Vladimir Begma

Vladimir Begma
Владимир Бегма
Born
Russian: Владимир Иванович Бегма

(1941-01-03)January 3, 1941
DiedJuly 7, 2025(2025-07-07) (aged 84)
NationalityRussian
Known forPainting, illustrating

Vladimir Ivanovich Begma (Russian: Влади́мир Ива́нович Бе́гма, 3 January 1941 - 7 July 2025) was a Russian contemporary artist who worked primarily in painting and illustrating.[1] He was an Honored artist of the Russian Federation.

Biography

Born in Lvovka, Kalachinsky District, Omsk Oblast. Begma studied at Grekov Rostov Art Technical College at the Painting faculty and graduated in 1964. Then he studied at Moscow Polygraphic Institute at the Print Art Design faculty and graduated in 1969. He was an apprentice of A. Goncharov and V. Lyakhov (famous Soviet People's Artists). In 1975 he became a member of the USSR Union of Artists (now Russian Union of Artists).[2]

Vladimir Begma worked more than fifty years in visual arts and thirty-five years in pedagogy at art schools in Rostov.[3] He was a mentor of S. Gavrilyachenko (People's Visual artist of the Russian Federation), N. Polyushenko (Honored artist of the Russian Federation), Alexey Adamov and some other famous Russian artists. His works were crucial to autolithography and animalistic art.

Art works


Recognition

He was awarded with the Silver medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (2008), diplomas of the USSR Union of Artists and the Russian Union of Artists (1980, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2004 and 2008) and other awards. In 2010 he was awarded with the title of "Honored artist of the Russian Federation".

References

Notes

  1. ^ "Entry in Russian Professional Union of Artists" (in Russian).
  2. ^ Article in «Molot» newspaper(in Russian)
  3. ^ см. историю кафедры изобразительного искусства на сайте Педагогического института ЮФУ(in Russian)

Bibliography (in Russian)