Nikolay
Pavlovich Eryshev

(15 VI 1936, St. Absheron, Krasnodar Territory)

People's Artist of the RSFSR (1986). Honorary Citizen of Orenburg (1988). He studied at the Krasnodar Art College, and then at the Moscow Art Institute. Surikov (workshops of A.A. Deineka and D.D. Zhilinsky). Since 1962 in Orenburg. In 1964 he participated in the first zonal exhibition, after which he was admitted to the Union of Artists of the USSR (1965). In 1967, for the painting "On His Land" he was awarded the highest award of the All-Union Exhibition of Works by Young Artists. In 1973, the first solo exhibition was held in Moscow. For the picture "Bread Field" received the silver medal of the Academy of Arts (1979). The author of the paintings “Collective Farm Market”, “Carnival in Venice”, “Defense of Orenburg”, “On the Current”, “Refugees” and others. Participant in many international, All-Russian, Ural and Orenburg exhibitions. The anniversary solo exhibition was held in Orenburg in December 1996. For ten years, Eryshev led the Union of Artists of Orenburg.