Tatiana Kopnina

Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina
Born	November 11, 1921 Krasnoyarsk, Soviet Russia
Died	March 6, 2009 Saint Petersburg
Nationality	Russian
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism

Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina (Russian: Татья́на Влади́мировна Копнина́; November 11, 1921 in Krasnoyarsk, East Siberia, Soviet Russia – March 6, 2009 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) - Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, lived and worked in Leningrad - Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,^[1] most famous for her portrait paintings.

Biography

Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina was born November 11, 1921 in Krasnoyarsk, East Siberia, Soviet Russia.

In 1950 Tatiana Kopnina graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Mikhail Avilov workshop.^[2] Pupil of Alexander Zaytsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Semion Abugov.

Since 1949 Tatiana Kopnina participated in art exhibitions. Painted portraits, genre scenes, landscapes, still lifes. Personal art exhibition in Leningrad ( 1985).

Tatiana Kopnina was a member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists since 1950.^[3]

In 1960-1990 Tatiana Kopnina worked as an art teacher in the Secondary Art School of Repin Institute of Arts in Leningrad.

Tatiana Vladimirovna Kopnina died on March 6, 2009 in Saint Petersburg. Her paintings are in museums and private collections in Russia, Japan, the U.S., China, and other countries.

Gallery

• 
  July. 1959
• 
  A Fish. 1967
• 
  Flowers at the window. 1957
• 
  Portrat of Chinese student. 1956

See also

• Leningrad School of Painting
• List of Russian artists
• List of 20th-century Russian painters
• List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• List of the Russian Landscape painters
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

References

1. Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 362, 388-394, 397, 398, 403, 405, 406.
2. Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.- p.62. ISBN 978-5-903677-01-6.
3. Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p.61.

Bibliography

• Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 61.
• Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0-9532061-0-6, ISBN 978-0-9532061-0-0.
• Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. - Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. - pp. 20–21. ISBN 1-85149-280-1, ISBN 978-1-85149-280-0.
• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 362, 388-394, 397, 398, 403, 405, 406. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
• Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007.- p. 62. ISBN 978-5-903677-01-6.

External links

• Paintings of Tatiana Kopnina on site "Unknown Socialist Realism. Quests and Discoveries"
• Paintings of Tatiana Kopnina on VIDEO "Portrait painting of 1920-1990s. The Leningrad School. Part 1"
• Paintings of Tatiana Kopnina on VIDEO "Portrait in painting of 1920-1990s. The Leningrad School. Part 2"
• Paintings of Tatiana Kopnina on VIDEO "Portrait in painting of 1920-1990s. The Leningrad School. Part 3"
• Sergei V. Ivanov. The Leningrad School of Painting. Historical Outline
• Chronology of the Leningrad School of Painting