Vladimir Serov: the centenary of the birth of a classic

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100 years ago - July 21, 1910 in the village of Emmaus, Tver province was born painter, graphic artist and teacher Vladimir Aleksandrovich Serov. In 1931 Vladimir graduated from the Russian Academy of Arts, and in 1932-1933 he studied at the graduate Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad Isaac Brodsky.
  

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During the Great Patriotic War, as chairman of the Leningrad branch of the Union of Soviet Artists, Vladimir Serov worked in besieged Leningrad, participated in the association "Fighting Pencil". Brushes Serov belong to illustrate the works of local classics, including Lewis Carroll's poem "Who Lives Well in Russia," the novel of Leo Tolstoy's War and Peace ", Pushkin, Gorky, and others .
  Vladimir Serov - author of a number of political posters "mastering technique, whether in the front ranks of builders of socialism ',' replace ',' Defend the city of Lenin ',' We defended Leningrad. We will restore it! ". In his creative and social activity are pronounced representative of official state ideology, an apologist for the method of socialist realism in its most dogmatic sense.
  
Vladimir Serov is the holder of many honorary titles and titles, including People's Artist of USSR, a member of the USSR Academy of Arts, twice winner of the Stalin Prize, first secretary of the Federation Artists' Union and president of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR from 1962 to 1968. In 1980, the homeland of the artist in the village of Emmaus, Tver Oblast was opened Memorial Art House-Museum of Vladimir Aleksandrovich Serov.
 

[Игорь Гурьев]

I read somewhere that his real name Rapoport.

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Сообщение от Sima

at Emmaus all Rappoport.

Luke 24:13-29 Journey to Emmaus
 Luke
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1913 On the same day, two of them went to the village, across and threescore furlongs from Jerusalem called Emmaus;
1914 and they talked together of all these events.
1915 And when they talked and talked among themselves, and Jesus himself drew near and went with them. Look. (24:13-15)

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[Игорь Гурьев]

The problem is that Vladimir Serov 'played a rather gloomy part in Soviet history.
For example, he was directly involved in planting and presledovaniiyu Nikolay Punin (if anyone does not believe, read the book and, when in mid-1960's artists "severe style" got rid of Vladimir. Serov from their posts, it all got better).

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Сообщение от Guriev, Igor

The problem is that Vladimir Serov 'played a rather gloomy role in Soviet history.
For example, he was directly involved in presledovaniiyu and landing Nikolay Punin

It's long been known not only N. Punina, but 100 years round date + is simply the history of Russia ..