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Aleksei Gritsai
1914-02-22 – 1998-05-06
Life & Legacy
Aleksei Mikhailovich Gritsai (Russian: Алексей Михайлович Грицай; 7 March 1914 – 6 May 1998) was a Soviet and Russian artist. From 1924 to 1931 he studied in Leningrad in the studios of S.M. Zaidenberg and from 1932 to 1939 at the Academy of Arts under P. S. Naumov, Vasily Yakovlev, and Isaak Brodsky.
Gritsai became best known as a landscape painter with a deep appreciation for the power of nature to provide inspiration for humanity. He believed that since humans are a part of nature they can find joy and consolation through positive interaction with it. Due to the reduced mobility brought by sickness at the end of his life, he was unable to work directly in nature and had to rely on his memory. Because of this, much of his final work is imbued with the poignancy of reminiscence.
Gritsai was a People's Artist of the USSR (Russian: Народный Художник СССР; 1974), an academician of the USSR Academy of Arts (1964), the laureate of two Stalin Prizes (1951 and 1952) and one USSR State Prize (1978).
Occupation & Career
painter, teacher, landscape painter, writer, graphic artist
Education
Repin Institute of Arts
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Stalin Prize; USSR State Prize; Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class; Order of Friendship of Peoples; People's Painter of the USSR; Order of the Red Banner of Labour; People's Painter of the RSFSR
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Order of Friendship of Peoples · Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class · Order of the Red Banner of Labour · People's Painter of the RSFSR · People's Painter of the USSR · Stalin Prize · USSR State Prize
Employer
Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts
Organizations & Memberships
Artists' Union of the USSR
Education & Institutions
Repin Institute of Arts
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USSR State Prize
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Order of the Patriotic War, 2nd class
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Order of Friendship of Peoples
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People's Painter of the USSR
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Order of the Red Banner of Labour
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People's Painter of the RSFSR
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Sources & Provenance
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