Piotr Nazarov

• Name — Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov • Born — 25 December 1921 • Birthplace — Kochki, Novosibirsk Oblast, Soviet Russia • Died — 19 April 1988 • Place of death — Leningrad, USSR • Field — Painting • Training — Repin Institute of Arts • Movement — Realism

Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov was born on 25 December 1921 in the village of Kochki, Novosibirsk Oblast, Soviet Russia. In 1931 Nazarov's family moved to Krasnoyarsk city, Eastern Siberia, where he spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for some his paintings. In autumn 1940, Nazarov was drafted into the Red Army. He was a veteran of World War II, participated in the Great Patriotic War, he fought in the infantry in units of the 5th Army. After demobilization in 1946, Nazarov came to Leningrad and entered at Tavricheskaya Art School, from which he graduated in 1950. That same year, Nazarov joined the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, where he studied Piotr Belousov, Mikhail Platunov, Valery Pimenov. In 1956 Nazarov graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture namen after Ilya Repin in Rudolf Frentz personal Art Studio. His graduation work was a historical painting named "Lenin at the opening of the first power plant in rural Kashino", dedicated to the start of industrialization in Soviet Russia (GOELRO plan). During the years 1957–1970, Nazarov worked as an artist in various organizations in Leningrad, and he also painted commissions. Starting in 1957, Nazarov participated in art exhibitions. He painted genre and historical paintings, portraits, landscapes, still lifes, sketches from the life. His personal exhibition was in Leningrad in 1981. Nazarov's characteristic variety of techniques, including decorative and plein air painting. The coloring of his work is saturated with a focus on the relationship of warm and cold tones and the contrast between light and shadow. Nazarov was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1970. In years 1970–1988, Nazarov worked as Art Teacher in the Vera Mukhina Art Institute in Leningrad. Piotr Fedorovich Nazarov died on 19 April 1988 in Leningrad aged 66. His paintings reside in art museums and private collections in Russia, England, in the U.S., Japan, and other countries.