Vladimir Ivanovich Begma (, 3 January 1941 – 7 July 2025) was a Russian artist who worked primarily in painting and illustrating. He was an .Художественная галерея им. А. В. Попова

Biography Born in Lvovka, Kalachinsky District, Omsk Oblast. Begma studied at at the Painting faculty and graduated in 1964. Then he studied at Moscow Polygraphic Institute at the Print Art Design faculty and graduated in 1969. He was an apprentice of Andrei Goncharov and Volya Lyakhov (famous Soviet People's Artists). In 1975 he became a member of the USSR Union of Artists (now ).Article in Molot Newspaper

Begma worked more than fifty years in visual arts and thirty-five years in pedagogy at art schools in Rostov.Cм. историю кафедры изобразительного искусства на сайте Педагогического института ЮФУ He was a mentor of Sergei Gavrilyachenko (People's Visual artist of the Russian Federation), N. Polyushenko (Honored artist of the Russian Federation), and some other famous Russian artists. His works were crucial to autolithography and animalistic art.

Begma died on 7 July 2025, at the age of 84.Умер известный ростовский художник Владимир Бегма

Art works The series of his works received recognition: “Song to the Forest”, “Under the Don Sky”, “The Smell of Wormwood”, “Grass by the House”, “Hound Hunting”, illustrations for Mikhail Sholokhov’s novel “Quiet Flows the Don”, etc.

Recognition He was awarded the Silver medal of the Russian Academy of Arts (2008), diplomas of the USSR Union of Artists and the Russian Union of Artists (1980, 1985, 1987, 1999, 2004 and 2008) and other awards. In 2010 he was awarded the title of "Honored Painter of the Russian Federation".

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External links Новый взгляд на «Тихий Дон» в работах художника Владимира Бегмы — статья О работах художника, посвященных Шолоховской теме О персональной выставке художника «Сказки русского леса» в Липецком областном художественном музее О персональной выставке 12 января 2006 г. в Ростовском областном музее краеведения О выставке «Под Донским небом» 5 июня 2004 г. в выставочном зале «Меценат» г. Азова