Yuri Frolov (1925-1998), Hsc Painting "lenin Before The Congress", XXth

Table, oil on cardboard representing "Lenin in front of the congress", signed lower left, Epoque XX. Size 66*39 cm and 79.5*52.5 cm with frame. Yuri FROLOV (1925-1998), Youri Leonidovich FROLOV Yuri Leonidovich Frolov was born in 1925 in the city of Ryazan. He graduated from an art school before the war, and when the war ended in 1944, he entered the Surikov State Institute of Fine Arts in Moscow. He studied in the painting department specializing in easel painting. Beginning in 1951, his works were widely displayed at the All Union Republican and Zonal art exhibitions. together with three other artists, Yuri Frolov made his first artistic trip in 1954. Artists traveled to Chukotka and the Valley of Geysers in Kamchatka to depict the landscape. The North captivated the artist and became Frolov's central theme. He traveled more than ten times to Chukotka and Kamchatka between 1954 and 1977. There he created many works illustrating the austere life of the North and its hard workers. The painting "Children of Chukotka" that Frolov created on his very first trip was shown in several exhibitions across the country. Yuri Frolov's work as an artist was noted in the press. Articles about his work and illustrations of his paintings were published in the magazines "Ogoniok" (Little Flame), "Deti Severa" (Children of the North), the newspapers "Moskovskaya Pravda" (Truth of Moscow), "Krasnoe Znamya " (Red Flag) and Moskovsky Khudozhnik" 9Moscow artist) among others. Yuri Frolov received several government awards, numerous diplomas and certificates of honor. In 1933, Yuri Frolov became a member of the International Art Fund. The artist's legacy is in the collections of several museums.His paintings are in the collection of the East Kazakhstan Regional Museum of Art, Kokchetavskaya Art Gallery, Voronovskaya Art Gallery, East Kazakhstan Regional Museum, national history of Shuysky, in the reserve stock of the Union of Artists, the Ministry of Culture and private collections.