Artist Alexander Dejneka (05/08/1899 - 06/12/1969)

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Alexander was born Dejneka 8 (20) May 1899 in Kursk, the son of a railway worker. Initial education in Kharkiv Art College (1915-1917). The young artist, like many of his contemporaries, was connected with the revolutionary events. In 1918, he worked as a photographer in the criminal investigation, headed by Section Gubnadobraza Fine Arts, designed the agit-trains, and participated in the defense of Kursk whites from 1919 to 1920 Deineka was in the army, where he led the art studio in Kursk Political Department, and "Windows ROST" in Kursk.

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from the army was sent to Moscow to study, in VHUTEMAS on printing office, where he studied with VA Tabor and I. Nivinsky (1920-1925). Of great importance in the creative formation and the formation of attitude of the artist had years of apprenticeship and communication with VA Favorsky, as well as meetings with VV Mayakovsky. A creative look Deineka was brightly and clearly represented in his works on the first exhibition in 1924 in which he participated in the "Group of Three" (the group also included the AD Goncharov and Y. Pimenov), and the first discussion exhibition associations active revolutionary art. In 1925 Dejneka became a founding member of the Society (OST). In these years he established the first Soviet truly monumental historical-revolutionary painting "The Defense of Petrograd (1928).

In 1928 Dejneka became a member of "The October", and in 1931-1932 - a member of the Russian Association of Proletarian Artists (RAPH). In 1930 he created expressive in color and composite for poster "Mechanize Donbass", "Sportwoman. In 1931 there were very different in their mood and theme of paintings and watercolors: "On the balcony," "Girl at the Window", "Mercenary intervention.

 The new important stage in the work begun in 1932. The most significant work of this period is the picture of "Mother" (1932). During these years, the artist created bold in its originality and poetic works: "Night landscape with horses and dried herbs (in 1933)," Bathers Girls "(1933)," Noon "(1932), etc. Along with the works of lyrical sound appeared and socio-political works: "Unemployed in Berlin" (1933), filled with anger drawings for the novel "Fire" Barbyusa A. (1934).

Since mid-1930 Deineka was taken modern themes. By the theme of aviation in the past ("parachutists over the sea", 1934), but the work in 1937 on illustrations for children's book of pilot GF Baidukova "Through the pole in America" (was published in 1938) contributed to a Wizard with a new force became interested in aviation. He wrote a number of paintings, one of the most romantic - "Future Pilots" (1937).

The historic theme embodied in the monumental works devoted mostly to pre-revolutionary history. The artist sketches were made panels for exhibitions in Paris and New York. Among the most significant works the late 1930's - early 1940's, is "Left March" (1940).

 During the Great Patriotic War, the artist created tense and dramatic. Painting "Outskirts of Moscow. November 1941 (1941) - the first in this series. Great suffering permeated other work - "Burned village" (1942). In 1942 the artist created a canvas full of heroic pathos of "Defense of Sevastopol" (1942), which was a kind of hymn to the courage of the defenders of the city.

Among the significant works of the postwar period include linen "By the Sea. Fisher "(1956)," Moscow military, "in Sevastopol" (1959), as well as mosaics for the foyer of the auditorium at Moscow University (1956), mosaic for the foyer of the Palace of Congresses in the Kremlin (1961). Mosaic works adorn the metro stations Mayakovskaya (1938) and "Novokuznetskaya" (1943), and for the mosaics "Good Morning" (1959-1960) and "ice hockey" (1959-1960), he was awarded the Lenin Prize in 1964 .


 Deineka taught in Moscow in Vhuteine (1928-1930), the Moscow Polygraphic Institute (1928-1934), the Moscow Art Institute Surikov (1934-1946, 1957 - 1963), the Institute of Applied and Decorative Arts ( 1945-1953, until 1948 the director), at the Moscow Architectural Institute (1953-1957). He was a member of the Presidium (since 1958), Vice-President (1962-1966), academician-secretary (1966-1968) of the Decorative Arts of the USSR Academy of Arts. He was awarded the Order of Lenin, the Order of Labor Red Banner and medals, Hero of Socialist Labor (1969)

 June 12, 1969 Alexander Dejneka died in Moscow, was buried at Moscow's Novodevichy Cemetery











Dates of life and creativity
1899 - born in Kursk, in the family of railroad workers. He studied at the railway school while visiting an art studio.
1915-1917 - studied at the Kharkov Art College.
1918 - returns to the Kursk, works as a photographer, adjusts revolutionary holidays, agit-trains and theatrical performances.
1919-1920 - served in the Red Army, headed by art studio.
1921-1925 - studying at the Faculty of graphic arts at VKhUTEMAS VA Favorsky. Getting Mayakovsky. Between 1924 and began to cooperate actively as a painter in the journals atheist at the bench "," Do machines "," Searchlight, "Krasnaya Niva. One of the organizers of the Society of Easel "- remains.
1929 - The leaves of the other, enters into an artistic association "October". Illustrates children's books, leading branch poster Polygraph Institute.
1932 - wrote a monumental mural "Civil Aviation".
1934 - creative trip to Sevastopol.
1935 - The creative assignment in the U.S., France and Italy. When he returned, wrote on the basis of a large series of travel sketches, watercolors and paintings.
1937 - gold medal of the Paris world exhibition for panel "The noble people of the Soviet Union.
1938 - mosaic cycle "Daily Soviet sky" metro station Mayakovskaya.
1939 - painting the ceiling for a restaurant of the Central Theatre of the Soviet Army.
1942 - after a trip to the front creates a graphic series "On the roads of war."
1945 - In May creative trip to Berlin.
1947 - awarded the title of member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR.
1947-1953 - working as a sculptor in wood, majolica, bronzes, porcelain, cement. Creates a mosaic portraits of the great scientists of the world for the new building of Moscow University.
1958 - returned to the Moscow Art Institute. VISurikov, directs monumental workshop.
1959 - working on a series of mosaics.
1960 - chief designer of construction of the Kremlin Palace of Congresses.
1965 - draws mosaic facade of the sanatorium in Sochi. Trip to Italy.
1969 - June 5, opens solo exhibition in the halls of the Academy of Arts.
1969 - June 12 Alexander Dejneka died in Moscow.

1.Deyneka AA
2 10.Kartiny (period 1941 1945гг)

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