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Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban 1934-2011

Lyucia, 1986. Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban (May 1, 1934 - October 21, 2011)

Lyucia, 1986. Oil on cardboard. Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban (May 1, 1934 – October 21, 2011)

Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban was a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Born May 1, 1934 in Yanaul, Bashkortostan, she grew up in Leningrad (since 1937). She showed her ability to draw very early. Accordingly, in 1953-1961 she studied at the Tavrichesky Art College. After graduation from the college she entered the Faculty of Painting at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of I.E. Repin of Academy of Arts of the USSR. She studied in the workshops of prominent Soviet artists Yuri Neprintsev and A.D. Romanichev (1961-1967). The diploma painting “Attack repulsed” was dedicated to the difficult tense years of the Great Patriotic War, witnessed by Ruban herself, having experienced all the 900 days of the blockade.

Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban (May 1, 1934 - October 21, 2011)

The bridge by the river. Soviet artist M. D. Ruban (May 1, 1934 – October 21, 2011)

Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban was an active participant in Russian and foreign exhibitions of Soviet Art. Her individual picturesque manner is based on the traditions of the Russian realistic school, distinguished by rich color, bold compositional decisions and lyricism of the stories. In the landscape she tries to depict poetic images and changeable phenomena. And in the portrait she conveys emotion and truthfulness of the images of contemporaries. While in still-lives – the beauty of nature in a gentle expressive color, reaching pure artistic truth.
Margarita Dmitrievna died on October 21, 2011. Her works are in museums in Russia, as well as in private collections in Europe, America and Japan.

Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban

A bouquet of lilac

A bouquet of lilac

Aunt Galya, a cook. 1970

Aunt Galya, a cook. 1970

Autumn landscape

Autumn landscape

Chamomile. 1970

Chamomile. 1970

Crimean landscape

Crimean landscape

Flowers and persimmon. Cardboard, oil. 1986

Flowers and persimmon. Cardboard, oil. 1986

From the woods

From the woods

In the mountains, landscape

In the mountains, landscape

In the winter (Ski Sunday). 1978. Cardboard, oil

In the winter (Ski Sunday). 1978. Cardboard, oil

Leningrad spring. 1970

Leningrad spring. 1970

Portrait of a woman

Portrait of a woman

Red Army soldiers (in Civil War), 1970. Sketch

Red Army soldiers (in Civil War), 1970. Sketch

Roses, plums and El Greco. Still life. 1973

Roses, plums and El Greco. Still life. 1973

Woman's portrait

Woman’s portrait

Sketch for the picture Harvest. 1972. Cardboard, oil

Sketch for the picture Harvest. 1972. Cardboard, oil

Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban (May 1, 1934 - October 21, 2011)

Soviet artist Margarita Dmitrievna Ruban (May 1, 1934 – October 21, 2011)

Still life with flowers

Still life with flowers

Strawberry and wildflowers in the basket, still life

Strawberry and wildflowers in the basket, still life

Summer landscape

Summer landscape

View from the window. Still life

View from the window. Still life

White roses in a vase, still life

White roses in a vase, still life

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