Viktor Oreshnikov

Viktor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov (Russian: Виктор Михайлович Орешников; 20 January 1904, Perm – 15 March 1987, Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian painter, People's Painter of the USSR, active member of the Soviet Academy of Arts (1954–1987), Stalin Prize winner, rector of Repin Institute of Arts (1953–1978).

Viktor Oreshnikov
Born	Viktor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov (1904-01-20)January 20, 1904 Perm, Russian Empire
Died	March 15, 1987(1987-03-15) (aged 83) Leningrad, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Socialist realism
Awards	Stalin Prize Order of Lenin

Biography

In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad VHUTEIN in workshop of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. In 1930-1987 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts. PhD in Art History (1937). Doctor of Fine Arts (1948).

Awards and honors

• Two Stalin Prizes, 3rd class (1948, 1950)
• People's Painter of the RSFSR (1956)
• Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957)
• Order of the Badge of Honour (1961)
• People's Painter of the USSR (1969)
• Order of Lenin (1974)
• Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984)
• Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
• Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
• Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
• Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Pupils

• Irina Getmanskaya
• Boris Korneev
• Alexander Koroviakov
• Elena Kostenko
• Victor Otiev
• Nikolai Pozdneev
• Maria Rudnitskaya
• Aleksandr Sokolov
• Rostislav Vovkushevsky

Sources

• Выставка произведений ленинградских художников. 1947 год. Живопись. Скульптура. Графика. Театрально-декорационная живопись. Каталог. Л., ЛССХ, 1948.
• Бойков В. Изобразительное искусство Ленинграда. Заметки о выставке ленинградских художников. // Ленинградская правда, 1947, 29 ноября.
• Аникушин М. О времени и о себе. // Вечерний Ленинград, 1967, 17 октября.
• Изобразительное искусство Ленинграда. Каталог выставки. — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1976. — с.25,40.
• Выставка произведений ленинградских художников, посвященная 60-летию Великого Октября. — Л: Художник РСФСР, 1982. — с.18.
• Виктор Михайлович Орешников. Каталог выставки. Живопись. М: Изобразительное искусство, 1985.
• L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 12 Mars 1990. - p. 100-101.
• L' École de Leningrad. Auction Catalogue. - Paris: Drouot Richelieu, 11 Juin 1990. - p. 60-61.
• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.9, 15, 19, 356, 358, 359, 362, 367–371, 383–385, 387–392, 396, 398, 399, 402, 406, 441, 443, 444. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.