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Elena Kostenko

Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko (9 August 1926 – 26 September 2019) was a Soviet Russian painter, living and working in Saint Petersburg, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for her portrait paintings.

Also recorded as Yelena Mikhaylovna Kostenko · Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko

Elena Kostenko

Name
Elena Mikhailovna Kostenko
Born
9 August 1926
Birthplace
Leningrad, USSR
Died
26 September 2019 (aged 93)
Known for
Painting
Training
Repin Institute of Arts
Movement
Realism
Nationality
Soviet Union · Russia
Occupation
painter
Education
Repin Institute of Arts · Leningrad Art School
Languages
Russian

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