Vasily VOLKOV

on 6 January 1921 (Agarkova village of the Tver province)

Painter, graphic artist

he Studied at the art Studio of the city of Kalinin (1930-е) Н. Я. Борисова.

Lives in Kalinin (Tver). Worked as an artist-оформителем in the public garden in Kalinin (1939). In 1939 called up for military service; participant of the great Patriotic war. After demobilization in 1946 he worked in the company "Kalinin artist" (in 1949-1951 — Chairman of the Board of the partnership). Author of landscapes and thematic paintings: "Bull" (1948), "kolkhoz poultry farm" (1953), "After the change" (1954), "ice Drift in Gorodnya" (1957), "Spring" (1958), "Torzhok" (1959), "the Source of the Volga" (1963), "air Spring" (1964), "Noon" (1966), "Spring lace Rowan" (1967).

From 1949 — participated in exhibitions. Member of the USSR Union of artists (since 1960), Chairman of the Kalinin branch of Union (1974-1982). Participated in exhibitions: works of artists of the RSFSR (1949, 1953), works of artists of the Volga (1958), 3-й Republican art exhibition "Soviet Russia" (1967), all-Union art exhibition (1967 — "50 лет Soviet power") in Moscow; Regional exhibitions Kalininsky artists (1950, 1954, 1955, 1965, 1966) in Kalinin; exhibitions "Great Volga" in Kuibyshev (1964) and Volgograd (1967) and others. Held solo exhibitions in Kalinin (1955, 1969, 1981).

the Chairman of the Board of the Art Fund of the RSFSR (1953-1963). Honored artist of the RSFSR (1980), people's artist of the Russian Federation (since 2005). Honorary citizen of the city of Tver.

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them — Tver regional picture gallery.

Sources:

1. Directory of members of Union of artists of the USSR as of 1 апреля 1988 года. M., 1989. S. 292.

2. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2, P. 319.

3. tverlib.ru.