Yuri Neprintsev
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, Georgia
- October 20, 1996, Saint Petersburg
, Russia) - Soviet
, Russian
painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, People's Artist of USSR, a member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR
, lived and worked in Leningrad
, regarded by art historian Sergei V. Ivanov as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
, most famous for his genre and battle paintings.
, Georgia
, Russian Empire
. He came from the nobility. His father, Neprintsev Mikhail Nikolaevich was an architect, a Honored Art Worker of Science and Technology of the Georgian SSR (1946).
In 1926 Yuri Neprintsev comes to Leningrad
to continue his education. In years of 1926-1930, he studied of prof. Vasily Savinsky private art studio. Since 1929, Yuri Neprintsev begins to work the designer and graphic artist in the palace-museums of Leningrad and the Pushkin town. In 1932–1934 years he worked as illustrator for magazines and publishing houses of Leningrad.
In 1934, Yuri Neprintsev entered at the third course of painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He studied of Pavel Naumov, Alexander Lubimov, and Isaak Brodsky
, who 30 years ago was also a student of Vasily Savinsky.
Together with Yuri Neprintsev in Isaak Brodsky
workshop studied such famous Russian artists as Nikolai Timkov
, Piotr Belousov
, Alexander Laktionov, Piotr Vasiliev
, Mikhail Kozell
, and others.
In 1938, Yuri Neprintsev graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Isaak Brodsky
warkshop. His graduation work was painting named "Alexander Pushkin in Mikhailovskoe village", devoted to the memory of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). In 1940 Yuri Neprintsev was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists
.
Since 1928 Yuri Neprintsev has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre and historical compositions, landscapes. Yuri Neprintsev worked in oil painting, pencil drawings, watercolors, book illustration. Solo exhibitions by Yuri Neprintsev were in 1959 (Moscow, Leningrad
, Sverdlovsk
, Gorky
, and Saratov
), and in 1989 (Leningrad).
After graduation Yuri Neprintsev continued his education in postgraduate institute under leadership of prof. Rudolf Frentz
and prof. Boris Ioganson
. At the same time he taught at the Department of the Drawing.
In 1941 Yuri Neprintsev voluntarily joined the Red Army
. He fought in the second world war
, he served in the Baltic Fleet
. In 1944 Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the Order of the Red Star
. He had demobilized in 1946.
In the postwar years, Yuri Neprintsev created a series of paintings devoted to the heroic struggle of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany: "The last grenade" (1948), "Lisa Chaikina" (1949), "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin" (1951, Stalin Prize of the first degree (1952), "The story of the father" (1955).
The outstanding work of art by Yuri Neprintsev was painting "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin". It by means of painting skillfully expressed the idea of the spiritual unity of the people in wartime. The painting entered the golden fund of Soviet art, as one of the best embodiment of the image of Soviet man.
The original version of painting "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin" (1951) was gifted for Mao Zedong. In 1953 the second version was painted by Yuri Neprintsev for Kremlin. In 1955 he painted the third version for the Tretyakov Gallery
.
Over the 50 years, Yuri Neprintsev combined her creative activities with pedagogical work. He taught in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin since 1938. He was professor of painting (1954–1996), a head of personal workshop and graphical department of Repin Institute of Arts.
In year 1953 Yuri Neprintsev was elected Corresponding Member of Academy of Arts of the USSR. in 1970 he was elected member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
In 1956 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation. In year 1963, Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of USSR.
In 1969 Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor, in 1979 – the Order of Lenin
.
Yuri Neprintsev was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
(before 1992 – the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation since 1938.
Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev died on October 20, 1996 in Saint Petersburg. Paintings by Yuri Neprintsev are in State Russian Museum, State Treryakov Gallery
, in the numerous Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, China, Ukraine, Italy, Japan, and other countries.
Tbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
- October 20, 1996, 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...
, Russia) - 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....
