Sofya
Mikhailovna Zakrzhevskaya (24.11.1899 - 15.03.1985)

Zakrzewska Sophia M. (24.11.1899–15.03.1985) 4A
Schedule. Worked in easel and book graphics.
Born in the city of Izhevsk. Lived and worked in Gorky. Graduated From Nizhny Novgorod
art College (1920-1924), where he studied under A. Kuprin and V. M. Sokolov, and
Moscow Vhuteine (1925-1930), where he studied under V. A. Favorsky. A Member Of The Union
of artists of the USSR since 1933. Along with such artists as V. M. Sokolov, L. A.
Hnigin, A. M. Kamanin, A.V., Samsonov, S. M. Zakrzewska was among the founders of the
The Gorky branch of the Union of artists. (Nizhny Novgorod organization of the Union
artists was established on 3 may 1933 and was one of the first in the country. On her
the founding meeting was attended by artists of different ages and creative
affiliation: E. Wisnicki, N. The Evlampiev, S. Zakrzewska, F. Kirillov, B. Krotikov,
I. Myasnikov, N. Pavinskaya, A. Samsonov, S. Suslov, L. Knigin, A. Yastrzhembsky.)
Since 1935 - member of regional exhibitions. Exhibitor of the Republican (Moscow, 1936,
1940, 1951) art exhibitions as well as exhibitions of book graphics (Moscow,
Leningrad).
Personal exhibition was held in Gorky (1954).