Viktor Oreshnikov

Viktor Mikhailovich Oreshnikov (Виктор Михайлович Орешников; 20 January 1904, Perm – 15 March 1987, Leningrad) was a Soviet and Russian painter, People's Painter of the USSR, active member of the Soviet Academy of Arts (1954–1987), Stalin Prize winner, rector of Repin Institute of Arts (1953–1978).

Biography
In 1927 he graduated from the Leningrad VHUTEIN in workshop of Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. In 1930-1987 he taught in the Repin Institute of Arts. PhD in Art History (1937). Doctor of Fine Arts (1948).

Awards and honors

 * Two Stalin Prizes, 3rd class (1948, 1950)
 * People's Painter of the RSFSR (1956)
 * Order of the Red Banner of Labour (1957)
 * Order of the Badge of Honour (1961)
 * People's Painter of the USSR (1969)
 * Order of Lenin (1974)
 * Order of Friendship of Peoples (1984)
 * Jubilee Medal "In Commemoration of the 100th Anniversary of the Birth of Vladimir Ilyich Lenin"
 * Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945"
 * Medal "In Commemoration of the 250th Anniversary of Leningrad"
 * Medal "Veteran of Labour"

Pupils

 * Irina Getmanskaya
 * Boris Korneev
 * Alexander Koroviakov
 * Elena Kostenko
 * Victor Otiev
 * Nikolai Pozdneev
 * Maria Rudnitskaya
 * Aleksandr Sokolov
 * Rostislav Vovkushevsky