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Danilevsky Yevgeny Ivanovich (1928 - 2010)
People's Artist of the Russian Federation.
In 1952 he graduated from the Kharkov Art Institute workshop battle painting Academician PI Kotova .
From 1952 he worked in Moscow - on monumental works for ENEA , in combine pictorial art of the Art Fund of the RSFSR.
From 1962 until the last days - Military Artists Studio named after MB Grekova .
Member of the Republican majority and the Union of exhibitions 1960 -80- ies.
Author of numerous paintings on historical themes - " The Battle of Kulikovo ", " Dmitry Donskoy ", " The golf Kulikov ," " King ," " Ivan the Terrible takes British Embassy ", " Triumph of the Poltava victory ", etc.
Took part in restoration of Borodino Panorama FA Roubaud, was awarded the gold medal of the Academy of Arts and sent to a creative journey to Italy , where he brought a series of masterfully executed landscape sketches . Studying painting techniques F. Roubaud, carried away panoramic art.
In 1970 he created his first diorama " The armed uprising in 1905 in Perm ."
In 1974 - a sketch for a diorama "Storm Ishmael Suvorov troops ."
In 1970-80 years - the battle scenes dioramas "Liberation of Budapest ", " Storming the Reichstag " ( co-authored with V.M.Sibirskim ), " Taking the fortress Osa E. Pugacheva ." In these large-scale historical paintings manifested his special gift picturesque " directing " the compositional skills to convey the essence of a historical event , saturate it interesting , historically aware details.
First of six dioramas of the Museum of the Great Patriotic War on Poklonnaya Hill , covering the most important events of the war , became in 1995 the diorama E.I.Danilevskogo " Counter-offensive at Moscow in December 1941 ."
In the 1990s the artist worked on the series of genre paintings devoted to the old Moscow - "Moscow trolley ", " Good area ", " Birdman ", " Petrovsky Palace in HU111 century ", etc.
A master of historical and battle painting, E.I.Danilevsky was also a great portrait painter and author of many , made ​​with soulful warmth landscapes of central Russia : a series of " Polenovskie place " reveals the artist as a subtle lyrical master who worked in the best traditions of the Russian school of painting .
E.I.Danilevskogo works are in the Museum of Moscow, Museum of the Great Patriotic War , the Central Museum of the Armed Forces , the State Tretyakov Gallery and other museums in Russia and the CIS, as well as in private collections in Russia , England, Germany , Ireland, Italy , Poland, USA, France, South Africa .