Igor Veselkin, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Igor Veselkin

painter, graphic artist, educator

Date of Birth: 08-Mar-1915

Place of Birth: Chaplygin, Russia

Date of Death: 01-Jan-1997

Profession: painter

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Igor Petrovich Veselkin (Russian: ?´???? ?????´??? ????´????; March 8, 1915 – 1997) was a Russian Soviet realist painter, graphic artist, scenographer, stage designer, and art teacher, professor of the Repin Institute of Arts, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad).
He was a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 named as the Leningrad branch of Union of Artists of Russian Federation), and regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.