Yaroslav Nikolaev

Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev (Russian: Ярослав Серге́евич Николаев; 30 April 1899 – 1 July 1978) was a Soviet Russian painter, Honored Art worker of Russian Federation (1956), People's Artist of the Russian Federation (1975), a member of the Leningrad Union of Artists,^[1] who lived and worked in Leningrad. From 1948 to 1951, Nikolaev was a head of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,^[2] most famous for his genre and historical painting.

Yaroslav Sergeevich Nikolaev
Born	(1899-04-30)30 April 1899 Šiauliai, Russian Empire
Died	1 July 1978(1978-07-01) (aged 79) Leningrad, USSR
Known for	Painting
Movement	Realism
Awards	Medal "For the Defence of Leningrad" People's Artist of the Russian Federation

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