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Aleksandr Pavlovich Mogilevsky (1 December 1885, Mariupol — 1980, Moscow) — Russian and Soviet artist (watercolorist, graphic, autolithograph, artist of the bookplate), book Illustrator. Started under the influence of Wassily Kandinsky and the artists of his circle as a moderate avant-garde, then returned to traditional painting and drawing. In Soviet times, became famous as an Illustrator of children's books. In 1940-ies, Alexander Mogilevsky was among major Soviet illustrators Andersen, and Pushkin's fairy tales. One illustrated by new children's books, "the adventures of Weed" Sergei Rozanov, survived in the Soviet Union 12 publications.
Alexander Mogilevsky was born 1 Dec 1885 in Mariupol in a poor Jewish family. While studying at the school showed great interest in drawing and received the nickname "our future Kuindzhi". After maturity moved to Munich, where he studied in private academies Debica (1906-1907) and Shimon holloshi (1908-1913). Simultaneously with the Mahiliou have did his studies he studied under Vladimir Favorsky, Konstantin Istomin and other students from Russia. Each summer until graduation from the Academy in 1912 Mogilevsky went home to Mariupol, where he painted urban landscapes and the sea of Azov.
In Munich, Alexander Mogilevsky was at the center of German avant-garde and met Wassily Kandinsky and artists of his circle. Enlisting in the organized Kandinsky "New Munich art society" in 1910 Mogilevsky took part in the second and third (last, 1910-1911) exhibitions of the Association at the Galerie Thannhauser. Specialization of the artist for decades to come were the watercolors and graphics.
The German art historian Otto Fischer wrote in 1912 about twenty-seven, Mogilev:
"His works show strong craftsmanship and pronounced individuality. His paintings have a special, deep and smooth harmony, they are full of rhythmic life, they are simple and clear."
In 1912 (according to other, untested, information, in 1921) year Mogilev returned to Russia, but before 1914 continued to participate in exhibitions in Germany. In Russia, Mogilev naturally joined the moderate avant-garde in April and may of 1913 took part in St. Petersburg exhibition "Jack of diamonds" with two landscapes and still life. Two works were exhibited at the following Moscow the exhibition "Jack of diamonds" in February — March 1914. In the catalogues of both exhibitions was listed it Mariupol address — commercial street, Gough house.
With the outbreak of world war Mogilev disappeared from the artistic life of Russia and reappeared in him in the early 1920-ies already as a book Illustrator. In that capacity, Alexander Mogilevsky received subsequent fame in the USSR and abroad. In the late 1920's-early 1930-ies Mogilevsky was a major artist and a member of the artistic Council for books for children State publishing house. From the early 1920's to early 1950-ies, Alexander Mogilevsky illustrated several dozen books, mainly for children. After this time his activity of the artist book is gone, but still the work was not reprinted.
In 1926-1929 Mogilevsky has served on the Board of the Association of graphic artists at the printing House. In 1932 joined the Union of artists of the USSR.
In addition to watercolors and graphics, Alexander Mogilevsky worked autolithographs and bookplates, and — as a hobby — playing the violin. The only time the artist showed himself as a muralist in 1941 Mogilev together with Apollo Manuilova and Olga Manuilova won the competition for the monument to General Panfilov in Frunze. It was the first monument to Panfilov, established shortly after his death
In 1930-e years the artist has renewed summer trip to his native Mariupol. The result of these trips are watercolor landscapes of the city and the sea of Azov and autolithographies, part of which is currently stored in the funds of Mariupol local history Museum.
In Moscow from the 1920s, years before his death in 1980 Mogilev lived in a communal apartment on the ground floor of the house № 21 in Trubnikovsky lane; in the last decade of his life he wrote mainly urban landscapes in watercolor. The urn containing the ashes of the artist is buried in an enclosed columbarium of Vagankovo cemetery.
The main sources of biographical information about A. P. Mogilev — book "the artists" (1972) who was a friend of Mogilev writer Vladimir Lidin (in 1925 Mogilev illustrated the book of short stories Lidin "Nord" and the book "the Jews of Azov region" (1996) Mariupol the local Lion Yarotskogo, consisting of short personal correspondence with the Mahiliou. Fragments of the book "the artists" Vladimir Lidin was used as the introductory article to the catalogue of the posthumous personal exhibition of Alexander Mogilev in 1987 (he lidin at that time also died).
