Valeri B. Skuridin

25 paintings
Portrait of Valeri B. Skuridin

Valeri B. Skuridin (1917-1983) was a decorated war hero, a master painter, and a pivotal figure in Soviet art education who rose to become a Professor and then Rector at the prestigious Surikov Institute. His extensive training began at the Orlovski Art School and the Art Institute in Memory of the 1905 Revolution, where he graduated in 1938. His studies at the Leningrad Academy of Art were interrupted by World War II, during which he served in combat throughout Europe to Berlin and endured the Leningrad Blockade. After the war, he enrolled at the Surikov Institute, graduating with honors in 1949, and eventually received a scholarship as a doctoral candidate.

Skuridin was a remarkably versatile artist, known for his war themes, Crimean paintings, still lifes, and literary illustrations. He was known for painting the same subject multiple times to explore different techniques or the changing light of day. The works in the Lazare Gallery collection showcase his mastery of the Russian landscape. In "Siberian Village," he captures the vastness and quiet dignity of the remote landscape with an authentic, realist touch. In "Crimean Coast," he turns his attention to a completely different environment, skillfully rendering the brilliant light and atmosphere of the southern sea.

The legacy of Valeri Skuridin is immense. He was a war hero awarded the Red Star Medal, an artist, a scholar who published art articles, a restorer for The Hermitage Museum, and the leader of Russia's most important art academy. For the collector, owning a painting by Skuridin is to acquire a work by a true "renaissance man" of the Soviet art world. His art is not only masterfully executed but is also imbued with the profound life experience of a painter who was also a soldier, a scholar, and a top educator.

Awards

Member of MOSSKh Artists' Guild, 1949

Exhibitions

1960, Soviet Russia, Moscow

Collections

Paintings

Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1000L

Pereslavel

Status: Available
Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1001L

Pereslavel

Status: Available
Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1004FL

Pereslavel

Status: Available
Outskirts of Moscow by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1005L

Outskirts of Moscow

Status: Available
Gates in Tarussya by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1006L

Gates in Tarussya

Status: Available
On the Trubej by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1011L

On the Trubej

Status: Available
River in Vetrovo by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1012L

River in Vetrovo

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Vetrovo by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1014L

Vetrovo

Status: Available
Old Barge, Avzovski Shore by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1015L

Old Barge, Avzovski Shore

Status: Available
Lake in the Mountains by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1016L

Lake in the Mountains

Status: Available
Crimean Coast by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1017FL

Crimean Coast

Status: Available
In the Mountains by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1018L

In the Mountains

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Evening in the Mountains by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1019L

Evening in the Mountains

Status: Available
Mountains by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1020L

Mountains

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Pagestan by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1022FL

Pagestan

Status: Available
Strawberries by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1026D

Strawberries

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Still Life After Vrubel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1027FD

Still Life After Vrubel

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Summer in Tarusa by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1028FD

Summer in Tarusa

Status: Available
Morning in Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1029FD

Morning in Pereslavel

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On the River Trubearji in Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1030FD

On the River Trubearji in Pereslavel

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Evening on the River Trubearji in Pereslavel by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1031FD

Evening on the River Trubearji in Pereslavel

Status: Available
Siberian Village by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1032D

Siberian Village

Status: Available
Mountainous Region by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1023FW

Mountainous Region

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Tarussya by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1009FW

Tarussya

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Street in Tarussua by Valeri B. Skuridin
Ref. #: VS1002FL

Street in Tarussua

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