Lia Ostrova Explained

Lia Alexandrovna Ostrova
Birth Date:August 3, 1914
Birth Place:Sochi, Russian Empire
Death Date:2009
Death Place:Saint Petersburg
Field:Painting
Movement:Realism

Lia Alexandrovna Ostrova (Russian: Лия Александровна Острова; August 3, 1914  - 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad - Petersburg. Lia Ostrova regard as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.[2]

Biography

In 1939 Lia Ostrova graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Isaak Brodsky workshop with the rank of artist of painting. His degree work was a painting titled "Competition for young talents".[3]

In 1939 Lia Ostrova was adopted in the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Since 1939 she had participated in Art Exhibitions. Lia Ostrova painted portraits, landscapes, still life, genre compositions. The main theme of her creation was music, children and flowers.

See also

Sources

Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.20, 360, 372, 373, 384, 385, 388, 389, 391—393, 398, 399, 401, 405, 406, 446.,

Notes and References

  1. Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1987. C.89.
  2. Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.20, 360, 372, 373, 384, 385, 388, 389, 391—393, 398, 399, 401, 405, 406, 446.
  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.