Viktor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov (; 20 January 1904,

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places * Perm, Russia, a city in Russia **Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 ** Perm Governorate, an administr ...

– 15 March 1987,

Leningrad Saint Petersburg, formerly known as Petrograd and later Leningrad, is the List of cities and towns in Russia by population, second-largest city in Russia after Moscow. It is situated on the Neva, River Neva, at the head of the Gulf of Finland ...

) was a Soviet and Russian painter, People's Painter of the USSR, active member of the

Soviet Academy of Arts The Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union (Russian: Акаде́мия худо́жеств СССР) was the highest artistic institution in the field of visual arts in the Soviet Union. History After the Imperial Academy of Arts was liquidated, ...

(1954–1987), Stalin Prize winner, rector of Repin Institute of Arts (1953–1978).

Biography

In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad VHUTEIN in workshop of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. In 1930-1987 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts. PhD in Art History (1937). Doctor of Fine Arts (1948).

Awards and honors

* Two Stalin Prizes, 3rd class (1948, 1950) * People's Painter of the RSFSR (1956) *

Order of the Red Banner of Labour The Order of the Red Banner of Labour () was an order of the Soviet Union established to honour great deeds and services to the Soviet state and society in the fields of production, science, culture, literature, the arts, education, sports ...

(1957) *

Order of the Badge of Honour The Order of the Badge of Honour () was a civilian award of the Soviet Union. It was established on 25 November 1935, and was conferred on citizens of the USSR for outstanding achievements in sports, production, scientific research and socia ...

(1961) * People's Painter of the USSR (1969) *

Order of Lenin The Order of Lenin (, ) was an award named after Vladimir Lenin, the leader of the October Revolution. It was established by the Central Executive Committee on 6 April 1930. The order was the highest civilian decoration bestowed by the Soviet ...

(1974) *

Order of Friendship of Peoples The Order of Friendship of Peoples () was an order of the Soviet Union, and was awarded to persons (including non-citizens), organizations, enterprises, military units, as well as administrative subdivisions of the USSR for accomplishments in s ...

(1984) *

Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" The Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin" () was a state commemorative medal of the Soviet Union established by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet on November 5, 1969 to commemo ...

Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" The Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" () was a World War II civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on June 6, 1945 by decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to recognise the valian ...

* Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad" *

Medal "Veteran of Labour" The Medal "Veteran of Labour" () was a civilian labour award of the Soviet Union established on January 18, 1974, by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the USSR to honour workers for many years of hard work in the national economy ...

Pupils

Irina Getmanskaya Irina Ivanovna Getmanskaya (; born 6 January 1939, Leningrad, USSR) is a Soviet, Russians painter and art teacher, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad bra ...

* Boris Korneev *

Alexander Koroviakov Alexander Petrovich Koroviakov (; 16 November 1912 – 12 June 1993) was a Soviet, Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningra ...

Elena Kostenko Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (; 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 Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of R ...

* Victor Otiev *

Nikolai Pozdneev Nikolai Matveevich Pozdneev (; 28 September 1930 – 10 June 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, representative of the Leningrad School of Painting, most known for h ...

Maria Rudnitskaya Maria Leonidovna Rudnitskaya (; June 17, 1916 – January 1, 1983) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, and art teacher, who lived and worked in Leningrad. She was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of re ...

* Aleksandr Sokolov *

Rostislav Vovkushevsky Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky (; March 22, 1917 – August 14, 2000) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad b ...

Sources

* ''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников. 1947 год. Живопись. Скульптура. Графика. Театрально-декорационная живопись. Каталог.'' Л., ЛССХ, 1948. * ''Бойков В. Изобразительное искусство Ленинграда. Заметки о выставке ленинградских художников.'' // Ленинградская правда, 1947, 29 ноября. * ''Аникушин М. О времени и о себе.'' // Вечерний Ленинград, 1967, 17 октября. * ''Изобразительное искусство Ленинграда. Каталог выставки''. — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1976. — с.25,40. * ''Выставка произведений ленинградских художников, посвященная 60-летию Великого Октября''. — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1982. — с.18. * Виктор Михайлович Орешников. Каталог выставки. Живопись. М: Изобразительное искусство, 1985. * ''L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 12 Mars 1990. - p. 100-101. * ''L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue.'' - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 11 Juin 1990. - p. 60-61. * ''Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.'' Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.9, 15, 19, 356, 358, 359, 362, 367–371, 383–385, 387–392, 396, 398, 399, 402, 406, 441, 443, 444. , .

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