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1954 · Painting · 47.5 × 36 cm
1930–1957 · Workplace
Saint Petersburg
1951–1957
Studies under B. V. Ioganson at the Repin Institute
He studied at the Leningrad Secondary Art School and then at the Repin Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, in the studio of B. V. Ioganson. By state assignment he was sent to Izhevsk as a teacher of drawing and trigonometry, then transferred to Ivanovo and afterwards to Moscow.
1956
Marries Nina Vinogradova-Benois
His first wife was Nina Vinogradova-Benois (1936–1986); the marriage lasted until 1986. While married, he had a relationship with the VGIK student Larisa Kadochnikova.
May one see it?
Moscow, Russia
The owner is known. Whether it is on view today, the museum does not say, and we were not trained to guess.
