Mikhail Avilov

Mikhail Avilov studied at Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Lev Dmitriev-Kavkazski, Franz Roubaud and Nikolai Samokysh is recorded. Aleksandr Atsmanchuk is recorded as having studied under Mikhail Avilov. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are history, military, animal and landscape. Employment is recorded with St. Distinctions recorded are State Stalin Prize, 1st degree, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" and People's Painter of the RSFSR.

• Name — Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov • Born — 6 September 1882 • Birthplace — Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire • Died — 14 April 1954 • Place of death — Leningrad, USSR • Resting Place — Tikhvin Cemetery, St. Petersburg • Field — military painting • Training — Alumni • Movement — Realism • Awards — Stalin Prize Order of the Red Banner of Labour

Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov was born on 6 September 1882 in Saint Petersburg. From 1893 to 1903, he studied in the Drawing School of the Imperial Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, then in the private studio of the artist, Leon Dmitriev-Kavkazsky. From 1904 to 1910, Avilov studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts as a pupil of Franz Roubaud and Mykola Samokysh. From 1908, he began to participate in art exhibitions. Mikhail Avilov fought in the First World War. After the October Revolution of 1917, Avilov taught at the School of Drawing Society for the Encouragement of Arts in Petrograd, then in the College of Industrial Art and the Academy of Arts. From 1923, Avilov was an exhibitor at the AKhRR. In 1932, he was one of the founders of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. In 1943, Avilov was awarded the Stalin Prize in the first degree for his battle painting «Duel Peresvet with Chelubey at the Kulikovo Field». He was also awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labour. In 1953, Avilov was awarded the honorary title of a People's Artist of the Russian Federation. He was a Member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. Mikhail Ivanovich Avilov died on 14 April 1954 in the seventy-second year of his life. His grave remains at the Tikhvin Cemetery in St. Petersburg, with memorial bust of 1955 by Nikolai Dydykin. His paintings are found in the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, and in art museums and private collections in Russia, Ukraine, Japan, China, France, England and other countries.