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Mark
Shtalman was born in Russia in 1965. He expressed
an interest in art from a very early age and spent
all his spare time in the Russian Museum and the Hermitage
Museum in St. Petersburg (then called Leningrad),
looking at and doing studies after the Old Masters.
Shtalman attended the Leningrad Fine Art School for
gifted children and later the High College of Applied
Art. He also took classes at the famous Leningrad
Academy of Art. During this time the colours of his
favourite Russian artist, Rafael Falk, made a strong
and lasting impression on him. The artists of the
Russian avant-garde of the early 20th century, especially
Filanov, Larionov and Goncharova, also influenced
him. During his time in Soviet Russia, students of
the Soviet art schools were sworn to be loyal to the
traditions of Socialist Realism the official style
approved by the Communist regime. Working in a more
contemporary style would result in losing the privilege
to study art and being expelled. Shtalman was only
able to pursue his interest in painting in a more
contemporary style in the last ten years, since the
collapse of the former Soviet Union. Mark Shtalman
now lives and works in Israel. His work is included
in numerous private and corporate collections in Russia,
Israel, Germany South Africa, Spain, Canada and the
United States.
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