Pyotr Ivanovich Zhigimont (1914 - 2003)

Pyotr Ivanovich Zhigimont

Pyotr Ivanovich Zhigimont (Russian: Пётр Иванович Жигимонт) was a Soviet artist of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a painter, a figure of monumental and decorative art.

Pyotr Zhigimont created many paintings dedicated to the Great Patriotic War. In 1946 he joined the brigade of the Studio of Military Artists named after M. Grekov. He took part in the restoration of the panorama "Battle of Borodino" and the creation of the panorama "Defeat of the Nazi troops at Stalingrad". The master participated in many art exhibitions.

Zhigimont moved to Germany in 1993, where he continued his artistic career.