Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko
RSFSR State Prize named after I.Ye.Repin
Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko was born on October 01, 1911, in Boguchar, Bogucharsky district, Voronezh region, Russian Federation in a peasant family. He spent his childhood during the civil war. Having fled from starvation to the Kuban, his family settled at the Tikhoretskaya station. In 1923, his family moved to Nizhny Novgorod.
From 1924 to 1929, Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko studied at the Art School of Sergey Sokolov in Nizhny Novgorod.
Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko started as an artist in the "Nizhny Novgorod commune" newspaper. In 1932, he made satirical works for the newspaper of the Gorky Automobile Plant "AutoGigant". In 1935, he participated in regional, zonal (area-based), republican, all-Union, foreign exhibitions. In 1939, he painted the landscape. In 1942, he painted "Revival". In 1949, he moved to Mytishchi. In 1954, he painted "Tselina", in 1974 - "Winter", in 1980 - "Song of the Volga".
Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko was an outstanding Soviet artist. He was called the People's Artist of the RSFSR and awarded the RSFSR State Prize named after I.Ye.Repin.
Quotes from others about the person
Sokolov said: "If you want to be a real artist, get up before sunrise! Painting is not entertainment, but hard work. A landscape painter can not work without hard work and enthusiasm".
Andrei Petrovich Polyushenko was born in a peasant family.
