Illustration to Pushkin

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Who would have so illustrated in 1936, "Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda"?

[SergeiSK]

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Who would have so illustrated in 1936, "Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda"?

In 1937, a new book - "Pushkin A. Tale of the Priest and of His Workman Balda. Leningrad, 1937. 20 pages, circulation 20,300 copies. IL. DN Butorina (1891-1960) - rus. artworks, one of the giants of art Palekh lacquer miniature, icon painter, illustrator, muralist. " But Palekh Your image is clearly not similar.
Also in the mid 1930-ies was conceived cartoon opera on the tale with music by Shostakovich. Artist and director Michael Tsekhanovskaya. But completed this work was not. Images of the opera are stored in the Museum of Cinema, photo not found.
And yet never leaves a vague sense that somewhere has seen your image ...

[Кирилл Сызранский]

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pictures of the opera are stored in the Museum of Cinema, photo not found.

The Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda
Producer
Michael Tsekhanovskii
  
Year: 1936
Country: USSR
Manufacturing: thumbnail
Duration: 6 min.
Format: cartoon
Type: cartoon

[Тютчев]

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Who would have so illustrated in 1936, "Tale of the Priest and his Worker Balda»?

ranzher, this Alekseev Alexander August 5, 1901 (Kazan) - August 9, 1982 (Paris). - Russian artist - schedule, book illustrator, animator. He worked in the following techniques: lithography, aquatint, etching.

Student SY Sudeikina.

 Known illustrations of the works of Hoffmann, Poe, Gogol, Dostoevsky ("Meek", "The Brothers Karamazov, Notes from the Underground, etc.), the novel by Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago," the "Lay of Igor's Host. He illustrated works of Pushkin.
 
Invented the "needle screen.

He worked in the theater with Gaston Baty, Louis Jouvet, Georges Pitoevym and others, engaged in advertising. It is considered one of the founders of French animation, the largest representative of experimental cinema. At the request of Orson Welles, performed graphic scenes of the movie "The Process" (1962).

As the animator had a profound influence on the work of Stan Brakhage, George Norshtein, Norman Mac-Larena, who has shot two films about him (1960, 1972)

Filmography:

• Une nuit sur le mont chauve /Night on Bald Mountain (1933, set to music by Mussorgsky)
• La belle au bois dormant (1935)
• Balatum (1938)
• Huilor (1938)
• Les oranges de Jaffa (1938)
• Chants populaires n º 5 (1944)
• En passant (1946)
• Fumées (1951)
• Masques (1952)
• Nocturne (1954)
• La sève de la terre (1955)
• Cent pour cent (1957)
• Anonyme (1958)
• Divertissement (1960)
• Le Procès (1963, graphics, film, Orson Welles' The Trial)
• Le nez (1963, according to Gogol, the prize at the festival of experimental film in Knokke, Belgium)
• L'eau (1966)
• Tableaux d'une exposition (1972, set to music by Mussorgsky)
• Trois thèmes (1980)

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Tjutchev,
Thank you for the tip, but unfortunately it is incorrect or, say softer, not too argumentative. For information about the fact that he was a disciple Sudeikina, inventor of the needle-screen husband, actress Pitoeva Grinevskaya, and later his pupil, Claire Parker, kindly sheltered them in America, such as not strongly linked to the authorship of submitted drawings.
Yes, and filmography does not clarify the matter, but rather points to the fact that at this time he was wholly absorbed in the idea of cinema.
These selected works by Pushkin illustrated Alexeyev is
The Queen of Spades "(1928) and The Tales of Belkin (1930).
Frankly, I do not know any French illustrated edition of this tale.

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ranzher, text and pictures that I posted in the post, informed about the artist. They are not proof of authorship Alekseev. Appeared excuse to tell about an interesting artist, and I took advantage.

You want to know why I believe that it Alekseev author to your image? It's simple. I saw illustrate the artist's other works. They are very similar to the one you showed. Similar to such an extent that it allows me to assume (with a high degree ...), the author Alekseev.

Alekseev - by illustrations to more than fifty works. And keep in mind that not always the presence of illustrations implies publications with these illustrations. It also happens that the illustrations are, but the book did not come out. Or came out, but not with these illustrations.

