Boris Ivanovich Shamanov (1931 - 2008)

Boris Ivanovich Shamanov

Boris Ivanovich Shamanov (Russian: Борис Иванович Шаманов) was a Soviet and Russian artist of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and teacher, a representative of the Leningrad school of painting.

Boris Shamanov showed himself as a master of portraits, landscapes and genre compositions. His work is characterized by a variety of techniques, including watercolor, gouache, oil and tempera. The main theme of his works are poetic images of the Russian countryside. The artist skillfully combined still lifes with landscapes, as well as portraits with landscape elements. His style changed from semi-cubism in the 1960s to a more plein air approach with associative elements.

Shamanov was a member of the left-wing group Eleven. His works are in many major museums and private collections in Russia and other countries.