1. Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz was a Soviet Russian painter who lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
12 Facts About Vladimir Krantz
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Vladimir Krantz is most famous for his lyrical landscape paintings.
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Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz was born February 17,1913, in Mozdok, North Caucasus.
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Vladimir Krantz's ancestor, German-born Von Rosen Krantz, was sent in exile to the Caucasus after the December uprising in Petersburg in 1825.
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In 1935 Vladimir Krantz entered the Architectural department of Leningrad Civil Engineering Institute, which he graduated in 1940.
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In 1941 Krantz was drafted into the Red Army and took part in the second world war of the Soviet people against Nazi Germany and its allies.
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Vladimir Krantz painted a lot in suburbs of Leningrad and in the ancient Russian town of Staraja Ladoga in the Leningrad Region.
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Vladimir Krantz painted the modest beauty of Northern Russia and seascapes in the Crimea, working at the Academic Dacha in Tver province.
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Vladimir Krantz preferred painting ala prima, finishing his landscape in one session.
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Vladimir Krantz never went down to the rough naturalism or unwarranted detailing both in drawing and coloring.
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Vladimir Krantz was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists since 1972.
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Vladimir Pavlovich Krantz died in Saint Petersburg on July 20,2003.