Sergei Yefimovich Zakharov (; November 26, 1900, in the town of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky, Sakalin Province, Russian Empire – January 24, 1993, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian

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painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, and interior designer.He lived and worked in Leningrad (now

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). He was a member of the

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, and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting and graphics, most famous for his watercolors of fruits and flowers.

Biography

Sergei Yefimovich Zakharov was born on November 26, 1900, in the town of Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky located on

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near the Tatar Strait on the western shores of Northern Sakhalin, at the foot of the Western Sakhalin Mountains. In 1927, Sergei Zakharov graduated from the Tomsk Institute of Architecture and Construction. Starting in 1928, Zakharov participated in art exhibitions. He painted still lifes, portraits, landscapes, genre scenes, and he worked in watercolours, tempera, and monumental painting. From the 1930 to the 1950s, Zakharov worked a lot in

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, where he designed the interiors of public buildings. In 1951 he was awarded the honorary title of the Honored Art Worker of the Tadzhik Republic. Zakharov was most famous for his watercolour paintings of fruits and flowers, and also for paintings devoted to

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. He is regarded as an outstanding master of watercolours, working in the technique of watercolour pouring. His personal exhibitions were in Leningrad (1951, 1980, 1984), Saint Petersburg (1996), and Moscow (1961, 1965). Zakharov became a member of the

in 1938. Sergei Efimovich Zakharov died in Saint Petersburg in 1993. His paintings and watercolors reside in the

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, and scattered across numerous art museums and private collections in Russia, Italy, England, the United States, and throughout the world.''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Volume 4, part 1''. - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983. - pp. 254–255.

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* ''Artists of the USSR. Biography and Bibliography Dictionary. Vol. 4, Part 1''. - Moscow: Iskusstvo, 1983. - pp. 254–255. * ''Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation.'' - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 47. * ''Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s''. - London: Izomar, 1998. , . * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 244, 245, 363, 382–385, 387–391, 394, 396–398, 400, 401, 411, 413–415, 418–420, 442–444. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Zakharov, Sergei 1900 births 1993 deaths People from Alexandrovsk-Sakhalinsky District People from Primorskaya Oblast 20th-century Russian painters Russian male painters Soviet painters Leningrad School artists Russian watercolorists Socialist realist artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Russian still life painters 20th-century Russian male artists Soviet designers Interior designers

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