Rostislav Vovkushevsky
| Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky | |
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March 22, 1917 Polotsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire |
| Died | August 14, 2000 (aged 83) Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
| Awards | Order of Red Star |
Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky (Russian: Ростисла́в Ива́нович Вовкуше́вский; March 22, 1917, Polotsk, Vitebsk Governorate, Russian Empire – August 14, 2000, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Rostislav Ivanovich Vovkushevsky was born March 22, 1917, in the city of Polotsk, Vitebsk Province, Belorussia, Russian Empire in family of railway engineer.
In 1925 his family comes to Leningrad. In 1936 after graduation high school Rostislav Vovkushevsky entered at the Department of Architecture of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied of noted art educators Pavel Shillingovsky, Ivan Bilibin, Konstantin Rudakov, and Leonid Ovsannikov.
In February 1942, together with the institute, he was evacuated from besieged Leningrad to Central Asia in Samarkand. In June 1942, Rostislav Vovkushevsky was drafted into the Red Army and took part in the Second World War, which led the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies. As gunner he fought on the Volkhov Front and 2nd Belorussian Front, took part in the liberation of the Nazi occupation of Poland and Baltik Republics. He was wounded and received military awards: Order of the Red Star, Medal for Combat Service, Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", and others.
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