*** ABOUT THIS PAINTING *** * TITLE: "For firewood" * ARTISTS: Klavdiya Tutevol * SIZE: -x- cm/'-x- inches' * MEDIUM: oil, cardboard * HAND PAINTED: Original painting from our collection * CONDITION: we tried to convey the maximum information with the help of photos about this product
About the artists: Klavdiya Aleksandrovna Tutevol was born on October 23, 1917 in the city of Borzna, Chernigov province.
In 1938, she graduated from the Irkutsk Regional Art School of Fine Arts [1]. Her diploma work was a high relief on a building on Kanazawa Street (Kanazawa is a sister city of Irkutsk), house 3. This work was noted by the capital's teachers who arrived that year, who invited her to Moscow to continue her education [2].
In 1938, Klavdiya Tutevol entered the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute. The war prevented her from completing her studies on time, since the institute was evacuated to Tashkent. In 1948, Klavdiya Aleksandrovna graduated with honors from the Moscow State Art Institute, where she studied with A. V. Lentulov and N. P. Ulyanov, as well as with A. A. Deineka [3]. In the same year, she became a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR[2].
Since 1948, K. Tutevol worked as a monumental artist in the art expert workshops of the construction of the Palace of Soviets. Then she devoted herself mainly to decorative and monumental art and constantly worked at the Moscow Combine of Decorative and Design Art (KDOI).
Since 1952, K. A. Tutevol was a member of the board of the Moscow Union of Artists.
From 1965 to 1967, he taught drawing at the Stroganov School.
Since 1967, he worked at the Surikov Moscow State Art Institute as a professor and head of the monumental painting workshop[3].
Since 1972 - member of the purchasing commission of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
In 1975, by decision of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet of the RSFSR, K. A. Tutevol was awarded the title of "Honored Artist of the RSFSR"[3].
