Mikhail Trufanov

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov
Born	November 22, 1921 Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia
Died	April 24, 1988 Leningrad, USSR
Nationality	Russian
Field	Painting
Training	Repin Institute of Arts
Movement	Realism
Awards	Honored Artist of the Russian Federation

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov (Russian: Михаи́л Па́влович Труфа́нов; November 22, 1921, Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia — April 24, 1988, Leningrad, USSR) - Soviet, Russian painter, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,^[1] most famous for his portrait paintings..

Biography

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov was born November 22, 1921, in village of Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia in the working family.

Steel-maker. 1957

Soon the family moved to industrial city Makeevka located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Province, 25 km (16 mi) from the Donetsk city. Here Mikhail Trufanov spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for his main paintings.^[2]

In 1937–1940 Michael Trufanov studied at the Odessa Art School, which ended only after World War II in 1945. In 1941-1944 Mikhail Trufanov took part in Great Patriotic War. He was wounded and has military awards.

In 1945 Michael Trufanov joined the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. He studied of Boris Fogel, Leonid Ovsannikov, Alexander Zaytsev.

A Beach in Evpatoria. 1965

In 1951 Michael Trufanov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Boris Ioganson personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "In the headquarters of Kovpak", dedicated to partisan movement in the years of Great Patriotic War.^[3]

Since 1951 Michael Trufanov has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre compositions, landscapes, worked in oil painting, drawing, printing. Widely known artist received for the pinting "Furnaceman" (1954, Tretyakov Gallery). Solo Exhibitions by Michael Trufanov was in Leningrad in 1986.

The appearance of a new hero, a new image of working man in Soviet art of 1950s was connected with painting "Furnaceman" and other works by artist Mikhail Trufanov. They embody a collective image of blast-furnace operators, miners, steelworkers, and brought the author a well-deserved recognition.^[4]

In 1951 Mikhail Trufanov was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1963 he was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of Russian Federation.

Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov died on April 24, 1988 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in Russia^[5], England^[6], China, Japan, in the U.S.^[7], and throughout the world.

References

1. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.9, 18, 20, 181, 233, 343, 344, 352, 371, 389-400, 402, 404-406, 439, 445 .
2. ^ Mikhail Trufanov. Exhibition catalogue. - Moscow: Izobrazitelnoe Iskusstvo, 1985. - p. 5.
3. ^ Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. p. 66.
4. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 371,
5. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.
6. ^ Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.
7. ^ Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. — Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. — p. 204.

Bibliography

• Lev Mochalov. Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1965. - 48 p.
• Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.
• Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0953206106, ISBN 978-0953206100.
• Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. - ISBN 1851492801, ISBN 978-1851492800.
• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 18, 20, 181, 233, 343, 344, 352, 371, 389-400, 402, 404-406, 439, 445 . ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.

See also

• Leningrad School of Painting
• List of Russian artists
• List of 20th century Russian painters
• List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

External links

• Mikhail Trufanov on the "Unknown Socialist Realism. Quests and Discoveries".
• Sergei V. Ivanov. The Leningrad School of painting. Historical outline.
• Chronology of the Leningrad School of painting.

Persondata
Name	Trufanov, Mikhail
Alternative names
Short description	Artist
Date of birth	November 22, 1921
Place of birth	Nyzhnie Peny, Kursk Province, Soviet Russia
Date of death	1988
Place of death	Leningrad, USSR