10 Facts About Dmitry Oboznenko

Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist, Honored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg.

Dmitry Oboznenko was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre compositions and combat paintings of the siege of Stalingrad.

Dmitry Oboznenko was a noted poster and caricature artist, a member of The Fighting Pencil Group.

Dmitry Georgievich Oboznenko was born July 10,1930, in the Leningrad, USSR.

Dmitry Oboznenko studied of Vladimir Gorb, Valery Pimenov, Vitaly Valtsev, Rudolf Frentz.

In 1957, Dmitry Oboznenko graduated from Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Josef Serebriany workshop.

Dmitry Oboznenko painted portraits, genre and battle paintings, landscapes, sketches from the life.

Dmitry Oboznenko worked in oil painting, pencil drawings, watercolors, and satiric posters.

The most important paintings that brought recognition of Dmitry Oboznenko, were devoted to the theme of the Great Patriotic War, the image of the Russian soldier, a moral victory in the confrontation of cruelty and evil.

In 1978 Dmitry Oboznenko was awarded the honorary title of Honored Artist of the RSFSR.