Aleksei Gritsai
Illustration — Aleksei Gritsai on a 2014 Russian stamp Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (7 March 1914 – 6 May 1998) was a Soviet and Russian artist. From 1924 to 1931 he studied in Leningrad in the studios of S.M. Zaidenberg and from 1932 to 1939 at the Academy of Arts under P. Naumov, Vasily Yakovlev, and Isaak Brodsky. Gritsai became best known as a landscape painter with a deep appreciation for the power of nature to provide inspiration for humanity.
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Aleksei Gritsai
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- Born
- 1914 · Saint Petersburg.
- Died
- 1998 · Moscow.
- Nationality
- Soviet Union
- Occupation
- painter · teacher · writer · graphic artist
- Fields
- landscape
- Education
- Repin Institute of Arts
- Honours
- Stalin Prize · USSR State Prize · Order of the Patriotic War and 2nd class · Order of Friendship of Peoples · People's Painter of the USSR · Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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Illustration — Aleksei Gritsai on a 2014 Russian stamp Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (7 March 1914 – 6 May 1998) was a Soviet and Russian artist. From 1924 to 1931 he studied in Leningrad in the studios of S.M. Zaidenberg and from 1932 to 1939 at the Academy of Arts under P. Naumov, Vasily Yakovlev, and Isaak Brodsky. Gritsai became best known as a landscape painter with a deep appreciation for the power of nature to provide inspiration for humanity.
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He believed that since humans are a part of nature they can find joy and consolation through positive interaction with it. Due to the reduced mobility brought by sickness at the end of his life, he was unable to work directly in nature and had to rely on his memory. Because of this, much of his final work is imbued with the poignancy of reminiscence. Gritsai was a People's Artist of the USSR (1974), an academician of the USSR Academy of Arts (1964), the laureate of two Stalin Prizes (1951 and 1952) and one USSR State Prize (1978).
Aleksei Gritsai studied at Repin Institute of Arts. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are landscape. Employment is recorded with Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. Distinctions recorded are Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class and Order of Friendship of Peoples.
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1914
Aleksei Gritsai born at Saint Petersburg.
1998
Aleksei Gritsai died at Moscow.
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Aleksei Gritsai received Stalin Prize, USSR State Prize, Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class, Order of Friendship of Peoples, People's Painter of the USSR and Order of the Red Banner of Labour. Recorded as painter, teacher, writer and graphic artist.
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