Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (
Russian: Евге́ния Петро́вна Анти́пова; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter,
graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her
genre compositions,
portraits, landscapes, and
still life paintings, which she created using oils and
watercolours. Among her favourite themes were apple
orchards and
Crimean landscapes.
Evgenia Petrovna Antipova was born on 19 October 1917 in
Toropets, a small town located about halfway between
Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Her father was an office worker for a railway company. Antipova lived with her parents in
Samara on the
Volga River until 1928. While living there, she began working in an artistic studio under the direction of Pavel Krasnov. In 1935, Antipova moved to Leningrad. The following year, she began studying at the
Leningrad Secondary Art School, part of the
All-Russian Academy of Arts, where she stayed until 1939. Her teachers were Leonid Ovsyannikov,
Alexander Zaytsev, Leonid Sholokhov, Alexander Debler, and
Vladimir Gorb.
Antipova began the summer of 1941 in western
Ukraine, where she was taking part in a summer program, but the
invasion of the Soviet Union by
Nazi Germany soon prompted her to return to Leningrad. On 18 July 1941, Antipova married Jacov Lukash, a fourth-year student of the department of monumental painting. Lukash was drafted into the
Red Army and died while away in May 1942. Antipova remained in the
encircled city of Leningrad until the beginning of 1942, when she was evacuated to
Novosibirsk, where she stayed until the end of the war.[4]
In 1945, Antipova returned to Leningrad, and in 1950, she graduated from the
Repin Institute of Arts in
Boris Ioganson's personal art studio (the former studio of
Alexander Osmerkin). Her graduate work was a painting called Andrey Zhdanov visits the Palace of Young Pioneers in Leningrad.[5]
Career
From 1950–1956, Antipova taught painting and composition at
Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad and participated in several art exhibitions.[6] She focused on expressing her individual perspective in her works. In 1953, she was accepted into the
Leningrad Union of Artists.[7]
In the 1960s, she created a series of portraits, most notably A Girl from Pereslavl and Waitress (both 1964). Some of her other paintings from the 1950s and early 1960s include:
From the end of the 1960s, her favoured genres were still life and landscape. She had a notable interest in the transmission of colour, light, and air. Among her most well-known works of this period are:
In the still life paintings, Antipova notably prefers the open composition style wherein the content is imagined to continue outside the frame, as opposed to being neatly contained within it. This can be seen in the works A Midday (1982) and Flowering willow, Calla lilies, Daffodils (1984).[26] A primary theme in her paintings is the idealized world in which man can find harmony with nature. She continued to make art with this theme until her death.
Evgenia Antipova had personal exhibitions in Saint Petersburg in 1967, 1988, 1999, and 2007, alongside her husband, artist
Victor Teterin. In 1989–1992, paintings by Antipova were exhibited at fine art auctions and exhibitions of Russian paintings, including at L'École de Leningrad, in
France.[27][28] She died on 27 January 2009 in Saint Petersburg, aged 91. Her paintings reside in the
State Russian Museum,[21] and in many art museums and private collections in Russia,[29][30] France,[31]Germany, the
United States, the
United Kingdom,[32] and around the world.
^Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005. Saint Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.61-62.
^The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.340.
^Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. P.7.
^Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1954 года. Каталог. Л., Изогиз, 1954. С.7.
^Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1955 года. Каталог. Л., ЛССХ, 1956. С.7, 27.
Связь времен. 1932–1997. Художники — члены Санкт-Петербургского Союза художников России. Каталог выставки. СПб., 1997. С.282.
Matthew Cullerne Bown. A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian And Soviet Painters. 1900 — 1980s. — London: Izomar Limited, 1998.
Евгения Антипова, Виктор Тетерин. Живопись. Графика. СПб., 1999. С.44.
Художники круга 11-ти. Из коллекции Николая Кононихина. СПб, 2001. С.3.
Художники — городу. Выставка к 70-летию Санкт-Петербургского Союза художников. Каталог. — Петрополь, 2003. — с.26, 178.
Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005. Saint-Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.61-62.
А. В. Данилова. Группа одиннадцати как художественное явление в изобразительном искусстве Ленинграда 1960–1980 годов.//Общество. Среда. Развитие. Научно-теоретический журнал. № 3, 2010. С.160–164.
Evgenia Antipova. A Midday // 80 years of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. The Anniversary Exhibition. Saint Petersburg, 2012. P.212.
Логвинова Е. Круглый стол по ленинградскому искусству в галерее АРКА // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради. Вып. 31. СПб, 2014. С.17-26.
Evgenia Petrovna Antipova (
Russian: Евге́ния Петро́вна Анти́пова; 19 October 1917 – 27 January 2009) was a Russian painter,
graphic artist, and art teacher. She was known for her
genre compositions,
portraits, landscapes, and
still life paintings, which she created using oils and
watercolours. Among her favourite themes were apple
orchards and
Crimean landscapes.
