BOOTH, Nikolai Yakovlevich

21 апреля 1928 (in a number of sources — 24 апреля; Serene village, Kharkov province) — 17 ноября 1989 (Moscow)

Painter, graphic artist

he spent his Childhood in Taganrog. Initial art education has received in the Taganrog art Studio of Palace of pioneers. He studied at the Rostov art College. М. Б. Грекова (1945-1949), Moscow state art Institute. В. И. Сурикова (1949-1953), Kharkiv art Institute (1953-1958) М. А. Шапошникова. In 1958 thesis — film "Brest fortress".

he Lived in Moscow, with the 1960 summer months spent in Kerch. Artist Studio military artists to them. М. Б. Грекова (1958), from 1978 — senior martial artist. As part of the creative team at Studio participated in the creation of panorama "Stalingrad battle" (1958-1982, honorary medal of the Soviet Peace Fund, 1982), "Fire arc (Kurskaya duga. Belgorod direction)" (1983-1987). In 1967 for participation in the restoration of the panorama Ф. А. Рубо "battle of Borodino" (1967) was awarded the gold medal to them. М. Б. Грекова. For the creation of the diorama "Battle for Dnipro (the crossing of the Dnieper river in 1943 Troop году)" was awarded the State prize of the USSR them. Т. Г. Шевченко (1975).

he Painted portraits, battle and genre paintings, landscapes. We have developed many series of works: "adzhimushkaj. 1942 год" (1960-80-е); the series of paintings "Slovak national uprising" (early 1970-х; award. Vita Needle, Czechoslovakia), "Heroic marine" (the first half of 1970-х; diploma of the USSR Academy of arts). Author of painting works (including from "Adzhimushkay cycle"): "the Last counterattack of the defenders of the Brest fortress" (1959), "Mashenka" (1960), "the student" (1962), "the Last grenade" (1962), "In the name of life" (1963-1964), "Soldiers of the underground garrison" (1964), "Chernomorets" (1965), "Scorched by the war childhood" (1965), "Sad" (1965), "Shackle with the armor" (1966), "On the job" (1966), "Ambush" (1968), "Marines" (1968), "Letter to mother" (1970), "the Paratrooper. Hero Malaya Zemlya" (1972) and others.

From 1948 — participant of exhibitions (1-ая reporting the exhibition of works of artists of Taganrog, dedicated to the 250-летию of the city). Member of the USSR Union of artists (from 1964). Participated in exhibitions: 3-й Autumn art exhibition 1956 года (1956-1957) in Kharkov; the all-Union exhibition of diploma works of students of art institutes of the USSR (1958), a "40 лет of the Soviet armed forces" (1958), all-Union art exhibitions (1958 — "40 лет of the Komsomol", 1965 — "On guard for peace"), "15 лет since the victory of the" (1961), Moscow artists (1961, 1966), military artists Studio them. М. Б. Грекова (1963), K 25-летию of the defeat of the-фашистских troops near Moscow (1966) in Moscow and others. His personal exhibitions were held in Taganrog, Krasnodar, Rostov-на-Дону, Moscow (1963-1964), Kerch (1967), Taganrog (1971), Simferopol (1980, a series of "Shri-Ланка").

he Taught at the art Studio of the House of culture combine plant in Taganrog (early 1960-х).

Honored artist of the RSFSR (from 1968), people's artist of the RSFSR (1980), honoured art worker of Chechen-Ингушской ASSR (1982). Awarded the order of the Badge of Honour (1975), Red Star (1986); gold medal of the Academy of arts of the USSR (1976). Honorary citizen of Kerch.

Work is represented in many Museum collections, among them — Central Museum of the Armed Forces of the Russian Federation, Kerch historical-культурный sanctuary (Art gallery) and others.

Sources:
1. Directory of members of Union of artists of the USSR as of 1 апреля 1988 года. M., 1989. S. 228.
2. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 123-124.
3. grekovstudio.ru
4. ru.wikipedia.org
5. kerch.com.ua