Artist Portfolios
Evstigneev, Ivan (1899-1967)
Ivan Vasilevich Evstigneev was born in Nizhnee Maslovo, and studied at the Vkhutein art institute in Moscow under the professors Kupreyanov and Maksimov, and later with professor Ioganson.
He participated in his first exhibition in 1935. During the war he was a member of the famous Grekov Art institute, "Studio of Artists at War".
The war themes dominated his works during the 1940s-1960s - as well as his fondness or the Russian landscape.
In 1949 he was awarded the Soviet State Prize.