Georgiy
Semenovich Vereisky

Russia • 1886−1962

Biography and information

Doing portrait, landscape, still-life, a connoisseur of prints. Professor of St. Petersburg Academy of arts. Elementary art education in the Studio Schrader in Kharkiv (1895 - 1904). In 1913 he entered the New art Studio in St. Petersburg, where he studied with B. M. Kustodiev, A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva, E. E. Lansere, and M. V. Dobuzhinsky. Member of associations "World of art" from 1915 and "Four arts". He taught at the Academy. People's artist of the RSFSR (1962), laureate of the State prize of the USSR (1946). Created a gallery of portraits of distinguished artists, writers, actors, scientists of his time.

(1886, the city of Proskurov (now Khmelnitsky, Ukraine) – 1962, Leningrad)

Russian Soviet artist-Illustrator, graphic. Member of the Academy of arts of the USSR. Winner of the Stalin prize, USSR, 1946. People's artist of the RSFSR (1962).

While studying at the law faculty of Kharkiv, then the Petersburg University, worked in the Studio EE Schrader (Kharkov,1901 – 1905) and in New art Studio (St. Petersburg,1913 – 1916), M. V. Dobuzhinsky, A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva,

B. M. Kustodiev, E. E. Lansere. He was a member of the Association "World of art", participated

in exhibitions since 1904.

Worked primarily in the genre of lithographic portraits, creating a portrait gallery of contemporaries-representatives of creative and scientific intelligentsia:

A. N. Benoit, S. S. Prokofiev, K. A. Fedin, I. A. Orbeli, V. I. Cordova, E. Lansere,

E. A. Mravinsky, G. S. Ulanova, St Konenkov and others, Performing official orders, remained master of the "quiet art" which had no ideological pathos of time

but the inner spiritual state of their models.

For twelve years he was Keeper of the Department of engravings at the Hermitage. Fruitfully worked in the sphere of lyrical landscape. Was one of the founders of the Experimental lithographic workshop of the Leningrad Union of artists (1937 – 1940).

Personal exhibition of G. S. Vereisky was held in 1924, 1939, 1946, 1949, 1961, 1962, 1968 .

Works of the artist are in the Tretyakov gallery, the Russian Museum, the Museum of the Academy of Arts, in many other museums.

Bibliography:

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12. Borovsky, A. D. and others Unknown pre-war Leningrad: painting and drawing. Catalogue of the exhibition. Moscow. 2004

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Catalog-reason. Moscow. Art. 1994

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15. Romanov N. (by the TSA. article). Engraving of the USSR for 10 years. The Pushkin Museum. Catalogue of the exhibition. Moscow. 1927

16. Catalogue of the exhibition of contemporary graphics. GM Armenia. Erivan. 1929

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