1. Piotr Dmitrievich Buchkin was a Soviet and Russian painter, watercolorist, graphic artist, illustrator, and art teacher, Honored Arts Worker of the RSFSR.
13 Facts About Piotr Buchkin
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Piotr Buchkin was born on 22 January 1886 in Sofronovo village, Tver Governorate, Russian Empire.
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Piotr Buchkin engaged in School of Technical Drawing of Baron Alexander von Stieglitz, where studied of Nikolai Koshelev.
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In 1904 Piotr Buchkin entered the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Fine Arts, where he studied of Vasiliy Mate and Vasily Savinsky.
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Piotr Buchkin received the title of the artist with the right of teaching in schools.
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Piotr Buchkin painted portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, worked as illustrator for the theatre magazines and books.
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Piotr Buchkin worked in technic of watercolor, pencil, pastels, etchings, oil and tempera paintings.
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In 1920s Piotr Buchkin painted from the life Vladimir Lenin and Fedor Shalyapin.
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In 1914, Piotr Buchkin becomes a member of the Society of Artists named after Arkhip Kuindzhi.
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In 1932 Piotr Buchkin become one of the founders of the Leningrad Union of Artists.
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In postwar years Piotr Buchkin taught at the Vera Mukhina Art and Industry Higher School, where he was professor, a Head of the Department of Monumental-Decorative Painting.
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In 1956 Piotr Buchkin was awarded the honorary title of Honored Art Worker of Russian Federation.
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Piotr Buchkin's paintings are in the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, and other art museums and private collections in Russia, Italy, the US, Japan, Germany, England, France, and other countries.