Yuri Nilovich Tulin was a Soviet Russian painter and Honored Artist of the Russian Federation. He lived and worked in Leningrad and is regarded as one of the brightest representatives of the Leningrad school of painting, most famous for his portraits and historical paintings.
Yuri Tulin
Leningrad School of Painting
The Leningrad School of Painting is a phenomenon that refers to a large group of painters who developed in Leningrad around the reformed Academy of Arts in 1930–1950 and was united by the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists (1932–1991).
View of the Academy of Arts building
Isaak Brodsky's Lenin in Smolny, 1930. Tretyakov Gallery
Alexander Samokhvalov Kirov takes a parade of athletes. 1935. Russian museum
Yuri Neprintsev, Rest after Battle, 1951. Tretyakov Gallery