From a peasant family; brother of the painter J. F. Kolesnikov. Studied at Odessa Art School (1897-1903) and AA Popov, Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at IAH (1903-1909) at the LD Iorini, K. Kostandi, GA Ladyzhenskaya . In 1919 he emigrated, he settled in Belgrade.
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Most of the work of Stepan Kolesnikov is now in Serbia, where the artist lived and worked from 1919 until 1955.
There he was awarded the title of academician of painting.
Many photos
http://photofile.com.ua/users/kukuruza-a/150088974/