After the storm

Ivan Filippovich Titov (1902–1983) was a Soviet painter, People's Artist of Russia, a founder of Soviet marine painting, and a master of thematic compositions. From 1924 to 1930, he studied at the Leningrad Academy of Arts and graduated from the Higher Art and Technical Institute (VKhUTEIN), where his teachers included D. Mitrokhin, V. Konashevich, N. Tyrsa, E. Kruglikova, and N. Radlov. He served as the chief artist for the magazine 'Ogonek', headed the LOSSKh publishing house (from 1936), and worked at the M. B. Grekov Studio of Military Artists (from 1942). He began participating in exhibitions in 1932. His works are held in the collections of the State Tretyakov Gallery, the State Russian Museum, the Pushkin State Museum of Fine Arts, and private collections worldwide.