Oil painting Still life Grigoryev Sergey Alekseevich

№Vern 1611


*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "Still life"
* ARTISTS: Grigoryev Sergey Alekseevich
* SIZE: 50x40 cm/'19.68x15.74 inches', frame size: 62x52 cm/'24.40x20.47 inches'
* MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
* This item was auctioned in Kiev auction

About the artist: Outstanding Soviet painter and graphic artist. People's Artist of the USSR.
Sergey Alekseevich Grigoriev was born on June 22 (July 5), 1910, the eleventh child in a large family of an employee of the railway in the city of Lugansk.
In 1911, the family of the future artist moved to the city of Aleksandrovsk (in 1921 it was renamed to Zaporizhia).
S.A. Grigoriev studied: from 1923 to 1926 - at the Zaporizhzhya art and vocational school with V.N. Nevsky, M.N. Kuznetsov, S.Z. Kochergina, from 1926 to 1927 - at the Higher art and technical workshops (VKHUTEMAS, Moscow) by V.A. Favorsky, from 1928 to 1932 - at the Kiev Art Institute at F.G. Krichevsky, F.S.Krasitsky.
In 1929 he joined the student organization "Association of Young Artists of Ukraine".
After graduation, Sergey Grigoryev moved to Kharkov, where he works at the Mistetsvo Publishing House. He creates a series of posters “Leading Workers of Donbass”, “Give Contact”, “Give the Country Bread”, “Komsomol”.
In 1933 - the beginning of pedagogical activity - the artist was appointed to the position of an assistant in drawing and graphics at the Kharkov Art Institute.
In the same year, the artist’s painting was selected to participate in the Exhibition of Soviet Art in Warsaw.
In 1934 S.A.
In 1948, the artist was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1950 - the Stalin Prize was awarded for the paintings “Goalkeeper” and “Admission to the Komsomol”.
In 1951 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and the Stalin Prize for the painting "Discussion of the Two."
From 1951 to 1955, Sergey Alekseevich Grigoriev was rector of the Kiev State Art Institute.
In 1953 he was elected a corresponding member, and in 1958 - a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts.
From 1958 until the end of his life he headed the Creative workshops of the Academy of Arts of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1974 awarded the title "People's Artist of the USSR"
S.A. Grigoriev died on April 9, 1988. He was buried at the Baykovsky cemetery in Kiev.
The artist’s works are presented in the State Tretyakov Gallery, the National Art Museum of Ukraine, the Kiev Museum of Russian Art, Odessa, Poltava, Chernihiv and Kharkov Art Museums, the Zaporizhzhya Museum of Local Lore, the National Museum in Lviv, the National Art Gallery of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (Sofia), the Gekosso Gallery ( Tokyo, Japan) and in other museum, gallery and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.