Olga Bogaevskaya

Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya
Born	25 October 1915 Petrograd, Russian Empire
Died	30 November 2000 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Field	Painting, Graphics
Training	Repin Institute of Arts
Movement	Realism

Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya (Russian: Ольга Бори́совна Богае́вская, 25 October 1915, Petrograd, Russian Empire - 30 November 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Russian Soviet painter and graphic artist, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg - Petrograd - Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists,^[1] regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad School of painting.^[2]

Biography

Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya was born October 25, 1915, in Petrograd in the family of scientist, archaeologist, and art historian. She studied at the Art and Industry College where she was a student of Dmitry Zagoskin (1931–1932). Then continued education in the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where she was a student of Sergei Priselkov, Genrikh Pavlovsky, David Bernshtein, and Alexander Osmerkin (1933–1940). In 1940 Olga Bogaevskaya graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Alexander Osmerkin workshop with the rank of artist of painting. His degree work was a painting titled "Meting of girlfriend".^[3]

In 1940 Olga Bogaevskaya married a fellow student at the institute artist Gleb Savinov. In 1940-1941, she taught painting at the Secondary Art School at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Olga Bogaevskaya was a regular participant of exhibitions of Leningrad artists since the late 1940s. She was a talented colorist. The leading theme of her work - child portrait, still life in the interior and exterior. Since 1940 Bogaevskaya was a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Works of 1950-1960's nominated her of the leading painters of Leningrad.

Among the most famous works of Olga Bogaevskaya are paintings "The Breakfast", "Cadets" (both 1947), "Peaceful sleep"^[4] (1951), "Still Life with Strawberries", "Girls", "Flowers. Still life"^[5] (all 1956), "In the garden", "Girl with Dolls"^[6] (both 1957), "Guests",^[7] "Apples"^[8] (both 1960), "Wedding"^[9] (1967), "Still Life with Tray", "Roses"^[10] (both 1972), "Katia with the Doll", "Still life with a Bird"^[11] (both 1976), "Children's Holiday"^[12] (1980), "A Spring" (1990).

Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya died on 30 November 2000 in Saint Petersburg at the eighty-sixth year of life. Her paintings reside in State Russian Museum in Saint Petersburg, in museums and private collections in Russia,^[13] Italy,^[14] Britain,^[15] France,^[16] in the U.S., Japan, and other countries.

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
• List of the Russian Landscape painters
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

References

1. ^ Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p.15.
2. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp.9, 15, 20, 21, 24, 385, 387-393, 395, 397, 399-402, 405, 407, 439, 445.
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.52.
4. ^ Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1951. Exhibition Catalogue. - Leningrad: Lenizdat Edition, 1951. - p.8.
5. ^ The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Leningrad artist, 1958. - p.7.
6. ^ 1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. - p.9.
7. ^ Time for change. The Art of 1960-1985 in the Soviet Union. - Saint Petersburg: State Russian Museum, 2006. - p. 170.
8. ^ Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. -p.10.
9. ^ The Soviet Russia the Third Republic Exhibition of 1967. Catalogue. - Moscow: Ministery of culture of the Russian Federation, 1967. - p.19.
10. ^ Across the Motherland Exhibition of Leningrad artists. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. - p.10.
11. ^ Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of October Revolution. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1982. - p.12.
12. ^ * Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. - p.10.
13. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.
14. ^ Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya. - Torino: Galleria PIRRA, 1996.
15. ^ Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0953206106, ISBN 978-0953206100.
16. ^ L' Ecole de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. — Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 21 Decembre 1990. — р.58-59.

Bibliography

• Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1951. Exhibition Catalogue. - Leningrad: Lenizdat Edition, 1951. - p. 8.
• The Fall Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1956. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Leningrad artist, 1958. - p. 7.
• 1917 - 1957. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1958. - p. 9.
• Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1963. -p. 7.
• Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1960. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1961. -p. 10.
• Soviet Russia. Republican exhibition of 1960. Catalogue. - Moscow: Ministry of culture of Russian Federation, 1960. - p. 17.
• Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1961. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. -p. 10.
• The Leningrad Fine Arts Exhibition. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1964. - p. 11.
• Spring Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1965. Exhibition Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1970. - p. 9.
• The Soviet Russia the Second Republic Exhibition of 1965. Exhibition catalogue. - Moscow: Soviet Artist, 1965. - p. 12.
• The Soviet Russia the Third Republic Exhibition of 1967. Catalogue. - Moscow: Ministry of culture of the Russian Federation, 1967. - p. 19.
• Our Contemporary. Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1971. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1972. - p. 9.
• Across the Motherland Exhibition of Leningrad artists. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1974. - p. 10.
• Our Contemporary. Regional exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1975. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. - p. 12.
• The Fine Arts of Leningrad. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1976. - p. 15.
• Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists dedicated to the 60th Anniversary of October Revolution. Catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1982. - p. 12.
• Regional Exhibition of works by Leningrad artists of 1980. Exhibition catalogue. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1983. - p. 10.
• Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 15.
• L' Ecole de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. — Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 21 Decembre 1990. — р.58-59.
• Olga Borisovna Bogaevskaya. - Torino: Galleria PIRRA, 1996.
• Link of Times: 1932 - 1997. Artists - Members of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists of Russia. Exhibition catalogue. - Saint Petersburg: Manezh Central Exhibition Hall, 1997. - p. 283-284.
• Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0953206106, ISBN 978-0953206100.
• Time for change. The Art of 1960-1985 in the Soviet Union. - Saint Petersburg: State Russian Museum, 2006. - p. 170.
• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 9, 15, 20, 21, 24, 385, 387-393, 395, 397, 399-402, 405, 407, 439, 445. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
• 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. 43-46, 48. ISBN 978-5-903677-01-6.

External links

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

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Name	Bogaevskaya, Olga
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Date of birth	25 October 1915
Place of birth	Petrograd, Russian Empire
Date of death	30 November 2000
Place of death	Saint Petersburg, Russia