Yevsey Moiseyenko | |
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Born | Yevsey Yevseyevich Moiseyenko (1916-08-28)28 August 1916 Uvarovichi, Gomelsky Uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire |
Died | 29 November 1988(1988-11-29) (aged 72) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union |
Nationality | Russian |
Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
Notable work | Mothers, Sisters (1967) Cherry (1969) |
Movement | Realism |
Awards | Hero of Socialist Labour (1986) |
Yevsey Yevseyevich Moiseyenko (Russian: Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко; 28 August [O.S. 15 August] 1916 – 29 November 1988) was a Soviet and Russian painter and pedagogue. People's Painter of the USSR (1970) and Hero of Socialist Labour (1986).
Biography
Since 1936 Moiseenko lived in Leningrad. He was trained at the Academy of Arts under Alexander Osmerkin and taught at the Academy from 1947, becoming a professor in 1957. Moiseyenko developed the theme of romantic heroism, which can be seen his paintings such as The Reds Came, 1961; Comrades, 1964; Cherry, 1969; all of which are exhibited in the State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg.
In 1974, Moiseyenko was awarded the Lenin Prize. The poetry of the village and city landscapes is demonstrated in Tulsky Lane, Leningrad, 1963, (in the State Russian Museum), while Boys, painted in 1974 and exhibited in the Tretyakov Gallery, captures the romanticism of youth.
He also painted portraits: portrait of artist A. A. Osmerkin, 1970; portrait of art historian G. V. Kekusheva, 1971, exhibited at the State Russian Museum and still-lives. The series of paintings Memory (1976–1980) was awarded the USSR State Prize in 1983. During the last years of his life he worked on a series devoted to Alexander Pushkin, to the Poet's Memory, 1985. He lived on 56 Suvorovsky Avenue, where a memorial plaque is located. He was buried at Literatorskie Mostki in the Volkovo Cemetery.
See also
- Fine Art of Leningrad
- Leningrad School of Painting
- List of 20th-century Russian painters
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- List of Russian artists
- Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
References
- The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.350.
- "The Russian Museum". Rusmuseum.ru. Archived from the original on 2013-07-05. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
- "tretyakovgallery.ru". tretyakovgallery.ru. Retrieved 2013-02-11.
Sources
- Кекушева-Новосадюк Г. В. Евсей Евсеевич Моисеенко. Л., 1977;
- Леонова Н. Г. Евсей Моисеенко. Л., 1989.
External links
- Овсепян И. Этюд в невеселых тонах // Советская Белоруссия, No.137 (24520), 23 июля 2014
- 1916 births
- 1988 deaths
- 20th-century Russian male artists
- 20th-century Russian painters
- People from Gomelsky Uyezd
- Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
- Leningrad School artists
- Repin Institute of Arts alumni
- Heroes of Socialist Labour
- People's Artists of the RSFSR (visual arts)
- People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)
- Recipients of the Lenin Prize
- Recipients of the Order of Friendship of Peoples
- Recipients of the Order of Lenin
- Recipients of the Order of the Red Banner of Labour
- Recipients of the USSR State Prize
- Russian genre painters
- Russian landscape painters
- Russian male painters
- Russian portrait painters
- Russian printmakers
- Russian still life painters
- Soviet painters
- Soviet printmakers