Yuri Nilovich Tulin (; August 14, 1921 – April 27, 1988) was a

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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 portraits and historical paintings.

Biography

Yuri Nilovich Tulin was born August 14, 1921, in village of

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. In 1922, Tulin family moved to Petrograd. In the years 1930–1936 Yuri Tulin visited private Art studio of

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and Pavel Mikhailov, then Art studio at the Leningrad Palace of Young Pioneers. In 1937–1941 he studied at the Secondary Art School at the All-Russian Academy of Fine Arts, pupil of Piotr Kazakov and Alexander Zaitsev. In 1941, Yuri Tulin entered the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. After beginning of

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Yuri Tulin remained in Leningrad, he worked at the plant. In 1944, after the liberation of Leningrad from the enemy's blockade and the return from evacuation institute Yuri Tulin resume classes at the faculty of painting. He studied of Mikhail Bernshtein,

Genrikh Pavlovsky Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky () (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the fo ...

, Alexander Zaytsev. In 1950, Yuri Tulin graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin in

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personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "Sergei Kirov in Khibin Mountains", dedicated to industrial development of the

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. Since 1948, Yuri Tulin has participated in Art Exhibitions. Painted portraits, genre and historical compositions, landscapes, worked in oil painting and drawing. His solo exhibitions were in

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( 1972, 1986, 1987), Moscow (1972), and

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(2001). Widely known Yuri Tulin received for the painting "The Lena River. The Year of 1912." (1957,

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), award-winning Grand Prix at the International Art Exhibition in Brussels in 1958. In 1951, Yuri Tulin was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists (since 1992 known as the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists). In 1961 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation. In 1965 Tulin was awarded the honorary title of Honored Art worker of the Russian Federation. Yuri Nilovich Tulin died on April 27, 1983, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in

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, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in Russia, China, England, in the U.S., Japan, France,''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.51. and throughout the world.

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* ''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. 51. * ''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. 9, 15, 20, 371, 388-400, 404, 406, 439, 442. , . {{DEFAULTSORT:Tulin, Yuri 1921 births 1986 deaths People from Tver Oblast Soviet painters Socialist realist artists Leningrad School artists Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists Tavricheskaya Art School alumni Leningrad Secondary Art School alumni Repin Institute of Arts alumni Honored Artists of the Russian Federation 20th-century Russian male artists

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