Konashevich artist biography

Books for all times Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich Vladimir Mikhailovich Konashevich - - Russian and Soviet artist, schedule, doctor of art history, Honored Artist of the RSFSR, one of the most famous masters of Soviet book illustration. The hometown of Vladimir Konashevich is Novocherkassk, here he lived the first 10 years of his life. Later, the family of the future artist moved to Chernigov.

However, in childhood, the future master did not think about a professional lesson painting. But, having visited his dreams, both a bold warrior and a famous traveler, he somehow imperceptibly, displaying his ideas about distant countries and battles on paper, added to drawing and very soon no longer represented his life without him. Therefore, it is quite natural that, studying at the Chernihiv real school, the teenager began to take private lessons from local artists.

In the year, Vladimir entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, one of the most prestigious art educational institutions in the Russian Empire, and studied there for five years. Its teachers were K. Korovin, L. Pasternak, S. Malyutin - famous painters and graphs, inspired by Vladimir with their work and laid the foundation for the future successes of his workshops of illustrations.

After graduating from the school and moving to Petrograd, Vladimir Konashevich devoted several years to decorative work, took part in the paintings of the Yusupovsky and Pavlovsky palaces, as well as St. Petersburg private mansions. He led the Litograph Workshop, was engaged in restoration work and, of course, did. Some series of his lithographs and drawings were later acquired by the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum, marked at international exhibitions.

In the year, Konashevich created his first book illustrations - it was "ABC in the drawings." As the artist’s daughter recalled, the ABC was born from letters that Vladimir Mikhailovich wrote to his wife who left her when she was a child, to his relatives to the Urals and stuck there for a long time, the Ural was cut off by the army of Kolchak. For each letter of the alphabet.

I was already 4 years old, and, obviously, he believed that it was time to know the letters. Later, these pictures were published under the title of "ABC in the drawings". " Apparently, considering the finished work on the “alphabet” only an episode of his creative activity, Konashevich later was subsequently engaged in illustration of adult literature, collaborating with various publishers.

So, in its design, Academia published the memoirs of A. Grigoryev, the book of M. Beketova, dedicated to Alexander Blok, the correspondence of L. Tolstoy with N., for this publishing house, he illustrates the works of Plavt, Voltaire, G. Heine, R. Sheridan, A. Prev, A. And yet, the largest place in his work is occupied by work on the design of children's books. He creates illustrations for the fairy tales of A.

Pushkin, S. Marshak, Sh. Perro, G. Andersen, brothers Grimm. Acquaintance of the artist with K. Chukovsky, who then grew into friendship and many years of cooperation, led to the creation of illustrations for the books “Mukhina Wedding”, “Confusion”, “Mukha-Tsokotuha”, “Carecinator”, “Telephone”, etc. And in the year the publishing house “Academia” issues a luxurious collection of fairy tales K.

Chukovsky with Konashevich drawings in Konashevich's drawings. the number of copies. But it was precisely because of this book that Konashevich was subjected to unfair attacks in the article “On Pachkin Artists”, published in the newspaper Pravda, who unleashed the grass of talented Leningrad artists of the children's book. It should be noted that the company that Konashevich turned out to be today would have been envious of any professional: here Tatyana Mavrina, Vladimir Lebedev, and Yuri Vasnetsov are recognized masters of his craft.

Vladimir Mikhailovich was deeply worried about attacks. However, this does not mean that his creative activity has ceased. On the contrary, he began to take his work even more serious. In the year, the artist, having the opportunity to evacuate into the depths of the country, moved from Pavlovsk to Leningrad and spent the whole blockade here. Among the dying friends and loved ones, he, without losing faith in victory, continued to work: he illustrated children's books, wrote memories of childhood.

The war ended. The attacks in the press ceased. He defended his doctoral dissertation on art history and taught at the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. A peaceful, non -oversized life began - and the “good master of the fairy tale” in Leningrad died on February 27 and was buried in the theological cemetery. Books with his fascinating drawings are still reprinted.

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