05.10.1898 – 14.02.1988

Peter Ivanovich Sholokhov was born in Borisoglebsk in a merchant family. In 1920 he graduated from the Borisoglebsk Art Studio, worked as a drawing teacher. Then he graduated from VHUTEMAS, where he studied at VA. Favorsky, P.Ya. Pavlinova, A.E. Arkhipov. Since 1929 – the shuttle of the Association of Artists of the Revolution

Petr Sholokhov – the author of pictures on the military theme, portraits, still lifes, picturesque subjects connected with the places of Leo Tolstoy in Yasnaya Polyana and Anton Pavlovich Chekhov in Melikhovo, canvases on an industrial theme. Participant of republican and all-union exhibitions. Personal exhibitions of the artist took place in Moscow in 1959, 1975 and 1982.

In 1982, Peter Ivanovich donated more than 100 of his works to the art museums of Voronezh and Borisoglebsk.

Sholokhov’s works are also kept in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Yasnaya Polyana, Melikhovsky Museum-Reserve, Serpukhov Museums, Taganrog.