Victor Oreshnikov
Victor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov () (January 7 [O.S. January 20], 1904 – March 15, 1987) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of the USSR, active member of the Soviet Academy of Arts (1954–1987), Stalin Prize winner, rector of Repin Institute of Arts (1953–1978). Biography 
In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad VHUTEIN in workshop of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. In 1930-1987 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts. PhD in Art History (1937). Doctor of Fine Arts (1948). Victor Oreshnikov was twice awarded the Stalin Prize (1948, 1950), Order of Lenin, Order of the Red Banner of Labour, Order of the Badge of Honour, and numerous medals. Solo exhibitions of the artist was held in Leningrad (1954, 1974, 1985) and Moscow (1975). Pupils 
 Irina Getmanskaya
 Boris Korneev
 Alexander Koroviakov
 Elena Kostenko
 Victor Otiev
 Nikolai Pozdneev
 Maria Rudnitskaya
 Alexander Sokolov
 Rostislav Vovkushevsky

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1904 births
1987 deaths
20th-century Russian painters
Russian male painters
People's Artists of the USSR (visual arts)
Full Members of the USSR Academy of Arts
Recipients of the Stalin Prize
Soviet painters
Members of the Leningrad Union of Artists
Socialist realist artists
Leningrad School artists
Repin Institute of Arts alumni
Russian portrait painters