Yuri Petrovich Kugach ( March 8 (21), 1917 , Suzdal , Russian Empire - April 22, 2013 , Maly Gorodok , Russia ) - Soviet and Russian painter.
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| Date of Birth | March 8 (21), 1917 | |||
| Place of Birth | Suzdal , Vladimir Province , Russian Empire | |||
| Date of death | April 22, 2013 (96 years old) | |||
| Place of death | Small Town , Vyshnevolotsky District , Tver Region , Russia | |||
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire →  USSR → Russia | |||
| Genre | story genre | |||
| Study | Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov | |||
| Style | realism , socialist realism | |||
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Academician of the Academy of Arts of the USSR ( 1975 ; corresponding member 1970 ). People's Artist of the USSR ( 1977 ). Laureate of the Stalin Prize of the second degree ( 1950 ) of the State Prize of the RSFSR named after I. E. Repin ( 1969 ).
Biography
Yu. P. Kugach was born on March 8 (21), 1917 in Suzdal (now Vladimir Region ).
1936 - graduated from the Moscow Isotekhnikum in memory of 1905 . Teachers: N.P. Krymov , K.F. Morozov.
Since 1939 - a participant in art exhibitions.
1942 - Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov .
1945 - Graduate School of Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov. Teachers: S.V. Gerasimov , N. Kh. Maksimov , I.E. Grabar .
In 1948 - 1951 - teaching at the Moscow State Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov.
Full member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR since 1975 .
Paintings of Yu. P. Kugach are in collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery , the Russian Museum , art museums of Russia , Ukraine , and in private collections in Russia and abroad: in the USA , Germany , Spain , France , Japan .
He died on April 23, 2013 in the village of Maly Gorodok, Vyshnevolotsky District, Tver Region . The cause of death is a hernia of the cervical spine after knee replacement.
He was buried at Serebryannichesky cemetery in the village of Sadovy on April 26, 2013.
Awards and Prizes
- The Order of Honor ( April 16, 1997 ) - for services to the state, a great contribution to strengthening friendship and cooperation between peoples, many years of fruitful activity in the field of culture and art [1] .
- Order of the October Revolution ( March 26, 1987 ) - for services to the development of Soviet fine art and in connection with the seventieth birthday [2] .
- People's Artist of the USSR ( 1977 ).
- People's Artist of the RSFSR ( 1965 ).
- Honored Artist of the RSFSR ( 1963 ).
- The Stalin Prize of the second degree (1950) - for the painting "The Advanced People of Moscow in the Kremlin" and for the series of portraits "Noble People of Moscow" (with co-authors).
- The RSFSR State Prize named after I.E. Repin (1969) - for the paintings “On Saturday”, “Before Dancing”, “Wedding”.