Baskakov Nikolay Nikolaevich

Born in Astrakhan pr. 1918.
Studied at Astrakhan Art Tekhnikum(College) 1933-39; Repin Institute 1945-51.
Active in Leningrad (in Khabarovsk during World War II).
Began exhibiting 1943.
Important shows include "All-Union Art Exhibition" Moscow 1951.
Leading Leningrad realist 1950s-60s.
Died 1993.