German Yegoshin

German Pavlovich Yegoshin (Герман Павлович Егошин) (April 4, 1931, Leningrad — October 2, 2009, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian and Soviet painter and art educator, an Honored Artist of the Russian Federation, who lived and worked in Saint Petersburg (former Leningrad). He was a member of the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists, and was regarded as one of the representatives of the Leningrad School of Painting.

Biography
German Pavlovich Yegoshin was born April 4, 1931, in Leningrad. From 1949 to 1950 he studied in Tavricheskaya Art school, and in 1950 to 1953 in Secondary Art School. From 1953 to 1959 he studied on Department of Paintings of the Repin Institute of Arts, as a pupil of Boris Ioganson.

In 1959 he began to participate in art exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre composition, landscapes, and still lifes. In 1961 he was admitted to the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. FromIn 1960-1970, Yegoshin taught at the art college and the Vera Mukhina Art Institute.

Yegoshin died on October 2, 2009, at age 78. His paintings reside in the Russian Museum, the Tretyakov Gallery, and in art museums and private collections in Russia, Ukraine, Japan, Germany, France, and other countries.