Boris Korneev (painter)
Boris Vasilievich Korneev (; 15 February 1922 – 24 December 1973) was a Soviet Russian painter and art teacher, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, professor of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as one of the major representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his genre painting and portraits. Biography. Boris Vasilievich Korneev was born on 15 February 1922 in Petrozavodsk, Karelia Province, Soviet Russia. In 1938 Boris Korneev entered to the Leningrad Art Colledge and graduated it only after the War. During  the War he was in the army at 749 infantry and had participation at the breakthrough of the Blockade of Leningrad at the liberation of Baltic countries, Karelia, Poland, Czechoslovakia. He was awarded by Order of Glory third class, Order of the Badge of Honour, Medal "For Courage", Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad", Medal "For the Victory over Germany in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945", Medal "For the Liberation of Prague". In 1946 Korneev entered to the painting department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin and graduated from it in 1952. His  professors were Boris Fogel, Semion Abugov, Victor Oreshnikov, Yuri Neprintsev, Genrikh Pavlovsky, Andrei Mylnikov . His principal professor was Victor Oreshnikov and the diploma work was "Schoolchildren at the Concert in Leningrad Philharmonic" (Altai State Museum of Fine Arts). Since 1952 Boris Korneev has participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre paintings, landscapes, and still lifes. His personal exhibitions were in the Museum of Academy of Arts Leningrad (1975), and in the Nekrasov Apartment Museum Saint Petersburg (1997). In 1989 - 1992 his works were presented in auctions and exhibitions of Russian painting L' Ecole de Leningrad at France. Boris  Korneev was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1954. In years 1962–1973 Boris Korneev worked as a teacher of Ilya Repin Institute and a professor of Drawing Department since (1973). Since 1970 he was a head of Painting section of the Leningrad Union of Artists, a deputy vice-chairman of the Leningrad Union of Artists and a Secretary of the Union of Artists of Russian Federation. In 1971 he was awarded by Order of the Badge of Honour. In 1965 he was taking possession of Honored Artist of the Russian Federation after his series "Roads of War