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Soviet artist Boris Ivanovich Vagin 1920-2002

Tonya. Oil on cardboard. Soviet artist Boris Ivanovich Vagin

Tonya, portrait. Oil on cardboard. Painting by Soviet artist Boris Ivanovich Vagin (1920-2002)

Soviet artist Boris Ivanovich Vagin – talented Russian painter born in Tula. In his childhood, he studied in the Tula art school. Later, in 1936, he moved to Leningrad to study at the Leningrad Art Studio. After having graduated from the studio, in 1939, he returned to his native Tula, where he lived and worked till his last days. Since 1941, he took an active part in the city, regional and zonal exhibitions of Soviet Art, including Moscow region. In addition, his personal exhibition took place in Tula in 1979. Works by Boris Ivanovich Vagin are in the State art museum in Tula, many regional museums, the Art Fund of the Russian Federation, as well as in private collections, sold at Western, Russian and Ukrainian auctions.

Autumn rains (Tula Kremlin). 1991. Tula Art Museum

Autumn rains (Tula Kremlin). 1991. Tula Art Museum. Painting by Soviet artist B. I. Vagin (1920-2002)

Painting by Soviet artist Boris Ivanovich Vagin

Accepted to the pioneers. Oil on cardboard

Accepted to the pioneers. Oil on cardboard

Agriculturist Chernyshev MA Oil on cardboard

Portrait of Agriculturist Chernyshev MA Oil on cardboard

Pig farmer. Oil on cardboard

Pig farmer. Oil on cardboard

The collection of signatures for the Stockholm Appeal. Oil on cardboard

The collection of signatures for the Stockholm Appeal. Oil on cardboard

The fourth line. Vasilevsky Island. Oil on cardboard

The fourth line. Vasilevsky Island. Oil on cardboard

Festival in Tula

Festival in Tula. Oil on cardboard

Ours have come. 1947

Ours have come. 1947. Oil on cardboard

Soviet artist Boris Vagin. Work by sculptor S.N. Samylov. 1980s. Bronze

Soviet artist Boris Vagin. Work by sculptor S.N. Samylov. 1980s. Bronze

Summer evening. 1959

Summer evening. 1959. Oil on cardboard

The Black sea. Beach. 1960. Oil on cardboard

The Black sea. Beach. 1960. Oil on cardboard

Summer morning. Oil on cardboard. 1976

Summer morning (village of Goryachy Klyuch). Oil on cardboard. 1976. Painting by B. Vagin