Batalists Contemporary art
Nikolai Yakovlevich Bout (Russian: Николай Яковлевич Бут) was a Soviet artist of the second half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, a master of the battle genre.
Nikolai Bout began painting from his teenage years and immediately showed an interest in depicting historical battles. Throughout his career as a professional artist, he lived in Moscow, and spent the summer months in Kerch, where the subjects of many of his paintings originated. He painted portraits, battle and genre paintings, and landscapes. His works include the cycle "Adzhimushkay. 1942", series of paintings "Slovak National Uprising", "Heroic Marines" and other works.
Bout was an artist of the M. B. Grekov Studio of Military Artists since 1958.
Alexander Gavrilovich Budnikov (Russian: Александр Гаврилович Будников) was a Soviet Ukrainian artist of the twentieth century. He is known as a battle painter.
During the Great Patriotic War Alexander Budnikov worked for a frontline newspaper, created posters and sketches from the battlefields. After the war he studied at the Kiev Art Institute, later became a teacher and professor at this institution. The artist worked in the genre of battle painting, and was also the author of a series of landscapes from different countries. His works are kept in museums in Ukraine, Russia and in private collections in Europe, the USA and Canada.
Alexander Alekseevich Efimov (Russian: Александр Алексеевич Ефимов) was a Soviet artist of the mid-twentieth century. He is known as a battle painter, marinist and teacher.
Alexander Efimov participated in the Great Patriotic War and the main theme of his work was the history of the navy. He actively worked in the studio of marinists of the fleet, in his work he used the techniques of oil painting and watercolor. His works, including the paintings "Leningradki", "Sailors in the battles for Budapest", "Northern Fleet", became famous for their historical significance.
Efimov's works are in museums and private collections not only in Russia but also abroad.
Anatoly Andreevich Gorpenko (Russian: Анатолий Андреевич Горпенко) was a Soviet artist of the mid-twentieth century. He is known as a painter and graphic artist, battle painter and portraitist.
Anatoly Gorpenko served as a war artist during the Great Patriotic War, creating propaganda posters and front sketches. His oeuvre includes pictorial works, including battle scenes and portraits of military figures. He also participated in the creation of dioramas and panoramas, and his works, including stained glass windows and mosaics, decorated monuments and buildings, including in Berlin.
Gorpenko also did graphics for publishers and magazines and created political posters.
Victor Ivanovich Tolochko (Russian: Виктор Иванович Толочко) was a Soviet and Ukrainian artist of the second half of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. He is known as a painter, a decorated participant of the Great Patriotic War, a master of landscape, still life, battle and historical genres.
When working in the historical genre Victor Tolochko tried to live in the historical atmosphere. Working on the painting "Defenders of the Brest Fortress", he lived in the fortress for six months and created more than 50 sketches and sketches. In addition to the military theme, the master's life-affirming landscapes were also highly appreciated by critics.