Evgenia Petrovna Antipova was born on 19 October 1917 in
Toropets, a small town located about halfway between
Moscow and Saint Petersburg. Her father was an office worker for a railway company. Antipova lived with her parents in
Samara on the
Volga River until 1928. While living there, she began working in an artistic studio under the direction of Pavel Krasnov. In 1935, Antipova moved to Leningrad. The following year, she began studying at the
Leningrad Secondary Art School, part of the
All-Russian Academy of Arts, where she stayed until 1939. Her teachers were Leonid Ovsyannikov,
Alexander Zaytsev, Leonid Sholokhov, Alexander Debler, and
Vladimir Gorb.
Antipova began the summer of 1941 in western
Ukraine, where she was taking part in a summer program, but the
invasion of the Soviet Union by
Nazi Germany soon prompted her to return to Leningrad. On 18 July 1941, Antipova married Jacov Lukash, a fourth-year student of the department of monumental painting. Lukash was drafted into the
Red Army and died while away in May 1942. Antipova remained in the
encircled city of Leningrad until the beginning of 1942, when she was evacuated to
Novosibirsk, where she stayed until the end of the war.[4]
In 1945, Antipova returned to Leningrad, and in 1950, she graduated from the
Repin Institute of Arts in
Boris Ioganson's personal art studio (the former studio of
Alexander Osmerkin). Her graduate work was a painting called Andrey Zhdanov visits the Palace of Young Pioneers in Leningrad.[5]
Career
From 1950–1956, Antipova taught painting and composition at
Tavricheskaya Art School in Leningrad and participated in several art exhibitions.[6] She focused on expressing her individual perspective in her works. In 1953, she was accepted into the
Leningrad Union of Artists.[7]
In the 1960s, she created a series of portraits, most notably A Girl from Pereslavl and Waitress (both 1964). Some of her other paintings from the 1950s and early 1960s include:
From the end of the 1960s, her favoured genres were still life and landscape. She had a notable interest in the transmission of colour, light, and air. Among her most well-known works of this period are:
In the still life paintings, Antipova notably prefers the open composition style wherein the content is imagined to continue outside the frame, as opposed to being neatly contained within it. This can be seen in the works A Midday (1982) and Flowering willow, Calla lilies, Daffodils (1984).[26] A primary theme in her paintings is the idealized world in which man can find harmony with nature. She continued to make art with this theme until her death.
Evgenia Antipova had personal exhibitions in Saint Petersburg in 1967, 1988, 1999, and 2007, alongside her husband, artist
Victor Teterin. In 1989–1992, paintings by Antipova were exhibited at fine art auctions and exhibitions of Russian paintings, including at L'École de Leningrad, in
France.[27][28] She died on 27 January 2009 in Saint Petersburg, aged 91. Her paintings reside in the
State Russian Museum,[21] and in many art museums and private collections in Russia,[29][30] France,[31]Germany, the
United States, the
United Kingdom,[32] and around the world.
^Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005. Saint Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.61-62.
^The Leningrad School of Painting. Essays on the History. St Petersburg, ARKA Gallery Publishing, 2019. P.340.
^Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. Leningrad, Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. P.7.
^Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1954 года. Каталог. Л., Изогиз, 1954. С.7.
^Весенняя выставка произведений ленинградских художников 1955 года. Каталог. Л., ЛССХ, 1956. С.7, 27.
Связь времен. 1932–1997. Художники — члены Санкт-Петербургского Союза художников России. Каталог выставки. СПб., 1997. С.282.
Matthew Cullerne Bown. A Dictionary of Twentieth Century Russian And Soviet Painters. 1900 — 1980s. — London: Izomar Limited, 1998.
Евгения Антипова, Виктор Тетерин. Живопись. Графика. СПб., 1999. С.44.
Художники круга 11-ти. Из коллекции Николая Кононихина. СПб, 2001. С.3.
Художники — городу. Выставка к 70-летию Санкт-Петербургского Союза художников. Каталог. — Петрополь, 2003. — с.26, 178.
Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915–2005. Saint-Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.61-62.
А. В. Данилова. Группа одиннадцати как художественное явление в изобразительном искусстве Ленинграда 1960–1980 годов.//Общество. Среда. Развитие. Научно-теоретический журнал. № 3, 2010. С.160–164.
Evgenia Antipova. A Midday // 80 years of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists. The Anniversary Exhibition. Saint Petersburg, 2012. P.212.
Логвинова Е. Круглый стол по ленинградскому искусству в галерее АРКА // Петербургские искусствоведческие тетради. Вып. 31. СПб, 2014. С.17-26.