Soon the family moved to industrial city Makeevka located in eastern Ukraine within the Donetsk Province, 25 km (16 mi) from the Donetsk city. Here, Trufanov spent his childhood and teenage years. This time impressions influenced in the future on the formation of the young artist and choose the theme for his main paintings.[clarification needed][2]
In 1937–1940, Trufanov studied at the Odessa Art School, which ended only after World War II in 1945. In 1941–1944, Trufanov took part in the Great Patriotic War. He was wounded and received military awards.
Starting in 1951, Michael Trufanov participated in Art Exhibitions. He painted portraits, genre compositions and landscapes, and worked in oil painting, drawing and printing. Widely known artist received for the painting "Furnaceman" (1954, Tretyakov Gallery). Solo Exhibitions by Michael Trufanov was in Leningrad in 1986.
The appearance of a new hero, a new image of working man in Soviet art of the 1950s was connected with the painting "Furnaceman" and other works by Trufanov. They embody a collective image of blast-furnace operators, miners, steelworkers, and brought the author well-deserved recognition.[4]
Mikhail Pavlovich Trufanov died on April 24, 1988, in Leningrad. His paintings reside in State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, in the lot of Art museums and private collections in Russia,[5] England,[6] China, Japan, in the U.S.,[7] and throughout the world.
^Anniversary Directory graduates of Saint Petersburg State Academic Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture named after Ilya Repin, Russian Academy of Arts. 1915 - 2005. Saint Petersburg, Pervotsvet Publishing House, 2007. P.66.
^Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School.- Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – pp. 371,
^Sergei V. Ivanov. Unknown Socialist Realism. The Leningrad School. - Saint Petersburg: NP-Print Edition, 2007. – p.6-7.
^Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.
^Vern G. Swanson. Soviet Impressionism. — Woodbridge, England: Antique Collectors' Club, 2001. — p. 204.
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Russian Paintings. 1989 Winter Show. - London: Roy Miles Gallery, 1989. - p. 5,43-45.