Genrikh Pavlovsky

Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky (October 15, 1907 – December 17, 1973) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, who lived and worked in Leningrad, a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, who played an important role in the formation of the Leningrad school of painting.

Biography Genrikh Vasilievich Pavlovsky was born on October 15, 1907, in the village of Kamenskoe. In 1910 his family moved to the small town of Novo-Borisov. In 1929 Pavlovsky graduated from Vitebsk Art School and was sent to continue his studies in Leningrad Academy of Arts. In 1937 Pavkovsky graduated from the Academy of Arts in Alexander Osmerkin studio as an artist of painting. His graduate work was a historical painting named «A Year of 1905». In the same year the painting was acquired by the State Russian Museum, which is a rare opportunity for graduate work.

At the first time Pavlovsky participated in Art Exhibition in 1931 year. Since 1937 he was constantly involved in Art Exhibitions, showing his work together with the leading masters of fine arts of Leningrad. He painted genre and historical paintings, portraits, landscapes, and still lifes. In 1937 Pavlovsky become a member of the Leningrad Union of the Soviet Artists. Also in 1937 he began teaching at the Repin Institute as an assistant in the studio of Alexander Osmerkin, where he work up to the 1950. From 1950 to 1973 Pavlovsky teaching at the Vera Mukhina Industrial Art School in Leningrad.

Pupils Evgenia Antipova Nikolai Baskakov Evgenia Baykova Dmitry Belyaev Olga Bogaevskaya Vladimir Chekalov Ivan Godlevsky Abram Grushko Boris Kharchenko Alexander Koroviakov Marina Kozlovskaya Alexei Mozhaev Nikolai Mukho Lev Orekhov Sergei Osipov Gleb Savinov Elena Skuin Victor Teterin Yuri Tulin Nina Veselova Vecheslav Zagonek and a lot of others.