Background
GERASIMOV, Sergey was born on September 27, 1885 in Mozhaysk.
GERASIMOV, Sergey was born on September 27, 1885 in Mozhaysk.
1901-1907 studied at Moscow Stroganov Arts College. 1912 graduate Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
1940-1951 chairman, Moscow Painters’ Union. From 1947 presidium member, USSR Academy of Arts. 1958-1963 first secretary, Board, USSR Painters’ Union.
Deputy, Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic Supreme Soviet of 1963 convocation. From 1960 member, Lenin Prizes Committee for Lit and Arts, USSR Council of Min. From 1964 Board chairman, USSR Painters’ Union.
Illustrated Russian lit classics. Also taught; specialized in landscape, historical and genre painting. A number of his works are displayed in Moscow’s Tret’yakov Gallery and other Soviet museums.
Member, USSR Academy of Arts from 1947.