See illustration Alekseeva 30 s. not all to illustrate the stylistically similar to your drawing, but is very similar. Look and find.

If you are familiar with Shemyakin, it could help you. He lived in a house across the street Alexeyev. I think they were talking. If so, then he must know his hand.

[Игорь Гурьев]

In general, it is on the idea, in my opinion, the work of one of the students Filonov, there should be and look.

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Publisher Vita Nova has produced several books with illustrations Alekseev.
A few illustrations can be found here:
1. Illustrations for the novel FM Dostoevsky's The Brothers Karamazov
Etching, 1929
http://www.vitanova.ru/static/galler...frameset1.html
2. Illustrations for the novel, Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina» Etching, 1951-1957 years.
http://www.vitanova.ru/static/galler...rameset12.html
3. Illustrations for the book Boris Pasternak's Doctor Zhivago »
http://www.vitanova.ru/static/galler...rameset30.html

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Oh, dear, Fyodor Ivanovich!
Not only Sir Prince Michel (Mohammed) Shemyakin lived across the street Alekseeva, but be convinced each, except for Alexander, White emigre artists and writers Rene Guerra has lived in the neighborhood. It was only intent on Rene Yulianovich serene look after yourself for the August to fill this very unfortunate lacuna, and Alexander Alekseev Alekseich went and hanged himself. Light of Life for him was extinguished with the death of his beloved wife Claire Parker, whose name is symbolically echoed with the name of his daughter Svetlana.

A daughter is alive, is the heir and successor of all the works of famous Russian artist. It would be more appropriate to handle it than Kabardian prince or a collector, been decorated and honorary member of Arts.

But why?

Thanks very much, ladies and gentlemen, for links and images on this artist, but I had the fortunate opportunity to show the various and significant collections contemplate his schedule in the original.
But given your images enough to conclude that the author of the illustrations do not Alekseev and why.

His stylistic feature is the brevity of the image, the attraction to the simplification of forms for its expressiveness, he omits the details of the songs breathe a secret, mystical happening, sometimes they resemble the scenery of shadow theater. Here is the histrionics, graphic decorative too distinctive trait.

The considered the same figure is drawn positively with ethnographic detail. No it St. Petersburg aristocratic refinement, but there are graphic power, sharpness unpretentious folk tales.

Add more. Between 1934 and 1942 Alexander Alexeyev not engaged in illustrated books. Indeed, there is always the artist's work embodied in books, but, first, the world of book collectors tend to know these works, and secondly, they are often published as a lottery charts, which in particular was Alexeyev, such as , etchings by a novel by Nikolai Gogol's "Nose" and the novel by Tolstoy's "Anna Karenina".

I'll show the reverse side of the figure. If you believe this label, then the work was intended for the Russian edition, otherwise the inscription would be in another language. Images in this tale was at least two, our - the second.

In general, the question of authorship remains open.

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Сообщение от ranzher

His stylistic feature is the brevity of the image, the attraction to the simplification of forms for its expressiveness, he omits the details of the songs breathe a secret, mystical happening, sometimes they resemble the scenery of shadow theater. Here is the histrionics, graphic decorative too distinctive trait.

The considered the same figure is drawn positively with ethnographic detail. No it St. Petersburg aristocratic refinement, but there are graphic power, sharpness unpretentious folk tales.

Dear Ranzher! We can not agree with what you wrote. Of course, your image is different from most illustrations Alexeyev. Yet something in common there. Including that theatricality, of which you write. Decorative and deletion of parts of the composition is also present. But if you've seen a lot of work Alexeyev at trade shows and are confident that this is not his image, to argue with you I will not. The more that I can not boast of having seen him work enough for absolute certainty. For some reason I immediately thought about Alekseeva, when I saw your work.

Thanks for the "conundrum". I adore to solve such riddles. Let's see, maybe will have some ideas. Jobs, of course, professional. But while no one else never occurred.


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Сообщение от ranzher

But why?

My job - posovetyvat, and decide what to do next, that's your thing.

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Сообщение от ranzher

... the world of book collectors, usually knows these works, and secondly, they are often issued in the form of lottery graphics ...

This is not always the case.