Semyon Abugov

Semyon Abugov studied at Hrekov Odesa Art school and Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. Training under Dmitry Kardovsky and Vladimir Makovsky is recorded. The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are portrait. Employment is recorded with Repin Institute of Arts.

• Name — Semion Lvovich Abugov • Born — 30 December 1877 • Birthplace — Byerazino, Minsk Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 3 May 1950 • Place of death — Leningrad, USSR • Field — Painting • Education — Alumni • Movement — Realism

Semion Abugov was born on 30 December 1877 in Byerazino village, Minsk Governorate (now Minsk Region, Belarus). In 1900 he graduated from the Odessa Drawing School. Then studied in Saint Petersburg at the Imperial Academy of Arts from Dmitry Kardovsky and Vladimir Makovsky. In 1908 he graduated from Academy of Arts with the title of the artist of painting. His graduate work was a picture named «Motherhood». Semion Abugov participated in Art Exhibitions since 1908. He painted mainly portraits and landscapes. In 1918 Abugov participated in the design of Petrograd to the first anniversary of the October Revolution. Since 1920 Abugov primarily engaged in Art teaching, at first in Art Schools and studios of Leningrad, then from 1932 at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the All-Russian Academy of Arts. He was professor of painting since 1939. Semion Abugov died on 3 May 1950 at the age of 72. He was buried in a Transfiguration Jewish cemetery in Leningrad.

Semyon Abugov worked in painting. His work is associated with realism. He was employed by Repin Institute of Arts. He belonged to Artists' Union of the USSR.