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Ilya Glazunov

1930 - 2017

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Ilya Sergeyevich Glazunov (Russian: Илья́ Серге́евич Глазуно́в; 10 June 1930 – 9 July 2017) was a Soviet and Russian artist from Saint Petersburg. He was the founder of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where he also served as a rector up until his death. He held the title of People's Artist of the RSFSR. Ilya Glazunov's paintings primarily feature historic or religious themes. His works include Russia the Eternal, The 20th Century Mystery, The Ruining of the Temple on Easter Night, and illustrations to the works of Fyodor Dostoyevsky. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ilya Glazunov is the 1,439th most popular painter (down from 1,421st in 2019), the 1,349th most popular biography from Russia (up from 1,361st in 2019) and the 48th most popular Russian Painter.

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Among PAINTERS

Among painters, Ilya Glazunov ranks 1,439 out of 2,023. Before him are Amasis Painter, Corneille de Lyon, Amandus Adamson, Ants Laikmaa, Isidore Pils, and Emily Carr. After him are Sam Francis, Charles Demuth, Otto Muehl, Roger de La Fresnaye, Robert Ryman, and José Malhoa.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1930, Ilya Glazunov ranks 321. Before him are Jan Olszewski, Jesús Garay, Jack Taylor, Rubén Morán, Ahmed Osman, and Pat McCormick. After him are Justinas Marcinkevičius, Hédi Baccouche, Robert Ryman, Tsutomu Seki, Merab Mamardashvili, and Rolf Hoppe. Among people deceased in 2017, Ilya Glazunov ranks 273. Before him are Kurt Moll, Qian Qichen, Hal Moore, Ricardo Piglia, Daniil Granin, and Mark White. After him are Oleg Vidov, Holger Czukay, Patricia Knatchbull, 2nd Countess Mountbatten of Burma, Barbara Hale, Prodigy, and Ruth Pfau.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Ilya Glazunov ranks 1,349 out of 3,761. Before him are Bernd Kannenberg (1942), Daniil Granin (1919), Nikolay Beketov (1827), Albert Shesternyov (1941), Igor Dmitriyevich Novikov (1935), and Nikolay Mikhaylovsky (1842). After him are Oleg Vidov (1943), Karl Vaino (1923), Pavel Lednyov (1943), Andrey Lukanov (1938), Renate Boy (1939), and Boris Eikhenbaum (1886).

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Among PAINTERS In Russia

Among painters born in Russia, Ilya Glazunov ranks 48. Before him are Vladimir Makovsky (1846), Aristarkh Lentulov (1882), Abram Arkhipov (1862), Konstantin Savitsky (1844), Pavel Filonov (1883), and Pavel Chistyakov (1832). After him are Alexey Bogolyubov (1824), Marie Vassilieff (1884), Grigory Gagarin (1810), Nadezhda Udaltsova (1885), Apollinary Vasnetsov (1856), and Nikolay Bogdanov-Belsky (1868).

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