Boris Stepanovich Petrov
Boris Stepanovich Petrov () (July 10, 1910, Oryol, Russian Empire – 1981, Leningrad) was a Russian and Soviet painter and mountain climber, who lived and worked in Leningrad. He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists, and regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, mostly known for his mountain landscape paintings. Biography 
Boris Stepanovich Petrov was born July 10, 1910, in Oryol city. In 1931-1933 he studied in Repin Institute of Arts in Leningrad. In 1933-1941 Petrov worked as a decorator and painter, mainly in genre of landscape. In the second half of 1930s Petrov participated in several exhibitions of Leningrad artists, where he exhibited 17 works painted in the Leningrad suburbs. Petrov took part in the Great Patriotic War of 1941-1945. He fought on the Leningrad Front, was marked by military awards. In Blockade period he participated in exhibitions of Leningrad artists. After the World War II, Boris Petrov returned to Leningrad and worked as an artist. In 1965 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Artists. In 1955 he first visited the Caucasus. Since that time, began his fascination with the mountains and mountaineering. Mountain landscape has taken a leading role in his work. For several months he lived in solitude in the mountains and painted. Solo Exhibitions of his works were in Nalchik in 1960, and in 1963 and 1975 in Leningrad. For over the years Petrov painted a lot of paintings and sketches, and created a whole suite of picturesque mountains, diverse and unexpected in color. His paintings reside in Art museums and private collections in Russia, China, Spain, and other countries. See also
 Leningrad School of Painting
 List of 20th-century Russian painters
 List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
 Saint Petersburg Union of Artists

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 Artist and Mountain climber Boris Petrov on the site of RIA Novosti. 1970, Kabardino-Balkaria

1910 births
1981 deaths
20th-century Russian painters
Russian male painters
Soviet military personnel of World War II
Soviet painters
Socialist realist artists
Russian landscape painters
Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists
Sportspeople from Saint Petersburg
Leningrad School artists
Soviet mountain climbers
20th-century Russian male artists