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Sidorov, Valentin M., Moscow

*1928      +
Ńčäīšīā Āąėåķņčķ Ģčõąéėīāč÷
People’s Artist of the USSR
Member of the Russian Academy of Arts
Chairman of the Russian Artists’ Union
President of the International Confederation of the Artists’ Unions of CIS
People’s Artist of Russia
Chief Executive of the Academy’s Dacha (Tver area) (1960–1966)
Member of the Artists’ Union of Russia (2001)
Member of the Board of the Russian Academy of Arts
Awarded:
• Ilya Repin State Prize of the Russian Federation (1974)
• State Prize of the USSR (1984)
• State Prize of the Russian Federation (1997)
• Silver medal of the Academy of Arts (USSR, 1972)
• Gold medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (1996)
• Mikhail Sholokhov Prize (2000)

Valentin Sidorov took his first lessons at the art studio of the Pioneers’ Home where his teacher was Anatoly Mikhailov. Later he made studies at Moscow secondary art school, in the class of Mikhail Dobroserdov. On finishing the art school Sidorov joined the Repin Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Leningrad where his teachers were Pyotr Belousov, Rudolf Frents and Ivan Stepashkin.
1954 – Valentin Sidorov graduated from the Surikov Art Institute, the class of Pyotr Kotov, Fyodor Reshetnikov and Viktor Tsyplakov. On graduation Sidorov became Professor of the Surikov Art Institute.
1960–1966 – Sidorov was chief executive of the Academy’s Dacha, resting home for artists
1997 – Sidorov made decor for the production of the ballet Song of the Merchant Kalashnikov (music by Vladislav Kazenin) at the Omsk Theatre of Opera and Ballet
In 1951 Valentin Sidorov began to participate in public art exhibitions in Russia and abroad.
Valentin Sidorov’s paintings can be found in
• Tretyakov Gallery (Moscow)
• Russian Museum (St. Petersburg)
• museums of Russia, Poland, the Czech Republic, Romania, Italy, Japan, France, UK, Germany, Jordan and China.