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Valentin Kurds (1905-1989),

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1960's - 1970's.

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Valentin Kurds (December 20, 1905, the village of St. Michael Plant Perm province - November 9, 1989, Leningrad) - Russian painter, poster artist and illustrator of children's books, memoirs.


Biography and works

The son of a country doctor, graduated from the Kazan University. My father was acquainted with Vladimir Ulyanov, the university was responsible for the student's library of illegal publications.

In 1916, he studied at the Art School in Yekaterinburg.

In 1918 - 1919 years. he studied in the studio at the Perm Art College.

B (1921) Trends. studied at the Free Art Studios in Perm.

In (1922-1923) studied at the jewelry department at the Yekaterinburg School of Industrial Art.

In 1923 he arrived in Petrograd, which later turned out to be the rest of his life.

In 1923 he enrolled in VKHUTEIN. Among his teachers were A.E.Karev, K.S.Petrov-Vodkin, M.V.Matyushin, A.I.Savinov. Met with E. Charushin, the writer V. Bianchi.

Attended the workshop in VHUTEINe Filonov was close to a group of Masters of Analytical Art. [1]
GINHUK and "Russian Cubism"

In autumn 1926 a course on which he studied VI Kurds, it was decided to release early, without writing a thesis. artist recalled: "I finished the Academy of Fine Arts as a painter and had intended to become a painter in the future." [2]

In 1926, for the continuation of classes in painting artist did, along with his classmates Yuri Vasnetsov, to study at the Institute of Artistic Culture to Malevich.

Over the years he worked in the Institute of Artistic Culture intern in the Department of Painting Culture. Malevich called major "additional element" Kurdova art painting technique and color. Studied the properties of various scenic textures; consistently worked for five stages of Cubism.

Kurds expressed his special relationship to cubism, succeeding in their work inherent range of dark to the light, "Russian", and softening its shape - the artist defined his task as the creation of a "Russian Cubism." This affected even in the choice of subjects for still lifes - Kurds intentionally included in the composition of his still lifes typical Russian thing - a samovar, a balalaika and boots.

Within a year of training Kurds has written more than ten large paintings that show his untapped talent of the painter in the future, including paintings, "Balalaika" 1926, "hanging lamp," Chinese lantern "," boots "," Cubism " "Copper samovar" 1926-1927, etc. [3] Suprematist works Kurds did. Later the artist wrote of himself: ".. I do not consider myself a student of Malevich - I did not share with him all the complexities of life". [4]

In autumn 1927 the artist would have enlisted in the army, and Cubist period of his work was ever completed.
Children's book

Since 1927 the Kurds started to work as a painter of children's books, as amended Detgiz, under VV Lebedev, who led (until 1933) the editor of children's art department of the State Publishing House.

Along with other artists - Yuri Vasnetsov, A. Pakhomov, E. Charushin - V. Kurds are considered one of the artists, "Lebedev's school" in the children's book design. Exceptional influence Lebedev, as an artist and an editor for their work in the book, the artist himself has repeatedly pointed out, "Lebedev from each artist with whom he came across as an editor, I extract what the artist is best known and loved .. he was a man of cold assessment, so ... his words take on a quality property. " [5] Among the works Kurdova 1930 - illustrations for books Vitali Bianchi, Alexandra Vvedenskogo (Cavalry Budennogo, 1931, or rather, the poet's verses were written to the drawings of the artist), Kipling, W. Scott (Ivanhoe, 1936), etc.

Member of the Union of Artists since 1932 Exhibitions since 1932 [6]

From 1939 he worked in experimental lithographic workshop in LOSH. [7]

During 1939-1940. - One of the founders and creators of the posters "Fighting Pencil". [7]
War and post-war period

During the war, remained in the besieged Leningrad. I went to the creative journey to the Volkhov front. Has created a series of lithographs "Roads of war" (1942-1944).

After the war, continued studies illustrate, designed the book V.Bianki, I.Sokolova-Mikitova, N.Sladkova, Karelian-Finnish epic "Kalevala". Made new illustrations to the tales of Kipling (1980), was awarded a diploma for them the Hans Christian Andersen (1982).

He died in Leningrad in 1989 left a memoir, published after his death.

His wife (in 1920 - 1960) - the artist Gert Nemenova. (From Wikipedia)