Maya Kopitseva | |
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| Born | Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva 18 May 1924 |
| Died | 6 June 2005 (2005-06-07) (aged 81) |
| Nationality | Russian |
| Education | Repin Institute of Arts |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | Realism |
| Awards | Honored Artist of the RSFSR |
Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva (Russian:Ма́йя Кузьми́нична Копы́тцева; 18 May 1924 – 6 June 2005) was a Soviet Russian still-life painter and anHonored Artist of the RSFSR who lived and worked inLeningrad - Saint Petersburg. She was a member of theSaint Petersburg Union of Artists, which before 1992 was the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of the Russian Federation,[1] and was regarded as one of the major representatives of theLeningrad school of painting.[2]
Maya Kuzminichna Kopitseva was born on 18 May 1924 in Gagry, Abkhazia, USSR. In 1951 she graduated from theIlya Repin Institute inBoris Ioganson's workshop and among her teachers wereBoris Fogel, Leonid Ovsiannikov andAlexander Zaytsev. Since 1951 Maya Kopitseva has participated in several art exhibitions, displaying still lifes, portraits, genre scenes and sketches done from life.
In 1951 Kopitseva became a member of theSaint Petersburg Union of Artists and in 2001 was awarded the honorary title ofHonored Artist of the Russian Federation. She was a wife of well-known Russian painter and art educator Anatoli Levitin, aPeople's Artist of the USSR.
Kopitseva died of thyroid cancer in Saint Petersburg in 2005. Paintings by her reside in theRussian Museum, in public art museums and private collections in Russia, Italy, the U.S.A, Japan, China, France and elsewhere.[3][4]
