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Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron 1915-1991

Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron (1915-1991). Golden autumn. 1957

Fragment of painting “Golden autumn”. North Ossetian men reading newspaper. Oil on Canvas. 1957. Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron (1915-1991)

Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron was born December 15, 1915. Member of the USSR Union of artists, Honored artist of the RSFSR (1960). Honored Art Worker of the North Ossetian Autonomous Soviet Socialist republic. He lived and worked in the capital city of North Osetia – Ordzhonikidze. Pavel Zaron is the author of such paintings, as “In the mountains of Ossetia”, “On the Waves”, “Rocks”, “Golden Autumn” and others. Soviet artist Pavel Zaron died in 1991. Unfortunately, other details about the artist are unknown. However, it is known that for some time the artist spent in the Stalin Gulag. According to the same source (ossetia.news), Pavel was born in Kiev, into a Jewish family. In 1934, aged 18 was arrested and exiled to the Soviet north. After his release he settled in Vladikavkaz, where started a family and became a well-known artist. Pavel was one of those whose work had a great influence on the development of the Soviet Art, and in particular, Ossetian painting.

Golden autumn. 1957 painting by Pavel Mironovich Zaron (1915-1991)

Golden autumn. 1957. Oil on Canvas painting by P. M. Zaron (1915-1991)

Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron

Alexander Pushkin in the North Caucasus. Painting by Pavel Zaron, co-author N. Kochetov

Alexander Pushkin in the North Caucasus. Oil on canvas. Painting by Zaron, co-author N. Kochetov

City in the mountains (Ordzhonikidze)

City in the mountains (Ordzhonikidze). Oil on canvas. Painting by P. Zaron

Hunting. 1953

Hunting. 1953. Oil on canvas, Painting by P. Zaron

In the garden. Oil on canvas

In the garden. Oil on canvas. Painting by P. Zaron

To comrade Lenin

To comrade Lenin. Oil on canvas. Painting by P. Zaron

Soviet artist Pavel Mironovich Zaron (1915-1991)

Soviet artist P. M. Zaron (1915-1991)