MARK KREMER.

Biography:
Mark Kremer was born in 1928 in Pushkin, the suburb of Leningrad, presently St.Petersburg. The artist has been a member of the Russian Union of Artists since 1956. He was a Party Secretary of Art Foundation of USSR. Kremer was a student of such outstanding artists as P. Buchkin, R. Franz, A. Lubimov.
Mark Kremer originally studied in Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry, continuing his education in Vera Mukhina Higher School of Art and Design (presently Saint Petersburg State Art and Industry Academy); at the Department of Sculpture and the Department of Art consequently.
Here is an impressive list of his teachers and tutors: the honoured artist, professor P. Buchkin (1886-1965), professor of art R. Frenz (1888-1956), professor A. Lubimov (1879-1955), who was the best-loved student of I. Repin. The contemporaries of Kremer were such famous painters as Y. Neprintsev, N. Timkov, A. Deineka, A. Laktionov and many others.
Nevertheless, the main and the most important teacher who played a significant role in Kremer’s art background was his father, the outstanding soviet artist Veniamin Kremer (1899-1978). It was very much him who made impact and acquired a taste to art to his son.
In collaboration with Isaak Brodsky, Veniamin Kremer was a father of foundation of the Leningrad department of the Soviet Union of Artists, which was set up in 1932.
The 1939 saw him as a head artist of the USSR Pavilion at the World Exhibition held in New York. Together with his father Kremer took part in the very first exhibition in Brussels, which was held after the Second World War in 1958. They created a monumental composite picture of the Stalingrad Battle, Kremer Jn. contribution to this work were a number of sketches, some art and sculptural works.

MARK KREMER

Biography:
Mark Kremer. Born in 1928 in Leningrad (presently St.Petersburg).
In spite of his advanced years, Mark Kremer is full of energy and actively involved in work.
He graduated from Vera Mukhina High School of Art and Design in 1952 with honors and has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR (now Union of Artists of Russia) since 1956.
Kremer was raised in a very artistic environment and significantly influenced by his father, late Veniamin Kremer (1899 – 1978). Kremer Sr., besides various art accomplishments was the Head Artist for the Soviet Union Pavilion at the New York World’s Fair which took place in 1939. In addition, in 1936 together with famous poet Joseph Brodsky he took p[art in establishment of Leningrad Branch of the Union of Artists (presently known as the Union of Artists of St. Petersburg).
So not surprisingly that Mark Kremer has become such an original painter irrespective of the socialist realism conformity atmosphere which he lived and worked in.
Mark Kremer’s paintings are characterized by his remarkable style inspired by Isaak Levitan and Arkady Plastov – classical Russian landscape painters. According to the statistics reported by respected art rating agencies. Mark Kremers’ works are steadily growing in price. In this view, they may be regarded as not only collector’s items or interior object but also as worthwhile investments.
Both private and museum collections almost throughout the world boast Kremer's works.