Ivan Godlevsky

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Ivan Ivanovich Godlevsky
BornMarch 9, 1908
DiedAugust 20, 1998
NationalityUSSR
EducationRepin Institute of Arts
Known forPainting
MovementRealism
AwardsOrder of the Red Banner
Order of the Red Star
Order of the Patriotic War
Medal "For the Victory Over Germany"

Ivan Ivanovich Godlevsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Годлевский; March 9, 1908 in Kholm Governorate, Russian Empire – August 20, 1998 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting,[2] most famous for his landscapes painted in decorative style.[3][4]

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Ivan Godlevsky grew up in an orphanage. In 1925, he enrolled in an art school in Mirhorod. In 1927, he transferred to the Kiev Art Institute and attended Art Nouveau classes by Fedir Krychevsky.[5]

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  1. ^ Справочник членов Ленинградской организации Союза художников РСФСР. Л., Художник РСФСР, 1987. C.31.
  2. ^ Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.392, 398.
  3. ^ L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. Paris, Drouot Richelieu, 16 Juin 1989. P.66-67.
  4. ^ Peinture Russe. Catalogue. Paris, Drouot Richelieu, 24 Septembre 1991. P.38-41.
  5. ^ "Biography". Igodlevsky.ru.

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