Introduction
Lia Alexandrovna Ostrova (Russian: Лия Александровна Острова; August 3, 1914 in Sochi, Russian Empire – 2009 in Saint Petersburg, Russian Federation) was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and art teacher, a member of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists (before 1992 — the Leningrad Union of Artists), who lived and worked in Leningrad - Petersburg. Lia Ostrova regard as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting.
Biography
In 1939 Lia Ostrova graduated from the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Isaak Brodsky workshop with the rank of artist of painting. His degree work was a painting titled "Competition for young talents".
In 1939 Lia Ostrova was adopted in the Leningrad Union of Soviet Artists. Since 1939 she had participated in Art Exhibitions. Lia Ostrova painted portraits, landscapes, still life, genre compositions. The main theme of her creation was music, children and flowers.