Nikolai Mukho
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Nikolai Antonovich Mukho ' onMouseout='HidePop("53015")' href="/topics/Kronstadt">Kronstadt
, Saint Petersburg Governorate
, Russian Empire
- August 6, 1986, Leningrad
, USSR) - Soviet
, Russian
painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
, most famous for his portrait painting.
, a Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island
, 30 kilometers west of Saint Petersburg
near the head of the Gulf of Finland
.
From 1934–1940, Nikolai Mukho studied at Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. After graduation in 1940 Nikolai Mukho entered in the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In August 1941 Nikolai Mukho was drafted into the Red Army. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in the defense of Leningrad. After being wounded and demobilization in late 1943, Nikolai Mukho returned to the institute. He studied of Mikhail Bernshtein, Semion Abugov, Alexander Zaytsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Gleb Savinov
.
In 1950 Nikolai Mukho graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin in Boris Ioganson
personal workshop. His graduation work was genre painting named "The Leningrad Metro", dedicated to the builders of subway in Leningrad
(first stations were opened in 1950).
Since 1951 Nikolai Mukho has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre and historical compositions, seascapes, landscapes, sketches from the life. In 1957 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. His solo exhibition was in Leningrad in 1989.
Leading place in the works of Nikolai Mukho occupied the theme of the sea and life of coastal cities. The artist worked in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
, Murmansk
, Sevastopol
, Kronstadt
, on the Northern Dvina
. The recognition received as a master of sketches painted from the life. The works of Nicholas Mukho distinguished decorative, bright saturated colors, and vigorous touch, playing a constructive role. Master of the plain-air paintings.
Nikolai Antonovich Mukho died on August 6, 1986 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, Japan, and other countries.
Kronstadt
Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also...
, Saint Petersburg Governorate
Saint Petersburg Governorate
Saint Petersburg Governorate , or Government of Saint Petersburg, was an administrative division of the Russian Empire, which existed in 1708–1927....
, Russian Empire
Russian Empire
The Russian Empire was a state that existed from 1721 until the Russian Revolution of 1917. It was the successor to the Tsardom of Russia and the predecessor of the Soviet Union...
- August 6, 1986, Leningrad
Leningrad
Leningrad is the former name of Saint Petersburg, Russia.Leningrad may also refer to:- Places :* Leningrad Oblast, a federal subject of Russia, around Saint Petersburg* Leningrad, Tajikistan, capital of Muminobod district in Khatlon Province...
, USSR) - Soviet
Soviet Union
The Soviet Union , officially the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics , was a constitutionally socialist state that existed in Eurasia between 1922 and 1991....
, Russian
Russians
The Russian people are an East Slavic ethnic group native to Russia, speaking the Russian language and primarily living in Russia and neighboring countries....
painter, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
, most famous for his portrait painting.
Biography
Nikolai Antonovich Mukho was born December 6, 1913, in KronstadtKronstadt
Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also...
, a Russian seaport town, located on Kotlin Island
Kotlin Island
Kotlin is a Russian island, located near the head of the Gulf of Finland, west of Saint Petersburg in the Baltic Sea. Kotlin separates the Neva Bay from the rest of the gulf...
, 30 kilometers west of Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg
Saint Petersburg is a city and a federal subject of Russia located on the Neva River at the head of the Gulf of Finland on the Baltic Sea...
near the head of the Gulf of Finland
Gulf of Finland
The Gulf of Finland is the easternmost arm of the Baltic Sea. It extends between Finland and Estonia all the way to Saint Petersburg in Russia, where the river Neva drains into it. Other major cities around the gulf include Helsinki and Tallinn...
.
From 1934–1940, Nikolai Mukho studied at Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. After graduation in 1940 Nikolai Mukho entered in the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In August 1941 Nikolai Mukho was drafted into the Red Army. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in the defense of Leningrad. After being wounded and demobilization in late 1943, Nikolai Mukho returned to the institute. He studied of Mikhail Bernshtein, Semion Abugov, Alexander Zaytsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Gleb Savinov
Gleb Savinov
Gleb Alexandrovich Savinov - Soviet, Russian painter, Art teacher, Honored Artist of Russian Federation, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the leading representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre and portrait painting.- Biography :Gleb...
.
In 1950 Nikolai Mukho graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin in Boris Ioganson
Boris Ioganson
Boris Vladimirovich Ioganson was a Russian painter.Ioganson was born in Moscow. His father's Swedish ancestors russified the surname "Johanson"" into "Ioganson." Ioganson attended the Moscow School of Art and studied under Kasatkin and Malyutin. He was a member of the Society of Young Artists,...
personal workshop. His graduation work was genre painting named "The Leningrad Metro", dedicated to the builders of subway in Leningrad
Saint Petersburg Metro
The Saint Petersburg Metro is the underground railway system in Saint Petersburg and Leningrad Oblast, Russia. It has been open since November 15, 1955.Formerly known as the V.I...
(first stations were opened in 1950).
Since 1951 Nikolai Mukho has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre and historical compositions, seascapes, landscapes, sketches from the life. In 1957 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. His solo exhibition was in Leningrad in 1989.
Leading place in the works of Nikolai Mukho occupied the theme of the sea and life of coastal cities. The artist worked in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk
-Demographics:Most residents are ethnic Russians, but there also exists a sizable population of Koreans. Of the 43,000 Sakhalin Koreans, half are estimated to live in Yuzhno-Sakhalinsk, comprising roughly 12% of the city's population...
, Murmansk
Murmansk
Murmansk is a city and the administrative center of Murmansk Oblast, Russia. It serves as a seaport and is located in the extreme northwest part of Russia, on the Kola Bay, from the Barents Sea on the northern shore of the Kola Peninsula, not far from Russia's borders with Norway and Finland...
, Sevastopol
Sevastopol
Sevastopol is a city on rights of administrative division of Ukraine, located on the Black Sea coast of the Crimea peninsula. It has a population of 342,451 . Sevastopol is the second largest port in Ukraine, after the Port of Odessa....
, Kronstadt
Kronstadt
Kronstadt , also spelled Kronshtadt, Cronstadt |crown]]" and Stadt for "city"); is a municipal town in Kronshtadtsky District of the federal city of St. Petersburg, Russia, located on Kotlin Island, west of Saint Petersburg proper near the head of the Gulf of Finland. Population: It is also...
, on the Northern Dvina
Northern Dvina
The Northern Dvina is a river in Northern Russia flowing through the Vologda Oblast and Arkhangelsk Oblast into the Dvina Bay of the White Sea. Along with the Pechora River to the east, it drains most of Northwest Russia into the Arctic Ocean...
. The recognition received as a master of sketches painted from the life. The works of Nicholas Mukho distinguished decorative, bright saturated colors, and vigorous touch, playing a constructive role. Master of the plain-air paintings.
Nikolai Antonovich Mukho died on August 6, 1986 in Leningrad. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, France, England, USA, Japan, and other countries.
See also
- Leningrad School of PaintingLeningrad School of PaintingThe Leningrad School of Painting - a group of Soviet painters, established in Leningrad in 1930–1950 years around reformed Imperial Academy of Fine Arts and unified by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists .- History :...
- List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
- List of the Russian Landscape painters
- Saint Petersburg Union of ArtistsSaint Petersburg Union of ArtistsUnion of Artists of Saint Petersburg was established on August 2, 1932, as creative union of the Leningrad artists and arts critics. Prior to 1959, was called "Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists". Since 1959 was called as Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation...