Michael Georgievich Abakumov - Artist Info

About Michael Georgievich Abakumov

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Mikhail Georgievich Abakumov
  • Biography

    Abakumov Mikhail GeorgieVich Born in 1948, Kolomna (BORN IN 1948, Kolomna- - 2010, Kolomna.

    Honored Artist of Russia (1993). People’s Artist of Russia (2001).

    Laureate of the V.K. Bialynitsky-Birulia Prize (2002).

    Honorary citizen of the city of Kolomna (2003).

    Mikhail Abakumov entered the Moscow Kalinin Higher Art and Industry College in 1964. In 1971 he entered the faculty of arts of the State Film Institute (VGIK) where Professors I. Shpinel and A. Myasenikov were his teachers.

    From 1977 to 1983 Mikhail Abakumov worked at the Painting Studio of the Academy of Arts of the USSR under Tkachev and A. Gritsay. The artist participated in exhibitions at city, republic and union levels as well as abroad si...

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