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Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal 1924-1979

Congratulations with the gold medal. 1959 (diploma). Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal (1924-1979)

Congratulations with the gold medal! 1959 (diploma). Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal (1924-1979)

Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal (1924-1979) – Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1949).
Born June 23, 1924, Elena Grigorievna Shegal was the daughter of the prominent Soviet artist Grigory Mikhailovich Shegal (1889-1956). In the period of 1939-1941 she studied at the Moscow Secondary Art School, in the workshop of V.V. Pochitalov and her father Grigory Shegal. During the Great Patriotic War, 1941-1943 she lived in Bashkortostan. And after the war she graduated from the Moscow State Art Institute of Surikov (1949), where she studied in the workshops of I.I. Chekmazov and V.V. Favorsky, and raduated from the workshop of S.V. Gerasimov. Noteworthy, her diploma painting – “Congratulation with a gold medal!” (1959) – was exhibited at the art festival in Budapest, Hungary.

In the ballet class. 1967

In the ballet class. 1967

Shegal took part in all-Union, republican and Moscow exhibitions (1949-1978).
Elena Grigorievna died in 1979. Her works are in the collections of the Museum of the State Academic Bolshoi Theater, the Bakhrushin Theater Museum, art museums in Bryansk, Kamyshin, Cheboksary and Vladimir, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal

1953 portrait of Maya Plisetskaya

1953 portrait of Maya Plisetskaya

A girl in a striped blouse. 1949

A girl in a striped blouse. 1949

A girl. 1940s

A girl. 1940s

A student girl

A student girl

Anya Varnovitskaya. 1945

Anya Varnovitskaya. 1945

Armenian girl. 1950

Armenian girl. 1950

At Vrubel's. 1966

At Vrubel’s. 1966

Baba Dunya. 1974

Baba Dunya. 1974

Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, portrait. 1952

Ballerina Maya Plisetskaya, portrait. 1952

Female portrait. 1950

Female portrait. 1950

Gayane. 1965

Gayane. 1965

Girl with beads. 1953

Girl with beads. 1953

Girl's portrait. 1952

Girl’s portrait. 1952

Gladioluses

Gladiolus

Head in kokoshnik. 1966

Head in kokoshnik. 1966

Head of a girl. 1965

Head of a girl. 1965

Ira Lugovaya. 1958

Ira Lugovaya. 1958

Ira Lugovaya. 1970

Ira Lugovaya. 1970

Ira Piotrovskaya. 1973

Ira Piotrovskaya. 1973

Katya. 1970

Katya. 1970

Korean dancer An Son Hi. 1953

Korean dancer An Son Hi. 1953

Lina. 1950

Lina. 1950

Maya Plisetskaya

Maya Plisetskaya

Night shift, sketch for the painting. 1974

Night shift, sketch for the painting. 1974

Night shift. 1974 (sketch for the painting)

Night shift. 1974 (sketch for the painting)

Olya. 1978

Olya. 1978

Peonies. 1956

Peonies. 1956

Portrait of a stranger. 1950

Portrait of a stranger. 1950

Artist Anufriyev, portrait. 1942

Artist Anufriyev, portrait. 1942

Portrait of G.E. 1958

Portrait of G.E. 1958

Indian student. 1957

Indian student. 1957

School girl. 1970

School girl. 1970

Self-portrait. 1948

Self-portrait. 1948. Soviet painter-portraitist Elena Shegal (1924-1979)

Still life with flowers

Still life with flowers

Woman's portrait. 1950

Woman’s portrait. 1950

Woman's portrait. 1953

Woman’s portrait. 1953

Young gymnast. 1967

Young gymnast. 1967