Osipov Sergei (1915 - 1985), Leningrad artist

Sergei Ivanovich Osipov was born September 22, 1915 in the village of Stepankovo, Bezetsk county, Tver Province. In 1943 Sergei Osipov graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Alexander Osmerkin workshop. He studied also of Semion Abugov, Mikhail Bernshtein, Genrikh Pavlovsky. Since 1945 Osipov has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted landscapes, genre paintings, ancient Russian towns, still-lifes, sketches from the life. Solo exhibitions of Osipov were in Moscow (1983) and Leningrad (1990). Sergei Osipov was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1945. In 1949-1979 Osipov taught in Higher School of Art and Industry named after Vera Mukhina. Sergei Ivanovich Osipov died in Leningrad in 1985. Paintings by Sergei Osipov are in State Russian Museum, in Art museums and private collections in the Russia, France, England, USA, Japan, and throughout the world. LINKS: Artist Sergei Ivanovich Osipov (1915-1985). The Leningrad School