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Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov 1916-1997

Painting by Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 - May 13, 1997)

Good-bye, earthlings. 1979 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin). Painting by Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 – May 13, 1997)

Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov
Born July 21, 1916 in the village of Verkhne-Pavlovka of Lipetsk region, Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov grew up in a peasant family. He studied at the Moscow Art College (1933-1936). In 1936, on the recommendation of the famous Soviet artist Igor Grabar, he entered the painting faculty of the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts. Plotnov – participant of art exhibitions since 1939.
Since the first days of the Great Patriotic War, he left the institute’s 5th year for the national militia. Evacuated to Samarkand in 1942, the same year he graduated from the institute, the workshop of Professor G.M. Shegal. His thesis work was “MV Frunze and Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev under Ufa”.
Member of the Moscow organization of the USSR Union of Artists from 1943, the same year he went to the front and entered the art studio of the NKVD of the USSR, under the leadership of P.P. Sokolov-Skalya. During the period of 1943-1944 he often goes to the front lines, draws portraits of soldiers and officers who have distinguished themselves in battles, as well as individual events of combat life. During the war, the artist created more than 20 political posters, demobilized from the army in 1947.

Painting by Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 - May 13, 1997)

Peace to peoples. 1969. Painting by Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 – May 13, 1997)

The result of creative trips to Italy (1956), Syria and Lebanon (1957), England (1961), Brazil (1962), Japan and India (1963), Germany (1968), and Spain (1977) became series of paintings devoted to these countries.
Meanwhile, in 1968, on his initiative and active participation, in his homeland in Dankov appeared a national art gallery. Besides, Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov is an Honorary citizen of the city of Dankov (1969), and Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1970).

Plotnov is the author of several works on historical and revolutionary themes, and portraits of astronauts. Among his main works: “The storming of Sevastopol” (co-author PP Sokolov-Skala, 1957), “Aurora” (1960), “Virgin land builders settle” (1965), Richard Zorge (1965), “Winter Palace taken” (1967), Kulikovo Field (1971), Portrait of E. Petushkova (1971), World of Nations (1972), Portrait of V. Tereshkova (1975), Portrait of N.E. Berzarin, First Commandant of Berlin ( 1975), and the triptych “Yuri Gagarin” (1976).

His personal exhibitions took place in Moscow (1993), and in native Dankov (1976, 1991).
Andrey Ivanovich died on May 13, 1997 (Moscow). His works are in the Museum of Fine Arts of Karelia, Dankov Picture Gallery, and the regional art museums of the former USSR.

Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov

Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, 1974. Painting by Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 - May 13, 1997)

Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin, 1974

1974 portrait of Yuri Gagarin

1974 portrait of Yuri Gagarin

At home. Yuri Gagarin, 1982 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

At home. Yuri Gagarin, 1982 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

Aurora. 1960

Aurora. 1960

Bird farmer. Virgin lands. 1964

Bird farmer. Virgin lands. 1964

Diver of the Kuibyshev Hydroelectric Power Station. 1951

Diver of the Kuibyshev Hydroelectric Power Station. 1951

For a bloc of Communists and non-Party people (elections)

For a bloc of Communists and non-Party people (elections)

For the Russian land. 1980

For the Russian land. 1980

Good-bye, earthlings. 1979 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

Good-bye, earthlings. 1979 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

Landing on the Kurile Islands. 1950s

Landing on the Kurile Islands. 1950s

Lenin goes to Smolny. October 24, 1917

Lenin goes to Smolny. October 24, 1917

MI Kalinin talks with front agitators, 1943

MI Kalinin talks with front agitators, 1943

Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze and Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev under Ufa. 1942 (thesis)

Mikhail Vasilyevich Frunze and Vasily Ivanovich Chapaev under Ufa. 1942 (thesis)

Old man's portrait. 1939

Old man’s portrait. 1939

Pioneer leader, 1940s

Pioneer leader, 1940s

Richard Zorge (Soviet intelligence officer). 1967

Richard Zorge (Soviet intelligence officer). 1967

Shipyard

Shipyard

Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 - May 13, 1997)

Soviet artist Andrei Ivanovich Plotnov (July 21, 1916 – May 13, 1997)

The builder of Hiroshima. 1963

The builder of Hiroshima. 1963

The center of the triptych. Yuri Gagarin in his homeland. 1982 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

The center of the triptych. Yuri Gagarin in his homeland. 1982 (triptych Yuri Alekseevich Gagarin)

The feat of heroes-skiers (co-author Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalya)

The feat of heroes-skiers (co-author Pavel Petrovich Sokolov-Skalya)

The first commandant of Berlin, M.E. Berzarin, 1975

The first commandant of Berlin, M.E. Berzarin, 1975

To the construction site. 1951

To the construction site. 1951

Two generations of Novolipetsk metallurgists, 1985

Two generations of Novolipetsk metallurgists, 1985

Virgin land builders settle. 1965

Virgin land builders settle. 1965

Winter Palace - taken. 1967

Winter Palace – taken. 1967

World champion in equestrian sport Elena Petushkova

World champion in equestrian sport Elena Petushkova

Young actress V.Minkovskaya, 1950

Young actress V.Minkovskaya, 1950