Biography
- 1964
- Yuriy Krotov was born in Grivenskaya Cossack Settlement, Krasnodar Territory, situated in a close proximity to the Azov Sea.
- 1972
- He met a local painter G.A. Polugaev, his future teacher and tutor. His got his first lessons of painting.
- 1976
- He went to Moscow with his teacher where he entered the Moscow High School of Art under the Surikov Art Institute.
- 1976-1983
- Years of study in the Moscow High School of Art
- 1983-1985
- He served in the Soviet Army.
- 1985-1992
- Years of study in the Moscow State Academic Art Institute named after V.I. Surikov.
- 1992
- He visited Paris and for the first time took part in auction sales of Russian paintings in Drouot Auction House.
- From 1992
- Creative journeys to France, Spain, Italy, Great Britain and other European countries
- 1992-1995
- Participation in Drouout auction sales in Paris. His one-man exhibition in Hotel Drouot.
- 1995-2001
- Participation in auction sales of Russian paintings in Great Britain
- 2001-2004
- One-man exhibitions in Renoir Art Gallery, the Netherlands
- 2005
- Creation of ‘The Turkish Gambit’ painting which formed the basis of the image poster for the movie of the same name.
- 2005-2011
- One-man exhibitions in the Petleys Gallery in London and Monaco
- From 2010
- Teaching activities in the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Ilya Glazunov
- 2010-2013
- Participation in art exhibitions ‘Images of Russia’ in Moscow, Vologda and Zvenigorod
- 2011
- Creative journeys to his native Cossack settlement in Kuban region. He created the following paintings: ‘Ataman Leord’, A Morning in Kuban’, ‘Ataman’s Fishing’ and ‘Among the Lotuses’.
- 2012
- During the match for the World Chess Champion Crown held in Moscow in Tretyakov Gallery he painted the following pictures:1. ‘B. Gelfand and V. Anand’ (given to the World Champion V. Anand by the match organizers).2. ‘A Concert of D. Matsuev at the Opening of the Match in the Tretyakov Gallery’ (given to the Tretyakov Gallery by the match organizers).
- 2013
- An Exhibition of the Russian Academy of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Ilya Glazunov in Manege, Saint-Petersburg.
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