, drawing and printing. Widely known artist received for the painting "Furnaceman" (1954,

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). Solo Exhibitions by Michael Trufanov was in Leningrad in 1986. The appearance of a new hero, a new image of working man in Soviet art of the 1950s was connected with the painting "Furnaceman" and other works by Trufanov. They embody a collective image of blast-furnace operators, miners, steelworkers, and brought the author well-deserved recognition. In 1951, Trufanov was admitted to the

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. In 1963 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation. Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov died on April 24, 1988, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in

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, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in Russia, England, China, Japan, in the U.S.,''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' — Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. — p. 204. and throughout the world.

References

Sources

* ''Lev Mochalov. Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov''. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. - 48 p. * ''Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show.'' - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism.'' - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. - , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 18, 20, 181, 233, 343, 344, 352, 371, 389–400, 402, 404–406, 439, 445 . , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Trufanov, Mikhail 1921 births 1988 deaths People from Belgorod 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 Medal "For Courage" (Russia) Honored Artists of the Russian Federation 20th-century Russian male artists

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