Deineka
Alexander Alexandrovich -
Russia 1899-1969
Complete Biography & many more works
http://www.deineka.info
One of the great prolific
Russian illustrators and painters who managed to coexist with the
Soviet power structure before, during, and after
World War II. A
Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important
Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the
20th century.He is in the highest category "1A - a world famous artist" in "
United Artists Rating".
1899 - Deineka was born in
Kursk, in family of the worker-railwayman. Studied in railway school and simultaneously visited art studio.
1915--1917 -- study in the
Kharkov Art College.
1918 -- comes back to Kursk, works as the photographer, makes out revolutionary holidays, designed campaigned trains, theatrical performances
1919--1920 --
Red Army and supervises over art studio.
1921--1925 -- studies at polygraphic faculty VHUTEMAS at
V.A. Favorsky. With 1924 starts to cooperate actively as the artist in magazines. One of organizers
Stander's
Society (
OST).
1929 -- leaves OST, enters Art
Union "October". He illustrates children's books, manages a section of the poster in Polygraphic
Institute
1932 -- draws a monumental panel "
Civil aircraft".
1934 -- creative trip to
Sevastopol.
1935 -- creative business trip to the
USA,
France,
Italy. Coming back, draws big series cycle of water-colors and pictures.
1937 -- the
Gold Medal of the
World Art Exibition in
Paris for the panel "
Noble people
USSR".
1938 -- a mosaic series "
A day and night of
Soviet sky" in the metro station "
Mayakovskaya".
1939 -- painting of plafond for restaurant of the
Central Theatre of the
Soviet Army.
1942 -- after trip on the front he creates the graphic series "
Roads of war".
1945 -- in May creative trip to
Berlin.
1947 -- a title of member of the
Art Academy USSR is awarded him.
1947--1953 -- he works as a sculptor with wood, a majolica, bronze, cement. He creates the mosaic portraits of great scientists of the world for a new building of
Moscow University.
1958 -- comes back in the
Moscow Art Institute it.
V.I. Surikova, supervises over a monumental workshop.
1959 -- works above a series of mosaics.
1960 -- the main artist of construction of the Kremlin palace of congresses.
1965 -- makes out a mosaic a facade of sanatorium in
Sochi. A trip to Italy.
1969 -- the personal exhibition in halls of the
Academy of Arts on June, 5th opens.
1969 -- on June, 12th
Alexander Aleksandrovich Dejneka has died in Moscow.
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- published: 10 Mar 2012
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