, 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....
painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, People's Artist of USSR, a member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR
Imperial Academy of Arts
The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, was founded in 1757 by Ivan Shuvalov under the name Academy of the Three Noblest Arts. Catherine the Great renamed it the Imperial Academy of Arts and commissioned a new building, completed 25 years later in 1789...
, lived and worked in Leningrad
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...
, regarded by art historian Sergei V. Ivanov as one of the brightest 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 :...
, most famous for his genre and battle paintings.
Biography
Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev was born August 15, 1909, in TbilisiTbilisi
Tbilisi is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari River. The name is derived from an early Georgian form T'pilisi and it was officially known as Tiflis until 1936...
, Georgia
Georgia (country)
Georgia is a sovereign state in the Caucasus region of Eurasia. Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, it is bounded to the west by the Black Sea, to the north by Russia, to the southwest by Turkey, to the south by Armenia, and to the southeast by Azerbaijan. The capital of...
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
. He came from the nobility. His father, Neprintsev Mikhail Nikolaevich was an architect, a Honored Art Worker of Science and Technology of the Georgian SSR (1946).
In 1926 Yuri Neprintsev comes to Leningrad
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...
to continue his education. In years of 1926-1930, he studied of prof. Vasily Savinsky private art studio. Since 1929, Yuri Neprintsev begins to work the designer and graphic artist in the palace-museums of Leningrad and the Pushkin town. In 1932–1934 years he worked as illustrator for magazines and publishing houses of Leningrad.
In 1934, Yuri Neprintsev entered at the third course of painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He studied of Pavel Naumov, Alexander Lubimov, and Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky , was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.Brodsky was...
, who 30 years ago was also a student of Vasily Savinsky.
Together with Yuri Neprintsev in Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky , was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.Brodsky was...
workshop studied such famous Russian artists as Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Timkov
Nikolai Efimovich Timkov - Soviet Russian painter, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists , lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, worldwide known for his landscape...
, Piotr Belousov
Piotr Belousov
Piotr Petrovich Belousov – Soviet, Russian painter, graphic artist, art teacher, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, People's Artist of USSR, Corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR, who lived and worked in Leningrad...
, Alexander Laktionov, Piotr Vasiliev
Piotr Vasiliev
Piotr Konstantinovich Vasiliev was Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.- Biography :...
, Mikhail Kozell
Mikhail Kozell
Mikhail Georgievich Kozell - Soviet Russian painter and Art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his landscape painting.- Biography :...
, and others.
In 1938, Yuri Neprintsev graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Brodsky
Isaak Izrailevich Brodsky , was a Soviet painter whose work provided a blueprint for the art movement of socialist realism. He is known for his iconic portrayals of Lenin and idealized, carefully crafted paintings dedicated to the events of the Russian Civil War and Bolshevik Revolution.Brodsky was...
warkshop. His graduation work was painting named "Alexander Pushkin in Mikhailovskoe village", devoted to the memory of the great Russian poet Alexander Pushkin (1799–1837). In 1940 Yuri Neprintsev was admitted to the Leningrad 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...
.
Since 1928 Yuri Neprintsev has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre and historical compositions, landscapes. Yuri Neprintsev worked in oil painting, pencil drawings, watercolors, book illustration. Solo exhibitions by Yuri Neprintsev were in 1959 (Moscow, Leningrad
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...
, Sverdlovsk
Yekaterinburg
Yekaterinburg is a major city in the central part of Russia, the administrative center of Sverdlovsk Oblast. Situated on the eastern side of the Ural mountain range, it is the main industrial and cultural center of the Urals Federal District with a population of 1,350,136 , making it Russia's...
, Gorky
Gorky
Gorky may refer to:People:*Maxim Gorky , Russian author and political activist, founder of socialist realism*Arshile Gorky , Armenian/American abstract expressionist painterInhabited localities:...
, and Saratov
Saratov
-Modern Saratov:The Saratov region is highly industrialized, due in part to the rich in natural and industrial resources of the area. The region is also one of the more important and largest cultural and scientific centres in Russia...
