Gennady Fyodorovich Babikov (1911 - 1993)
1911-01-18Чаплыгин, Russian Empire1993-11-29Ashgabat, TurkmenistanRussia, Turkmenistan, USSR
Gennady Fyodorovich Babikov
Gennady Fyodorovich Babikov (Russian: Геннадий Фёдорович Бабиков) was a Soviet and Turkmen artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist, watercolorist, master of landscape and still life and is considered the founder of the genre of Turkmen industrial landscape, representative of the Russian academic school of painting in Central Asia.
Gennady Babikov participated in the Great Patriotic War, at the front he created more than 100 graphic portraits of fellow soldiers. The artist was famous for his linocuts, and also developed a still life style, which was called "Babikov's" in Turkmenistan.
His works are in many private collections around the world.
Date and place of birt: | 18 january 1911, Чаплыгин, Russian Empire |
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Date and place of death: | 29 november 1993, Ashgabat, Turkmenistan |
Nationality: | Russia, Turkmenistan, USSR |
Period of activity: | XX century |
Specialization: | Artist, Graphic artist, Painter |
Genre: | Industrial landscape, Landscape painting, Portrait, Still life |
Art style: | Post-Impressionism, Socialist realism, Contemporary art |