Semion Lvovich Abugov (russian: Семён Львович Абугов) (30 December 1877 in

Byerazino Byerazino ( be, Беразіно́, Bierazino), or Berezino (russian: Березино́, pl, Berezyna, lt, Berezinas), also known as Biarezan (Бярэзань, yi, בערעזין, Berezin), is a town on the Berezina River in Minsk Region o ...

Minsk Governorate The Minsk Governorate (russian: Минская губерния, Belarusian: ) or Government of Minsk was a governorate ('' guberniya'') of the Russian Empire. The seat was in Minsk. It was created in 1793 from the land acquired in the partition ...

– 3 May 1950 in

Leningrad Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the

Leningrad Union of Artists Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg (russian: Санкт-Петербургский Союз художников) was established on August 2, 1932, as a creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, it was called " Len ...

, professor of the

Repin Institute of Arts Repin (russian: Ре́пин; masculine) or Repina (; feminine) is a Russian last name. It is derived from the sobriquet ''"репа"'' ("turnip") and may refer to the following people: *Ilya Repin (1844–1930), Ukrainian and Russian painter * Niko ...

, regarded as one of the leading art educator of the

Leningrad school of painting The Leningrad School of Painting (russian: Ленинградская школа живописи) is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was uni ...

Biography

Semion Abugov was born on 30 December 1877 in

village,

(now

Minsk Region Minsk Region or Minsk Oblast or Minsk Voblasts ( be, Мі́нская во́бласць, ''Minskaja voblasć'' ; russian: Минская о́бласть, ''Minskaya oblast'') is one of the regions of Belarus. Its administrative center is Minsk, ...

Belarus Belarus,, , ; alternatively and formerly known as Byelorussia (from Russian ). officially the Republic of Belarus,; rus, Республика Беларусь, Respublika Belarus. is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe. It is bordered by ...

). In 1900 he graduated from the Odessa Drawing School. Then studied in Saint Petersburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts from

Dmitry Kardovsky Dmitry Nicolajevich Kardovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Николаевич Кардовский; 5 September 1866 – 9 February 1943) was a Russian artist, illustrator and stage designer. Biography He was born near Pereslavl-Zalessky in the ...

and

Vladimir Makovsky Vladimir Yegorovich Makovsky (russian: Влади́мир Его́рович Мако́вский; 26 January (greg.: 7 February) 1846, Moscow – 21 February 1920, Petrograd) was a Russian painter, art collector, and teacher. Biography Makovs ...

. In 1908 he graduated from Academy of Arts with the title of the artist of painting. His graduate work was a picture named «Motherhood». Semion Abugov participated in Art Exhibitions since 1908. He painted mainly portraits and landscapes. In 1918 Abugov participated in the design of Petrograd to the first anniversary of the October Revolution. Since 1920 Abugov primarily engaged in Art teaching, at first in Art Schools and studios of Leningrad, then from 1932 at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the All-Russian Academy of Arts. He was professor of painting since 1939. Semion Abugov died on 3 May 1950 at the age of 72. He was buried in a Transfiguration Jewish cemetery in Leningrad.

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* Alexander Debler * Sergei Osipov *

Vecheslav Zagonek Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (russian: Вячесла́в Фра́нцевич Заго́нек; December 19, 1919 – June 24, 1994) was a Soviet, Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, wh ...

* Evgenia Baykova *

Victor Teterin Victor Kuzmich Teterin (russian: Ви́ктор Кузьми́ч Тете́рин; October 25, 1922 in Bakharevo, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – October 1, 1991 in Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian painter, watercolorist, and art teacher, who l ...

Evgenia Antipova Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (russian: Евге́ния Петро́вна Анти́пова; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian Soviet painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and Art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Unio ...

* Nikolai Mukho *

Nina Veselova Nina Leonidovna Veselova (russian: Ни́на Леони́довна Весело́ва; January 6, 1922, Petrograd, Soviet Russia – March 3, 1960, Leningrad, USSR) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticis ...

* Mikhail Natarevich *

Tatiana Kopnina Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Копнина́; November 11, 1921 – March 6, 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg. She is r ...

* Maria Rudnitskaya * Boris Korneev * Alexei Eriomin * Vladimir Chekalov * Elena Skuin *

Yuri Tulin Yuri Nilovich Tulin (russian: Ю́рий Ни́лович Ту́лин; August 14, 1921 in Maksatikha village, Tver Province, Soviet Russia – April 27, 1988 in Leningrad, USSR) -was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian F ...

* Marina Kozlovskaya *

Elena Kostenko Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (russian: Еле́на Миха́йловна Косте́нко; 9 August 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Ar ...

* Alexander Koroviakov * Lev Orekhov * Abram Grushko * Sergei Babkov * Natan Voronov * and a lot of others.''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.356, 359, 360, 362, 365, 367-370, 372, 379-381.

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* ''Художники народов СССР. Биобиблиографический словарь. Т. 1.'' М., Искусство, 1970. С.33. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.13, 15, 356, 359, 360, 362, 365, 367-370, 372, 379-381. {{DEFAULTSORT:Abugov, Semion 1877 births 1950 deaths People from Berazino People from Igumensky Uyezd Belarusian Jews Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Leningrad School artists Russian portrait painters Soviet realist painters 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters 20th-century Russian male artists

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