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Kopnina Tatyana, Portrait of a Chinese student, in 1957, 85 x 67 cm, oil on canvas /oil



Kopnina Tatiana (1921-2009) - Soviet Russian painter, painter, teacher, member of the St. Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 - Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of the RSFSR).

In 1941 Kopnina enrolled at the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Studied with Alexander Zaitsev, Henry Pawlowski, Seeds Abugov. In 1950 she graduated from the Institute for the studio of Professor Michael Avilova with the qualification of the artist painting, diploma work - a conversation piece "in a textile factory."

In the same issue with Kopnin Institute graduated Eugene Antipov, Bernadsky Valentine, Love Valjevo, Anatoly Vasilyev, Nina Veselov Desnitsky Olga Maria Dobrina, Ekaterina Efimova, Vyacheslav Zagonek Vladimir Zahaotin Alexandra Levushina Nikita Medovikov Nicholas Mukho, Leonid Petrov, Alexander Furs, Yefim Rubin, Alexander Sokolov, Yuri Tulin, Boris Kharchenko and other famous artists in the future. Close creative dialogue and friendship with many of them remain in Tatiana Kopnin for many years. Artist Alexander Pushnin become her husband. In 1961 they had a daughter Natalia Furs, which in 1989 also graduated from the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin and become and become famous painter.

Since 1949 Kopnina participated in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. He painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, sketches from nature. At city exhibition in 1951 were received for its work "Portrait of A. Karnofsky teacher" and "Portrait of a schoolgirl" (both 1951). This success helped to establish itself in the choice of the master of the genre, which was beautiful portrait, and the main themes - children and young people, the world of young contemporary. In papers Kopnina been careful to convey the character and mood of his characters, who not only discern facial expressions, eyes, facial expressions and child, but in a pose typical of view, tilted head, detailed costume.

Brushwork Tatiana Kopnin differ widely and writing proficiency in drawing. The coloring works discreet, based primarily on the relationship of warm and cool tones and sonorous chiaroscuro contrasts. In 1950 Kopnina was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists on the painting section. Over thirty years (1960-1991) taught at the Art School (now the Art Lyceum BV Johansson) at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin.