Lia Ostrova

Lia Alexandrovna Ostrova (Russian: Лия Александровна Острова; August 3, 1914 – 2009) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists),^[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad - Petersburg. Lia Ostrova regard as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.^[2]

Lia Alexandrovna Ostrova
Born	August 3, 1914 Sochi, Russian Empire
Died	2009 Saint Petersburg
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism

Biography

In 1939 Lia Ostrova graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Isaak Brodsky workshop with the rank of artist of painting. His degree work was a painting titled "Competition for young talents".^[3]

In 1939 Lia Ostrova was adopted in the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Since 1939 she had participated in Art Exhibitions. Lia Ostrova painted portraits, landscapes, still life, genre compositions. The main theme of her creation was music, children and flowers.

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