), and in 1989 (Leningrad).
After graduation Yuri Neprintsev continued his education in postgraduate institute under leadership of prof. Rudolf Frentz
Rudolf Frentz
Rudolf Rudolfovich Frentz - Soviet, Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad, member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, regarded as one of the founder and representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his...
and prof. 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,...
. At the same time he taught at the Department of the Drawing.
In 1941 Yuri Neprintsev voluntarily joined the Red Army
Red Army
The Workers' and Peasants' Red Army started out as the Soviet Union's revolutionary communist combat groups during the Russian Civil War of 1918-1922. It grew into the national army of the Soviet Union. By the 1930s the Red Army was among the largest armies in history.The "Red Army" name refers to...
. He fought in the second world war
Eastern Front (World War II)
The Eastern Front of World War II was a theatre of World War II between the European Axis powers and co-belligerent Finland against the Soviet Union, Poland, and some other Allies which encompassed Northern, Southern and Eastern Europe from 22 June 1941 to 9 May 1945...
, he served in the Baltic Fleet
Baltic Fleet
The Twice Red Banner Baltic Fleet - is the Russian Navy's presence in the Baltic Sea. In previous historical periods, it has been part of the navy of Imperial Russia and later the Soviet Union. The Fleet gained the 'Twice Red Banner' appellation during the Soviet period, indicating two awards of...
. In 1944 Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the Order of the Red Star
Order of the Red Star
Established on 6 April 1930, the Order of the Red Star was an order of the Soviet Union, given to Red Army and Soviet Navy personnel for "exceptional service in the cause of the defense of the Soviet Union in both war and peace". It was established by Resolution of the Presidium of the CEC of the...
. He had demobilized in 1946.
In the postwar years, Yuri Neprintsev created a series of paintings devoted to the heroic struggle of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany: "The last grenade" (1948), "Lisa Chaikina" (1949), "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin" (1951, Stalin Prize of the first degree (1952), "The story of the father" (1955).
The outstanding work of art by Yuri Neprintsev was painting "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin". It by means of painting skillfully expressed the idea of the spiritual unity of the people in wartime. The painting entered the golden fund of Soviet art, as one of the best embodiment of the image of Soviet man.
The original version of painting "Rest after the battle. Vasily Terkin" (1951) was gifted for Mao Zedong. In 1953 the second version was painted by Yuri Neprintsev for Kremlin. In 1955 he painted the third version for the Tretyakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
.
Over the 50 years, Yuri Neprintsev combined her creative activities with pedagogical work. He taught in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin since 1938. He was professor of painting (1954–1996), a head of personal workshop and graphical department of Repin Institute of Arts.
In year 1953 Yuri Neprintsev was elected Corresponding Member of Academy of Arts of the USSR. in 1970 he was elected member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
In 1956 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation. In year 1963, Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the honorary title of People's Artist of USSR.
In 1969 Yuri Neprintsev was awarded the Order of Red Banner of Labor, in 1979 – the Order of Lenin
Order of Lenin
The Order of Lenin , named after the leader of the Russian October Revolution, was the highest decoration bestowed by the Soviet Union...
.
Yuri Neprintsev 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 – the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation since 1938.
Yuri Mikhailovich Neprintsev died on October 20, 1996 in Saint Petersburg. Paintings by Yuri Neprintsev are in State Russian Museum, State Treryakov Gallery
Tretyakov Gallery
The State Tretyakov Gallery is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, the foremost depository of Russian fine art in the world.The gallery's history starts in 1856 when the Moscow merchant Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov acquired works by Russian artists of his day with the aim of creating a collection,...
, in the numerous Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, China, Ukraine, Italy, Japan, and other countries.
See also
- Leningrad School of PaintingLeningrad School of PaintingThe 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 :...
- List of Russian artists
- List of 20th century Russian painters
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- Saint Petersburg Union of ArtistsSaint Petersburg Union of ArtistsUnion 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...