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Sergei Vasilyevich Gerasimov
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Sergei Vasilyevich Gerasimov was a Russian, later Soviet, painter and graphic artist, one of the leading Moscow artists of Stalinist socialist realism, and a teacher. Sergei Vasilyevich Gerasimov was born on 14 (26) September 1885 in Mozhaysk. He was educated at the Stroganov School (1901–1907) and the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1907–1912), where he studied under the well-known masters S. V. Ivanov and K. A. Korovin.
In the early years after the establishment of Soviet power, Gerasimov took part in the staging of revolutionary celebrations. From the 1920s until the early 1930s he primarily produced monochrome portraits and genre paintings depicting peasant life (for example, "Peasant Woman with a Rooster" and "The Front-Line Soldier"). Later Gerasimov turned to historical-revolutionary themes in a monumental style ("The Oath of the Siberian Partisans"). In the mid-1930s the artist's manner changed: the influence of the traditions of Russian plein air painting appeared in his genre scenes, such as "The Collective Farm Holiday", and in his landscapes. Gerasimov also created illustrations for works by Nekrasov, Gorky and other writers, taught at many leading art institutions in Moscow, and headed the board of the Union of Artists of the USSR (1958–1964). Sergei Vasilyevich Gerasimov died on 20 April 1964 in Moscow and was buried at the Novodevichy Cemetery.
Date of birth
26 September 1885
Date of death
20 April 1964
Occupation
Artist