Nina Leonidovna Veselova (Russian: Ни́на Леони́довна Весело́ва; January 6, 1922 – March 3, 1960) was a Russian Soviet realist painter and graphic artist, Doctor of art-criticism (1954), who lived and worked in Leningrad.[1] She was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists and regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.[2]
Biography
Veselova was born January 6, 1922, in Petrograd (former Saint Petersburg), Soviet Russia.
During World War II and the siege of Leningrad, Veselova remained in Leningrad. She worked at the plant, an educator of kindergarten, in the lumber camps on the outskirts of Leningrad. In 1943–1944, after breaking through the siege of Leningrad, she was engaged in reviving the Tavricheskaya Art School.
After graduating in the 1950–1954 years, Veselova continued her postgraduate studies under creative workshop by the leading of People's Artist of the USSR Professor Alexander Gerasimov. In 1954 she was awarded the academic degree of Doctor of art-criticism.
After 1939, Veselova participated in art exhibitions. She painted portraits, genre paintings, landscapes and still lifes. A talented portrait painter and graphic artist, Veselova gravitated to the genre of portrait with a developed plot. Her style is distinguished soft plastic, restrained decorative color, and exquisite tonal relationships.
Veselova died in Leningrad on March 3, 1960. Paintings by Veselova reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in the lot of art museums and private collections in Russia, in the U.S., China, England, Japan, and others.
^Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Volume 2. - Moscow: Iskusstvo Edition, 1972. - pp. 250-251.
^Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. Saint Petersburg, NP-Print Edition, 2007. P.48, 359, 384, 388-390, 392, 393, 399, 403, 405-407, 411, 413-416, 419, 421-424.
^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.
Sources
Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biography Dictionary. Volume 2. - Moscow: Iskusstvo Edition, 1972. - pp. 250–251.