1. Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova is regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.
10 Facts About Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova was born August 4,1915, in the village Pervozvanovka, Poltava Governorate, Ukraine.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova was orphaned in 1922 at the age of seven after her mother, Nadezhda Mironovna, died; her father, Alexei Fedorovich, was killed in battle in 1916.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova studied at an art studio from 1930 to 1933.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova had been living in Leningrad since 1945, and in 1950 she married artist Alexander Samokhvalov.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova developed her skills as a painter under his influence, and in 1952 she began working in the studio of Samokhvalov on Tuchkov Lane.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova painted portraits, landscapes, and still lifes; she used Samokhvalov as a model for many paintings and sketches.
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In 1957, Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova began to take part in exhibitions, and in early 1960 she was admitted to Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists; Aleksandr Deyneka signed her reference.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova died July 21,2000, in Saint Petersburg at the age of 85 years.
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Maria Kleschar-Samokhvalova's works are in museums and private collections of Russia and abroad.