№Verns 575
*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING ***
* TITLE: "At the stadium"
* ARTISTS: Grigoriev Sergey Alekseevich
* SIZE: 31x63 cm/'12.20x24.80 inches' * MEDIUM: oil, cardboard
* HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection
* CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
About the artist: Sergei Alekseevich Grigoriev was born on June 22 (July 5) 1910 as the eleventh child in a large family of a railway employee in Lugansk.
In 1911 the family of the future artist moved to Aleksandrovsk (in 1921 it was renamed to Zaporozhye).
S.A. Grigoriev studied: from 1923 to 1926 - at the Zaporozhye art and professional school with V.N. Nevsky, M.N. Kuznetsov, S.Z. Kochergina, from 1926 to 1927 - at the Higher art and technical workshops (VKHUTEMAS, Moscow) V.A. Favorsky, from 1928 to 1932 - at the Kiev Art Institute under F.G. Krichevsky, F.S. Krasitsky.
In 1929 he joined the student organization "Association of Young Artists of Ukraine".
After graduation, Sergei Grigoriev moved to Kharkov, where he worked in the republican publishing house "Mystestvo". Creates a series of posters "Leaders of Donbass", "Give Contact", "Give the Country Bread", "Komsomol".
In 1933 - the beginning of his teaching career - the artist was appointed to the position of assistant in drawing and graphics at the Kharkov Art Institute.
In the same year, the artist's painting was selected for participation in the Exhibition of Soviet Art in Warsaw.
In 1934, S.A. Grigoriev moved to Kiev and received an appointment as an associate professor at the Kiev Art Institute (KHI), and in 1947 he was appointed professor, head of the department of drawing, and in 1950 - head of the genre painting workshop.
In 1948 the artist was awarded the title of Honored Art Worker of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1950 he was awarded the Stalin Prize for the paintings "Goalkeeper" and "Admission to the Komsomol".
In 1951 he was awarded the title of People's Artist of the Ukrainian SSR, was awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor, and the Stalin Prize was awarded for the painting Discussion of the Deuce.
From 1951 to 1955, Sergey Alekseevich Grigoriev was the rector of the Kiev State Art Institute.
In 1953 he was elected a corresponding member, and in 1958 - a full member of the USSR Academy of Arts.
From 1958 until the end of his life he headed the Creative Workshops of the Academy of Arts of the Ukrainian SSR.
In 1974 he was awarded the title "People's Artist of the USSR"
S. A. Grigoriev died on April 9, 1988. He was buried at the Baikovo cemetery in Kiev.
The artist's works are presented in the State Tretyakov Gallery, National Art Museum of Ukraine, Kiev Museum of Russian Art, Odessa, Poltava, Chernigov and Kharkov art museums, Zaporozhye Museum of Local Lore, National Museum in Lviv, National Art Gallery of the People's Republic of Bulgaria (Sofia), Gekosso Gallery ( Tokyo, Japan) and in other museum, gallery and private collections in Ukraine and abroad.

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