Engels Vasilievich Kozlov (Russian: Э́нгельс Васи́льевич Козло́в; March 24, 1926, – November 20, 2007) was a Soviet Russian painter, People's Artist of Russia, lived and worked in Leningrad – Saint Petersburg, regarded as one of representatives of the Leningrad school of painting,[1] most famous for his genre and portrait painting.

The leading theme of creativity Engels Kozlov – the image of a contemporary – is embodied in the genre of thematic pictures, portrait and portrait-painting, reflecting the artist's attraction to subjects of great social and civic playing.

[4] Significant place in the works of Engels Kozlov took issue industrial development of the Russian North.

A lot of sketch from the life imported from numerous trips to the oil workers of Ukhta (1961–1963), Inta miners (1961–1963, 1964, 1966, 1987–1989), from the Pechora River region (1965, 1968, 1969) became the basis of paintings that have brought the artist fame.

Engels Vasilievich Kozlov died on November 20, 2007, in Saint Petersburg at the eighty-first year of life.