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Larina Valeria Borisovna
(1926 - 2008)

Was born 10 April 1926 in Leningrad.
In 1953 Valeria Larina graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ioganson workshop.

Pupil of Piotr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, Alexander Zaytsev.

Since 1953 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1954.
Painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, still-lifes.
Paintings by Valeria Larina are in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, England, Germane, France, and throughout the world.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Leningrad Artists Autumn Art Show of 1958. Exhibition Catalogue. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lavrenko Boris Mikhailovich
(1920 - 2000)

Was born 6 May 1920 in Rostov on Don.
In 1952 Boris Lavrenko graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Rudolf Frentz workshop.
Pupil of Mikhail Avilov, Ivan Stepashkin, Piotr Belousov, Boris Ioganson.

Since 1936 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1953.
Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (1976).
People`s Artist of the Russian Federation (1994).
Painted portraits, genre scenes, subject pictures, landscapes, still-lifes.
Master of art-criticism (1983), Professor of Ilya Repin Institute (1985).
Silver medal named by Mitrofan Grekov prize-winner (1980).
Personal Exhibitions in Leningrad (1972, 1986), St. Petersburg (1996), Moscow and Rostov on Don (1972).
Paintings by Boris LAVRENKO are in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, USA, Japan, China, Italy, and throughout the world.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Lavrenko Boris. Works of Art Exhibition. Catalogue. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1986
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lavsky Ivan Ivanovich
(1919 - 1977)

Was born 23 August 1919 in Dnepropetrovsk, Ukrain.
In 1939 Ivan Lavsky graduated from Dnepropetrovsk Art School in Mikhail Panin workshop.
Since 1947 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1956.
Painted a landscapes, genre scenes, subject pictures, views of Leningrad.
Paintings by Ivan LAVSKY are in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, Japan, England, and throughout the world.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Leningrad Artists Works of Art Exhibition. 1961. Catalogue. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Litvinsky Piotr Petrovich

Was born 22 November 1927 in Leningrad.
In 1955 Piotr Litvinsky graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Rudolf Frentz workshop.
Pupil of Piotr Belousov, Ivan Stepashkin, Ivan Sorokin.

Since 1952 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1955.
Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation (1996).
Worked as Art teacher in Vera Mukhina Institute (1962-1979), Alexander Hertzen Institute (1979-1984), Vasily Surikov Institute (since 1984).

Paint a portraits, historical and genre pictures, landscapes, still-lifes, cityscapes.
Paintings by Piotr LITVINSKY are in Art Museums and private collections in the Russia, Spaine, France, and throughout the world.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Leningrad Artists Works of Art Autumn Exhibition. 1958. Catalogue. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1959
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich

Was born 29 August 1924 in Krasny Kholm, Tver Province.
In 1952 Oleg Lomakin graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ioganson workshop.

Pupil of Mikhail Platunov, Leonid Ovsannikov, Alexander Zaytsev.

Since 1952 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1952.
Paint a portraits, genre and historical scenes, landscapes.
Honoured Artist of Russian Federation (1981).
Paintings by Oleg Lomakin are in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, USA, Japan, and throughout the world.

BIBLIOGRAPHY

Moiseeva N. Oleg Leonidovich Lomakin. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1991
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lubimov Alexander Mikhailovich
(1879-1955)

Was born 25 February 1879 in Paltsevo village, Kursk Region.
In 1895-1901 Alexander Lubimov studied in Central Technical Drawing School in St. Petersburg.
In 1909 Alexander Lubimov graduated from Higher Arts School attached to Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg.
Pupil of
Ilya Repin and Piotr Chystiakov.
Since 1900 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1932.
A Head of the Secondary Art School in Kharkov, Ukrain (1912-1919).

Professor of painting in Ilya Repin Institute (1934-1941) and Vera Mukhina Institute (1949-1955).
His pupils were the famous artists Alexander Deineka, Alexander Lactionov, Yuri Neprintsev, Alexander Gritzay, Piotr Belousov, Nikolai Timkov, Mikhail Kozell, Alexey Mozhaev.
Painted in water-colours, pencil-drawing, pen-and-drawing, oil painting.
Worked as a portrait painter and satirical black-and-white artist.
Personal Exhibitions in Leningrad (1949) and St. Petersburg (1998).
Paintings by Alexander LUBIMOV are in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, USA, and throughout the world.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Alexander Mikhailovich Lubimov. Painting, Drawing, Caricature. Moscow: Artist and Book Edition, 2001
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lukash Yakov Andreevich
(1909 - 1942)

Was born in 1909 in the village of Novaya Ukrainka, Donetsk Province, Ukrain.
In 1937-1941 Yakov Lukash studied in Ilya Repin Institute in Viktor Oreshnikov workshop.
Painted a portraits, landscapes, genre scenes.
Be lost tragically in 1942.
Personal Exhibition in Leningrad (1965).
Paintings by Yakov LUKASH are in private collections in the Russia.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Feat of Century. Artists, sculptors, architects, art-critics in the years of Great Patriotic War and Leningrad blockade. Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1969.
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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Lyapkalo Viktor Alexandrovich

Was born 18 September 1956 in Ukhta , Komi Region.
In 1987 Viktor Lyapkalo graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ugarov workshop.
Pupil of
Vladimir Gorb, Viktor Reikhet.
Since 1987 he has participated in Art Exhibitions.
Member of LCRAU since 1990.
Paint a portraits, naked models, genre scenes.
Personal Exhibitions in Marburg (1992, 1993), Munich (1994), St. Petersburg (1996,1997,1999, 2002, 2004).
Paintings by Viktor LYAPKALO are in the lot of private collections in the Russia, Germane, Holland, and throughout the world.


BIBLIOGRAPHY

Olga Krilova. Naked model in interior and without him. St. Petersburg:Smena, 12 April 1997
Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. St. - Petersburg: NP-Print, 2007
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