Agapov Sergey Dmitrievich

Painter. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Works in the genres of thematic painting, portrait, landscape, still life, as well as in the field of monumental and design art (painting, projects of architectural and artistic solutions for the design of squares, exhibitions, holidays). Born in 1921 in the Saratov region. He studied at the art studio of the All-Russian Central Council of Trade Unions (1937–1940) with F.K. Morozov and A.L. Rzheznikov. He began his creative activity in 1946. Since 1967 he has been a Member of the Union of Artists of Russia. In 1956–1960 participated in the work on the project of the “Victory” monument on Poklonnaya Hill (supervisor E.V. Vuchetich). In 1956–1958 worked on the decoration of the main New Year tree of the country in the House of Unions and in the Kremlin. In 1967 he participated in the design of Mayakovsky Square in Moscow. He was elected to the Audit Commission of the Board of the Ministry of Agriculture, a member of the bureau of the creative group of painters of the KHR, and a member of the All-Union Exhibition Committee of Amateur Fine Arts at the House of Unions. Main exhibitions: regional exhibitions of artists' works (Lublino, Tsaritsyno, 1946-1959), group exhibition of artists (S. Agapov, V. Orlov, S. Kolyada) in Naro-Fominsk, at the Aprelevsky plant, in the village of Tashirovo (1959, 1961), autumn exhibitions of artists' works (1960-1970), regional exhibition dedicated to the XXIII Congress of the CPSU (1966), anniversary exhibition “My Moscow Region” (1968), “Artists of the Moscow Region - 50th Anniversary of the Great October Revolution” (1967), republican exhibition “Dedicated to the Defenders of Moscow” (1966), regional exhibitions dedicated to Victory Day in the Great Patriotic War (1970, 1975, 1980, 1985), an exhibition of works by artists from Moscow and the Moscow region, dedicated to the 40th anniversary of the defeat of Nazi troops near Moscow (1981), a regional exhibition dedicated to the 70th anniversary of Soviet power (1987), exhibitions of works by artists from the Moscow region in Bulgaria, Turkey, Czechoslovakia (1981, 1983), regional exhibitions of works WWII veteran artists (1968–1992). Personal exhibitions - in Naro-Fominsk (1961), in Naro-Fominsk (together with V. Orlov, 1962), in Artemovsk (1963), at the state farm "Gorki 2" (1965), in Moscow, in the Central House of the Soviet Army (together with A. Gorpenko, 1979), in the Palace of Culture of the city of Serov (1963), to the panorama “Volochaevsky fight” (together with A. Gorpenko) in Khabarovsk (1972), in Moscow (1975), in Moscow, film theater “Udarnik” (1978), on Sakhalin in Tymovsk (1983), in Naro-Fominsk (1988). Main works: together with the artist A.A. Gorpenko, he created the dioramas “The defeat of the Nazi troops near Moscow in 1941–1942” and “The Battle of Volochaevsk” (Khabarovsk); sketch of the panorama “Volochaevsky Battle”, circular sketch of the panorama “Volochaevsky Battle”; “Assault on the June-Koran hill (February 12, 1922)”; “Portrait of the Hero of the Soviet Union Vice Admiral G.N. Kholostyakov”, “Ivanovka”, “At the Crossing”, triptych “Winner”, “On Military Roads”, “New House”, “Warm Evening”, “Milkmaids”, diorama “Damakha Fortress”, “Lenin with Youth”, “Lenin in the Study”, “Winter Landscape”, “Still Life with a Samovar”, “Still life with watermelon”, “Landscape”, “For the power of the Soviets”, “On the military roads of the Moscow region”. The artist’s works are in the Museum of the Armed Forces of the Far Eastern Military District, in the Khimki Museum of Local Lore, in the Art Museum of Komsomolsk-on-Amur, in local history museums in Khabarovsk, Birobidzhan, Donetsk, in the museum of Tymovsk, Sakhalin Region, Naro-Fominsk, Moscow Region, were purchased by the Ministry of Culture of Russia, are in private collections in Russia, France, Turkey, Bulgaria.