Tatiana Gorb

Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb
Born	April 27, 1935 Leningrad, USSR
Died	2013 Saint Petersburg
Nationality	Russian
Citizenship	USSR, Russian Federation
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting, Graphics, Art education
Movement	Realism

Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb (Template:Lang-ru; April 27, 1935, Leningrad, USSR — 2013, Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) is a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist

, art teacher, illustrator, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (formerly Leningrad), was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 - Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), and is regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting. She is most famous for her portraits.

Biography

Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb was born April 27, 1935, in Leningrad, USSR, into an artistic family. Her father was a painter and taught at the Repin Institute of Arts.

In 1954, Tatiana Gorb joined the drawings department of the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture named after Ilya Repin. She studied of Vladimir Gorb, Alexander Troshichev, Alexander Zaytsev, Leonid Ovsannikov.

In 1961, Tatiana Gorb graduated from Ilya Repin Institute in Mikhail Taranov's personal art studio. Her graduation work was design of the novel by Erich Remarque's "Three Comrades".

Tatiana Gorb participated in Art Exhibitions since 1965. She painted portraits, genre compositions, landscapes, and still life. Tatiana Gorb worked in the techniques of oil painting, watercolors, and book graphics.

Tatiana Gorb spent more than 25 years teaching art at the Secondary Art School of Russian Academy of Arts, where she began work in 1985.

Tatiana Gorb's painting style formed under the influence of the personality and creativity of her father, Vladimir Gorb, a famous Leningrad portrait artist and Art teacher, and a professor of Repin Institute. Her painting is distinguished by its use of restrained color, the richness of tonal relations, and light and shadow modulations.

Tatiana Gorb was a Member of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 - the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation) since 1970.

Tatiana Vladimirovna Gorb died in 2013 in Saint Petersburg. Her paintings reside in Art museums and private collections in Russia, France, Germany, USA, England and other countries.

Bibliography

• Directory of Members of the Union of Artists of USSR. Volume 1.- Moscow: Soviet artist, 1979. - p. 266.
• Directory of members of the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation. - Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1987. - p. 31.
• Matthew C. Bown. Dictionary of 20th Century Russian and Soviet Painters 1900-1980s. - London: Izomar, 1998. ISBN 0-9532061-0-6, ISBN 978-0-9532061-0-0.
• Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 4, 207, 360, 397, 398, 405-407. ISBN 5-901724-21-6, ISBN 978-5-901724-21-7.
• Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. - Saint Petersburg: Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. p. 390.