BORTNIKOV Nikolai Fedorovitch

16 (29) January 1916 (or rather, now — Alma-Ата) — 1997/1998 (Simferopol (?))

Painter, graphic artist

he Studied at the Tashkent art College (1933-1936), the Moscow state art Institute (MGHI them. В. И. Сурикова; 1945-1950) Д. К. Мочальского, Г. Г. Ряжского. In 1950 выполнил graduation picture "in Furmanov the seven rivers". The participant of the great Patriotic war.

In 1950-е among the best students of the leading art institutions of the USSR was aimed at teaching job in Simferopol.

he Lived in Simferopol. Wrote thematic paintings, portraits, landscapes, still lifes. Author paintings: "Tractor" (1937), "Portrait of Conchita Rodriguez" (1952), "the Riga seaside" (1954), "the swineherd" (1957), "With the work (Song)" (1960), "Portrait of foreman of the farm И. Нетяги" (1961), "On virgin remote sites. Night" (1964), "still life with samovar" (1966), "Arctic" (1967). Created a series of sketches and drawings.

Illustrated and designed books for publishing houses of Ukraine: "notes of a submariner" Я. К. Иоселиани (1953), "For life" М. В. Глушко (1956), "a Personal matter" В. С. Алешина (1960), "Snowdrops" С. Г. Ландау (1962).

From 1936 — participant of exhibitions (4-я Republican art exhibition in Tashkent). Exhibited: paintings by artists of Uzbekistan to 20-й anniversary of the great October Socialist Revolution (1937), "Paintings, drawings, sculpture, folk masters" (1938) in Tashkent; Regional exhibitions of artists of the Crimea (1953, 1954, 1963) in Simferopol; works by artists-маринистов of the USSR (1954), "Flourish land farm" (1964) in Moscow; Republican art exhibitions of the USSR (1954, 1957, 1960, 1961); traveling exhibition of Ukrainian artists (1955, Lviv, Odessa, Donetsk and other cities); works of Crimean artists in Kiev (1956), Yalta (1964).

he Taught at the Crimean art College named. Н. С. Самокиша in Simferopol (1950-1953). Honored artist of the Ukrainian SSR (1976).

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them — Alupka Palace-парковый Museum-заповедник, Simferopol art Museum.

Sources:
1. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. P. 48.
2. simferopol.museum.crimea.ua