[kornilyev]

Born in 1909 in Tiflis. He studied at Tiflis, in the studio BA Vogel. Since 1926
lived in Leningrad and studied at VE Savinskoye. In 1934 he was admitted immediately to the third course of the Academy of Fine Arts and graduated in 1938 from the workshop II Brodsky.
From the first day of the war was in the army, took part in defensive battles Aenfronta, served as commander of a platoon of marines. In November 1942 he was seconded to the group of artist ¬ nick CBF Political Department, worked on the creation of posters, leaflets, cartoons, performed sketches life at the front. Participated in the 1 st and 2 nd exhibitions of artists of the Leningrad front, exhibitions Heroic front and rear, "" The heroic defense of Leningrad, Prep ¬ let at the Academy of Arts, professor. A series of works about the war, in which at ¬ consequently captures the epic stages of the siege (partially stored in GMMOBL). Large prints of cinematic scale shows month after month, week-days of the terrible and yet heroic time - the inhabitants of the city, digging trenches in September 1941, girls on the roof of the building extinguishing incendiary bombs during air raid in October 1941. One of the most beautiful sheets of the series is "A Streetcar goes to the front. November 1941. Gradually picking up dramatic music series, reaching its climax in the intensely expressive sheets as "December. 1941. From the queue with bread "," January 1942 "," Broken Home ". Finally, a bright, joyous finale, pre ¬ broadcasters to end the blockade, sound tracks, such as "Spring. 1943 "and the famous gouache Neprintseva" Leningrad girls MoEHE.