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Soviet artist Vladimir Boborykin

A woman in a black shawl. Sketch for the painting 'Mother'. 1968. Soviet artist Vladimir Boborykin

A woman in a black shawl. Sketch for the painting ‘Mother’. 1968. Soviet artist Vladimir Boborykin

Soviet artist Vladimir Boborykin

Born in 1922 in the village of Levkovo of Moscow region, Vladimir Mikhailovich Boborykin grew up in a family of a carpenter. According to the artist, he began drawing very early and already as a schoolboy was a recognized artist. Soon the family moved to Moscow. There the young artist became acquainted with the “peredvizhniki”, the popular artists of the time. In 1939 he entered Moscow Art school, where his teachers were such Soviet artists as Ye. Pochitalov, V. Dobroserdov and A. Khazanov. In 1941 Boborykin, like many of his contemporaries went to the front. After the war, in autumn of 1948 he became a student of Leningrad Art Instituite of Ilya Repin, workshop of Boris Ioganson. He graduated from the institute in 1954 with the thesis work “L.T. Kosmodemyanskaya at the Warsaw Peace Congress”. In search of characters for his paintings he went to Tadjikistan, where he found the heroes of socialist labor at the great construction sites. Among them are steel workers, builders, cotton growers and shepherds. For ten years, since 1954 to 1964 the artist taught art in Stalinabad (Dushanbe) art school and participated in exhibitions of Soviet Art.

Famous foundry worker Fazylov. 1955

Famous foundry worker Fazylov. 1955

Soviet artist Vladimir Boborykin

The MAZs, Nurek. 1968

The MAZs, Nurek. 1968

A girl from Khorog. 1962

A girl from Khorog. 1962

Ishkashim gardener. 1966

Ishkashim gardener. 1966

Kolkhoz guard. 1958

Kolkhoz guard. 1958

Oath. Sketch composition. 1968

Oath. Sketch composition. 1968

Pamir grain grower. 1963

Pamir grain grower. 1963

Sagirdasht shepherds. 1967

Sagirdasht shepherds. 1967

Settlement of road workers. 1960

Settlement of road workers. 1960

Shepherd from Alichur valley. 1964

Shepherd from Alichur valley. 1964

Young kolkhoz woman, sketch to the painting, 1969

Young kolkhoz woman, sketch to the painting, 1969

A girl in red (Komsomol girl from Eastern Pamir). 1968

A girl in red (Komsomol girl from Eastern Pamir). 1968

At the river. 1959

At the river. 1959

Bull shepherd from Alichur. 1968

Bull shepherd from Alichur. 1968

Cotton growers of Voseisk district. 1969

Cotton growers of Voseisk district. 1969

Girls from mountains. 1970

Girls from mountains. 1970

In the mountain aul (village). 1971-1972

In the mountain aul (village). 1971-1972

Torchlight procession, 1969

Torchlight procession, 1969

Zebogul. 1972

Zebogul. 1972

A kolkhoz woman from Balzhuan. 1975

A kolkhoz woman from Balzhuan. 1975

Green hills. 1973

Green hills. 1973

K. Saidova, sketch for the painting 'Kolkhoz woman of Voseisk district'. 1972

K. Saidova, sketch for the painting ‘Kolkhoz woman of Voseisk district’. 1972

Milkmaid. 1972

Milkmaid. 1972

Ozoda and her team. 1972-1974

Ozoda and her team. 1972-1974

Radzhabgul. 1972-1975

Radzhabgul. 1972-1975

Senior shepherd Safar Kurbanov. 1973

Senior shepherd Safar Kurbanov. 1973

Site of wild yaks. 1964-1973

Site of wild yaks. 1964-1973

Wild yak growers, 1972

Wild yak growers, 1972