Soviet realist painter Alexey Yeryomin 1919-1998
Soviet realist painter Alexey Yeryomin (March 17, 1919 – June 11, 1998) is the representative of Soviet Art, and, in particular, the Leningrad school of painting. An honored Artist of RSFSR (1978), People’s Artist of the Russia (1970), member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, Alexey Yeryomin regularly participated in exhibitions since 1951. He painted genre and historical paintings, as well as portraits, landscapes, and sketches from nature. The leading theme of his creativity has become nature and people of the Russian North.
Soviet realist painter Alexey Yeryomin died June 11, 1998 in St. Petersburg. His works are kept at the State Russian Museum, the State Tretyakov Gallery, the numerous museums and private collections in Russia, Britain, China, Germany, Italy, Japan and other countries. His wife Irina Baldina survived her husband for ten years and died in St. Petersburg January 15, 2009.
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