Lomakin Oleg Leonidovich

Honoured Artist of Russia (1981). Oleg Lomakin studied at the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture, where B. Ioganson was his teacher. Before graduating in 1952 he exhibited from 1949 on and repeatedly participated in exhibitions of Leningrad painters since 1952 when he joined the Leningrad branch of the Artists’ Union. Lomakin was among the leading Leningrad artists of 1950s and 1960s. His works include portraits, genre and historic compositions and landscapes. They are in the State Russian Museum as well as in art galleries and private collections in Russia, USA, France and Italy.