Valeria Larina
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Valeria Borisovna Larina ' onMouseout='HidePop("42065")' href="/topics/Leningrad">Leningrad
, USSR - 2008, Saint Petersburg
, Russian Federation) was a Russian
Soviet
realist
painter, graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg
(former Leningrad). She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
(before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
.
In 1946, Valeria Larina entered at the first course of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There she studied under Piotr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, Alexander Zaytsev.
In 1953, Valeria Larina graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of painting in Boris Ioganson
workshop, together with Mark Klionsky, Leonid Kabachek, Izzat Klichev, Konstantin Molteninov, Vladimir Seleznev
, Nikolai Galakhov
, and other young artists. Her graduated work was genre painting named "Young Shipbuilders".
Since 1953, Valeria Larina has participated in Art Exhibitions. She painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes, and sketches from the life. It became the leading genre portrait of a contemporary. In 1950s she was most famous for her series of expressive portraits of steel-makers and workers from Kirov plant in Leningrad. Later she painted mainly portraits of females and etudes done from nature.
The beauty of tonal relations and soft drawing gives to her portraits the poetic sounds, raising everyday scene up to the complete and profound image. Development of a picturesque manners went in the typical for 1960 direction of strengthening decorative qualities of painting.
Since 1954, Valeria Larina was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (since 1992, named as Saint Petersburg Union of Artists).
Valeria Borisovna Larina died in Saint Petersburg
in 2008. Her paintings reside in museums and private collections in Russia, England, Germane, France, Italy, the U.S., and others.
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR - 2008, Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
, Russian Federation) was a Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
realist
Realism (visual arts)
Realism in the visual arts is a style that depicts the actuality of what the eyes can see. The term is used in different senses in art history; it may mean the same as illusionism, the representation of subjects with visual mimesis or verisimilitude, or may mean an emphasis on the actuality of...
painter, graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
(former Leningrad). She was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
Union of Artists of Saint Petersburg was established on August 2, 1932, as creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". Since 1959 was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation...
(before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
.
Biography
Valeria Borisovna Larina was born April 10, 1926, in the Leningrad, USSR.In 1946, Valeria Larina entered at the first course of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. There she studied under Piotr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, Alexander Zaytsev.
In 1953, Valeria Larina graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture as artist of painting in Boris Ioganson
Boris Ioganson
Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson was a Russian painter.Ioganson was born in Moscow. His father's Swedish ancestors russified the surname "Johanson"" into "Ioganson." Ioganson attended the Moscow School of Art and studied under Kasatkin and Malyutin. He was a member of the Society of Young Artists,...
workshop, together with Mark Klionsky, Leonid Kabachek, Izzat Klichev, Konstantin Molteninov, Vladimir Seleznev
Vladimir Seleznev
Vladimir Ivanovich Seleznev was a Soviet Russian realist painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation, regarded by art historian Sergei V...
, Nikolai Galakhov
Nikolai Galakhov
Nikolai Nikolaevich Galakhov - Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, living and working in Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape paintings....
, and other young artists. Her graduated work was genre painting named "Young Shipbuilders".
Since 1953, Valeria Larina has participated in Art Exhibitions. She painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes, and sketches from the life. It became the leading genre portrait of a contemporary. In 1950s she was most famous for her series of expressive portraits of steel-makers and workers from Kirov plant in Leningrad. Later she painted mainly portraits of females and etudes done from nature.
The beauty of tonal relations and soft drawing gives to her portraits the poetic sounds, raising everyday scene up to the complete and profound image. Development of a picturesque manners went in the typical for 1960 direction of strengthening decorative qualities of painting.
Since 1954, Valeria Larina was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists (since 1992, named as Saint Petersburg Union of Artists).
Valeria Borisovna Larina died in Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
in 2008. Her paintings reside in museums and private collections in Russia, England, Germane, France, Italy, the U.S., and others.