B. Sveshnikov, Illustration to a poem of Byron
 

Illustration to a poem of Byron, Childe Harold
 Technique: paper, ink
 Size: 5,5 x11, 5 cm
 Origin: From the author's family
 Price: 10 000 rubles
 
 Boris Petrovich Sveshnikov (1927-1998)
 The painter and graphic artist. Member of the Union of Artists.
 The representative of "unofficial art", best known for his "camp suite" (or "Gulag-art"). Born in Moscow on 1 February 1927. In 1946, while studying at the Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts, was arrested on charges of "anti-Soviet propaganda" and sent to concentration camps in 8 years (the sample of this "propaganda" from the investigation of the case: "The artists have painted is not what they want and what they say. ") Transported to Uhtizhemlag (Komi ASSR), was first sent to the excavation. Survived only because he was transferred to the camp and was appointed caretaker Vetlosyan a woodworking shop, which was an art studio. Here and started "camp suite." In 1954, after serving a term Sveshnikov returned to Moscow in 1956, was rehabilitated. In 1954-1957 he lived in Tarusa, then settled in the capital. Worked successfully for Goslitizdat, creating a set of illustrations to the works of Goethe, ETA Hoffmann, H. Andersen, the Brothers Grimm, M. Maeterlinck, K. Paustovsky and others (flourishing book-decoration Sveshnikov has creativity in the 1960s) - there clearly delineated his gift of romance, symbolist master exquisite historical style.

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Price 6 000 rubles