Oleg Prokofiev

Oleg Sergeevich Prokofiev — (Олег Сергеевич Прокофьев, 14 December 1928, Paris — 20 August 1998 Guernsey) prominent artist, sculptor and a poet.

Son of the great Russian composer Sergei Prokofiev and Lina Prokofieva, he was born in Paris but at the age of seven returned with his parents to Moscow. He lived there for 35 years, becoming a member of a small group of artists defying Soviet socialist realism. His abstract meditative compositions created in the 60s are now exhibited at the Tretyakov Gallery, the national museum of Russian art in Moscow. As well as his brother Sviatoslav (born 1924) he dedicated a large part of his life to the promotion of his father's life and work.

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Name	Prokofiev, Oleg
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Date of birth	14 December 1928
Place of birth	Paris
Date of death	20 August 1998
Place of death	Guernsey