Zheleznov Mikhail Petrovich
Electric welder. Self-portrait.

Electric welder. Self-portrait.
Year: 1965.
Technique: Charcoal pencil on paper.
Size: 47,5х40.


Zheleznov Mikhail Petrovich (1912–1978).

Painter, graphic artist, member of the Leningrad Union of Artists. From 1929 to 1930 he studied at the workers' faculty at the Moscow VKHUTEIN. In 1930 he was transferred to Leningrad to the workers' faculty at the Leningrad VKHUTEIN, which was transformed into the Institute of Proletarian Fine Arts. From 1932 to 1938 he studied at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the All-Russian Academy of Arts, workshop of I. Brodsky. Member of the Second World War since 1942. He worked in Lenizo. Participated in exhibitions since 1940. Member of the Leningrad Union of Artists since 1946. The works are in museums and private collections in Russia and abroad.