Background
Viktor Shatalin was born on November 15, 1926 in Zemliany Khutory, Saratov Governorate, Soviet Union (present-day Saratov oblast, Russian Federation).
Zhambyla Zhabajeva Street 4, Kyiv, Ukraine
Shevchenko State Art School
Zhambyla Zhabajeva Street 4, Kyiv, Ukraine
Shevchenko State Art School
National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture
Viktor Shatalin was born on November 15, 1926 in Zemliany Khutory, Saratov Governorate, Soviet Union (present-day Saratov oblast, Russian Federation).
In 1939, Shatalin enrolled at Leningrad Art School. After the World War II, in 1945, Victor attended Shevchenko State Art School.
During the period from 1947 to 1953, he studied at the National Academy of Visual Arts and Architecture in Kiev under the guidance of K. Trokhimenko, M. A. Sharonov and others.
In 1941, at the age of 15, Shatalin joined the army, as a member of the first Ukrainian Front.
In 1953, his first exhibition was held in Kiev.
During the period from 1960 to 1970, he worked on the paintings, dedicated to the historical sites and landscapes of the Russian North (Rostov, Novgorod, Pskov, Suzdal and others), and carried out a large number of lyrical sketches.
Since 1966, Viktor Shatalin taught at the National Academy of Art and Architecture. Ten years later, in 1976, he was promoted to the post of a professor, a position he held until his death in 2003.
During his lifetime, the painter participated in numerous art exhibitions.
Shatalin was known primarily for his thematic canvases, portraits and landscapes. His works are kept in permanent collections of all major Ukrainian museums. His most famous painting, entitled "Across the Valley and Hills", is kept at the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow.
Some of Shatalin's works are also kept in numerous major collections in Russia, Italy, Great Britain, France, China and the United States.
The painter attained numerous awards, including Order of the Badge of Honour in 1960, Shevchenko National Prize in 1984, Order of the Patriotic War in 1985 and others.
Novgorod Militia. Diploma Work by Victor Shatalin
Portrait of Artist's Mother
Landscape
Budyonnovist
Portrait of a Military Man
Laundry is Drying
Grandma
At the Foot of the Mountains
Female Portrait
Lake in the Foothills
Daughter's Portrait
Male Portrait
Legend of the North
Portrait of Artist's Wife
Portrait of the Wife
Vera
Grandpa Martyn
Speech of Lenin on the Red Square
Viktor Shatalin was repeatedly elected the Secretary of the Board of the Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic and the Secretary of the Board of the Artists' Union of the USSR.
