Yuri Pimenov (painter)
Yuri Pimenov | |
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Юрий Пименов | |
| Born | 13 November [O.S. 26 November] 1903 |
| Died | September 6, 1977 (aged 73) Moscow |
| Resting place | Novodevichy Cemetery |
| Education | 10th Moscow Gymnasium |
| Alma mater | VKHUTEMAS |
| Known for | Painter, graphic artist, set designer, poster artist |
| Style | Socialist realism |
| Awards | Stalin's Prize Lenin Prize Order of Lenin Order of the Red Banner of Labour Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" Medal "In Commemoration of the 800th Anniversary of Moscow" |
Yuri Pimenov (Russian: Юрий Иванович Пименов; November 13, 1903, Moscow – September 6, 1977, there) was a Soviet Russian artist painter, graphic artist, set designer, poster artist, teacher. An academician of the Academy of Arts of the Soviet Union (1962; Corresponding Member 1954), he held the title People's Artist of the USSR (1970) and was a laureate of two Stalin Prizes of the second degree (1947, 1950) and the Lenin Prize (1967).