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Boris Fyodorovich Frantsuzov was a Russian Soviet artist who worked in the technique of etching. One of the leading Russian graphic artists of the last third of the twentieth century. Modern art historians assign him a place among the classics who defined the stages of development of Russian fine art.
He was born on February 5, 1940, in the town of Kameshkovo, Vladimir region. His father died at the front, his mother died in 1942, and he was left an orphan. His father's parents took him in. With them, in the village of Zauichie Kameshkovsky area, which he considered his small motherland, the boy lived until the age of 14, and then entered the Mstyorskoe art school. After graduating from it, since 1959 he worked as an artist-decorator at the Kameshkovskaya weaving factory and a teacher of drawing and drafting in Kameshkovskaya eight-year school. He studied painting in Vladimir in the studio of artist Vladimir Yakovlevich Yukin.
In 1970, he graduated from the Stroganov Moscow Academy of Art and Industry.
He lived in Vladimir since 1970. In the 70-80's becomes a leader of such a unique phenomenon as "Vladimir graphics".
Boris Fyodorovich Frantsuzov helped many young artists to find a creative face and brought up a whole generation of graphic artists.
The master worked in various techniques: etching, linocut, woodcut, pastel, gouache, watercolor, drawing, and also created many works of oil painting. But it was in the technique of classical etching that he created outstanding artistic works - "graphic paintings. With the advent of Boris Fyodorovich Frantsuzov, 20th century graphics acquires, according to the researcher of his work, candidate of art history V. E. Kalashnikov, "full-fledged picture sounding".
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1970. Honored Artist of the RSFSR since 1984.
He died on March 12, 1993 in Vladimir from a serious heart illness.
He was born on February 5, 1940, in the town of Kameshkovo, Vladimir region. His father died at the front, his mother died in 1942, and he was left an orphan. His father's parents took him in. With them, in the village of Zauichie Kameshkovsky area, which he considered his small motherland, the boy lived until the age of 14, and then entered the Mstyorskoe art school. After graduating from it, since 1959 he worked as an artist-decorator at the Kameshkovskaya weaving factory and a teacher of drawing and drafting in Kameshkovskaya eight-year school. He studied painting in Vladimir in the studio of artist Vladimir Yakovlevich Yukin.
In 1970, he graduated from the Stroganov Moscow Academy of Art and Industry.
He lived in Vladimir since 1970. In the 70-80's becomes a leader of such a unique phenomenon as "Vladimir graphics".
Boris Fyodorovich Frantsuzov helped many young artists to find a creative face and brought up a whole generation of graphic artists.
The master worked in various techniques: etching, linocut, woodcut, pastel, gouache, watercolor, drawing, and also created many works of oil painting. But it was in the technique of classical etching that he created outstanding artistic works - "graphic paintings. With the advent of Boris Fyodorovich Frantsuzov, 20th century graphics acquires, according to the researcher of his work, candidate of art history V. E. Kalashnikov, "full-fledged picture sounding".
Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR since 1970. Honored Artist of the RSFSR since 1984.
He died on March 12, 1993 in Vladimir from a serious heart illness.
