painter and graphic artist. In 1942-1947 he studied at the Moscow Art College in 1905 in memory of A. Chirkova (with a break for military service in 1943-1946). He then worked as a teacher of drawing. From 1949 to 1955 he studied at the Moscow State Art Institute. VISurikova, where among his mentors was etcher MA Dobrov. about 20 years working as an artist in "Reklamfilme». from 1956 exhibited in Russia and abroad. 1967-Exhibition of paintings and drawings from the collection of A. Glezer (Georgia); 1970 - Exhibition Nuove correnti a Mosca (Museo Belle Arti, Lugano, Switzerland); 1974 (1979) - Progressive Stromungen in Moskau 1957-1970 (Museum Bochum, Bochum, Germany); 1975 - painting exhibition of Moscow artists (pavilion "Beekeeping", Exhibition Center, Moscow); 1976 - Exposition au Musee russe en Exil (Montgeron, France); 1979 - "Color, form, space" (slides of graphs, st. Minor, 28, Moscow). 1982, 1983 - Exhibition in town graphs (st. Malaya, 28, Moscow); 1977 - Biennale in Venice (Italy). first solo exhibition was held Krasnopevtsev D. in 1962 in the apartment of a friend of the artist pianist Svyatoslav Richter. Other solo exhibitions of the artist: 1975 - Apartment Sviatoslav Richter (Moscow); 1990 - Museum of Contemporary Russian Art (Jersey City, USA); 1992 - Central House of Artists (Moscow); 1992 - State Museum of Fine Arts. Alexander Pushkin (Moscow); 1995 - Gallery "House Nashokin" (Moscow). Member of the Union of Artists since 1982. In the late 1950's - 1960's became the dominant genre for him "a metaphysical still life", combining the traditions of symbolism and surrealism - with simple, often broken ceramic utensils, dried plants, shells; these peculiar "skull of things is seen as poetic symbols of transience, reminiscent of the unreality of the world. «... He bought his art that more than all titles and awards: first name, a reputation that accrues only to those who created his own artistic world, his style, his own at no similar image system. You say "Krasnopevtsev" - and immediately get up before the eyes of his strict composition, still lifes, each of which is the result of an in-depth reflection and unhurried, devoid of surface effects, heartfelt craftsmanship. And most importantly, remember hid inside a meaningful idea, which opens only when the same leisurely vzhivaniya are depicted in ... » (Elena Murina. Preface to the catalog personal exhibition of Dmitry Krasnopevtsev. The Museum of Modern Art. New York. 1990). In 1992 AD Krasnopevtsev became the first artist to be awarded a new "informal" premium "Triumph». Heritage D. Krasnopevtsev represented in the Moscow Museum of Private Collections (at the State Museum of Fine Arts. Pushkin), where after the death of the artist moved his studio pieces, books, things, a lot of weird things: stones, shells, dry twigs and grass - "heroes" of his still lifes. «.. It has long been noticed that the portrait painted by the artist, is both his self-portrait - it extends further - to any composition, landscapes, still lifes, in any genre, and non-figurative abstract art at all, no matter what depicted the artist. And if any of its objectivity, dispassion, if you want to get away from himself, to become impersonal - he could not escape his creation, his handwriting will give his soul, his mind, heart, his face ... ... The order shall bear the silence ... ... Work slowly, slowly - being jealous, and malevolent to what is created without the participation and assistance ... » (DM Krasnopevtsev . From the notes of different years).