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Boris Spornikov
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Boris Alexandrowich Spornikov was born
at August 3, 1930. Graduated from Kiev
State Fine Arts Institute in 1975.
In July 1941 being a boy in the youth
camp he first saw the album with the
fine art drawings, and this moment was
a critical turn point in his future
career. Boris gained the strong wish to
draw and paint. At the same he was
observing his motherland’s sky filled
with bomb explosions of the Nazi
aviation. Much later, those children
impressions were reflected on the
series of pastel paintings “The sky of
my childhood” (1975). He lived in Kiev
during its occupation by Nazi forces,
where death was a real and immediate
thing everywhere, yet he experiences
hunger and the need of hiding himself
and his mother in their family house.
He saved himself by the accident: he
and his mother were forced to leave
Ukraine for Germany, and by some wonder
they escaped the train.
After the war, a schoolteacher of
mathematics, who was also the
professional painter, allowed Boris to
study fine arts. By this way, the boy
was accepted to the Republican
secondary fine art school… The fate
favored Boris, as those times were
favorable for young artists development
in Soviet Union. The school of the
social realism was supported with the
numerous contests, public exhibitions
and monumental projects. Self study was
much encouraged also. While studying in
9th form, Boris painted his first
serious picture of historical
motif “The Kiev defense against
Tatars”. Late fine art academic, S.O.
Grygoriev, after seeing this painting,
helped Boris with attending to the Kiev
Fine Art Institute (1952). Spornikov
happened to study in the studio of the
well-known Ukrainian master K.D.
Trokhimenko. Under his supervision,
Spornikov painted the large canvas of
O. Parkhomenko (Soviet supreme
governmental member). Another
painting, “Arsenal rebel members” was a
diploma project of Boris. Young
graduate was not able to choose his
place of further employment, and
instead whished fine art museum in
Alupka (Famous Voronzov’s palace) he
got to the position of teacher in fine
art school in Dnepropetrovsk. His
serious paintings of that time: “The
heroes of Tripillya” and “The first
seeds of the Commune”, made triumph at
Republican and Soviet exhibitions.
Boris Spornikov became a recognized
painter in Ukraine, his work... to see complete biography, click on artists name Country: Ukraine Birthyear: 1930 Media: oil Style: realistic Subjects: landscapes and nature |
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