Ivan Godlevsky

Ivan Ivanovich Godlevsky (Russian: Иван Иванович Годлевский; March 9, 1908 in Kholm Governorate, Russian Empire – August 20, 1998 in Saint Petersburg, Russia) was a Soviet Russian painter, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),^[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad, regarded as a representative of the Leningrad school of painting,^[2] most famous for his landscapes painted in decorative style.^[3][4]

Ivan Ivanovich Godlevsky
Born	March 9, 1908 Kholm Governorate, Russian Empire
Died	August 20, 1998 Saint Petersburg, Russia
Nationality	USSR
Education	Repin Institute of Arts
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism
Awards	Order of the Red Banner Order of the Red Star Order of the Patriotic War Medal "For the Victory Over Germany"

Biography

Ivan Godlevsky grew up in an orphanage. In 1925, he enrolled in an art school in Mirhorod. In 1927, he transferred to the Kiev Art Institute and attended Art Nouveau classes by Fedir Krychevsky.^[5]

See also

• Fine Art of Leningrad
• Leningrad School of Painting
• List of 20th-century Russian painters
• List of painters of Saint Petersburg Union of Artists
• Saint Petersburg Union of Artists