Joseph Serebriany

Joseph Serebriany studied at Repin Institute of Arts. Feodosii Humeniuk is recorded as having studied under Joseph Serebriany. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait, landscape, graphics and poster. Employment is recorded with Repin Institute of Arts. Distinctions recorded are People's Painter of the USSR, People's Painter of the RSFSR and Honored art worker of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic.

• Name — Joseph Serebriany • Native Name — Иосиф Серебрянный • Born — 25 April 1907 • Birthplace — Horodnia, Chernigov Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 12 August 1979 • Place of death — Leningrad, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Field — Painting • Training — Repin Institute of Arts • Movement — Realism • Awards — People's Artist of the Russian Federation

• Illustration — Joseph Serebriany. The partisan detachment. Lesgaftovtsy. 1942 In 1924-1927 studied in Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad. In 1927-1931 studied in Repin Institute of Arts, student of Mikhail Bobyshov, Arcady Rylov, Vasili Savinsky. Take place in Art Exhibitions since 1925. In 1931-1934 he worked as designer and stage decorator. In 1935–1941 years he painted mainly by the order in portrait and historical genre. In 1941-1945 during the Great Patriotic War and the blockade remained in Leningrad. In 1947 Jasef Serebriany was elected a corresponding member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. In 1948-1979 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts as a professor of painting and a head of personal workshop. In 1965 Jasef Serebriany was awarded an honorable title of People's Artist of the Russian Federation, in 1977 of the People's Artist of the USSR. Twice he was elected chairman of the Leningrad Union of Artists (1948–1952 and 1954–1958). In 1966 he was awarded the Silver Medal of the Academy of Fine Arts of the USSR for a portrait of Dmitry Shostakovich. His works reside in the State Russian Museum, Tretyakov Gallery, in many museums and private collections in Russia, France, Ukraine, Germany, and other countries.