When illustrating children's books, Alexander Mogilevsky used various techniques, including ink, pen, pencil, but, being one of the best watercolorists of his time, often worked with colored and black washes.
Following a long tradition in the illustration of children's books, Mogilev was primarily from the text. In the illustrations to Japanese folk tale, "Long name" (1929), the artist used delicate colors, characteristic of Japanese drawing and gave them a fun and gentle humor. At the same time in these illustrations transmitted the inherent Japanese national characteristics. As the reliability of his illustrations for the book of poems "Winter" (1933) Zinaida Alexandrova, but in their brightness, we should not read Japan, and Russia.
In 1940-ies, Alexander Mogilevsky has become a major Soviet illustrators Andersen, and Pushkin's fairy tales. Among the illustrated works of Hans Christian Andersen — "the Nightingale", "the snow Queen", "the Wild swans", "the Emperor's New clothes".
Illustrating "the Emperor's New clothes", Mogilev "presented tailors are not crooks, deceiving the guileless king, and clever and cunning workmen, who, without missing cases of good, evil, laughed at the stupid, self-righteous autocrat and subservience to him by the nobility"[18]. In the final scene, the artist used an optical technique, by placing the viewers on the balcony of the house, and the Royal procession far below them. Lost in scale, it makes a natural and expected of a boy shouting "the Emperor is naked!"[18].
Among Pushkin's works, which were illustrated by Alexander Mogilevsky — "the fountain of Bakhchisarai", "the Tale of the Golden Cockerel", "Tale of the fisherman and the fish", "the Tale of Tsar Saltan", "Ruslan and Lyudmila". Feature watercolor illustrations of the Mogilev "Ruslan and Lyudmila" — their fundamental nigerianet, allowing young readers to finish the illustrations themselves, according to their own imagination[19].
One of the best decorated Alexander Mogilev children's books was considered to be the edition "Jean-Christophe" (1930) Romain Rolland. For illustrations to this book, the artist used the ink and dry brush, passing on the supervision of Mikhail Panov, one or two lines and a few touches of the brush "the whole gamut of experiences of a talented boy, touching in a fragile vulnerability, his love for music and an aversion to the endless exercise, the fascination with theatre and shyness on stage in front of room filled with spectators".
In the 1920-ies in Mogilev often illustrated books by his contemporaries. The story of Sergei Rozanov, "the adventures of Grass" was first published in 1928, with illustrations by Alexander Mogilevsky and survived in the Soviet Union before world war II, twelve editions without a change of Illustrator. Also published three editions of "the Adventures of Weed" in foreign languages, and the English edition was awarded a prize at the exhibition of children's books in Chicago. Dating for young readers and the outside world (the main message of the author) Mogilev made sketches from nature, including sketches referred to in the story of the station with a steam locomotive and carriages at the platform.
In 1947, Alexander Mogilevsky took part in illustrating the book of fables by Ivan Krylov for "Association of state book and magazine publishers" among the best graphics of that time headed by Vladimir Favorsky who Mogilevsky in 1906-1907 he studied in Munich from Shimon holloshi.
Participation in creative and public organizations:
A member of the "New Munich art society"
A Board member of the Association of graphic artists at the printing House (1926-1929)
Member of society "4 arts"
Member of the Union of artists of the USSR (1932)
Honorary member of the Moscow club of exlibris.
Exhibitions:
Personal exhibitions:
1942 — Frunze
1943 — Exhibition of watercolors, Moscow
1948 — Moscow
1987 — "Aleksandr Pavlovich Mogilevsky (1885-1980)", Moscow
Group exhibitions:
1910 — 2nd exhibition of "New art society in Munich", Munich
1910-1911 — 3rd exhibition of "New art society in Munich", Munich
1912 — "international art exhibition", Cologne
1912 — "New art", Munich, may-September
1912 — 2nd exhibition of "New art", Munich, October
1913 — the Exhibition "Jack of diamonds", Saint Petersburg, April-may
1913 — the First German autumn salon, Berlin, September-December
1914 — the "New painting" ("Expressionist painting"), Dresden, January
1914 — the Exhibition "Jack of diamonds", Moscow, February-March
1923 — "Russian portrait", Kazan
1925 — "Russian book sign in the engraving" Leningrad
1926 — 1st exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1927 — 2nd exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1927 — "the Art of books", Leipzig—Nuremberg
1928 — 3rd exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1928 — Exhibition society "4 art", Moscow
1928 — the international exhibition "Pressa", Cologne
1930 — "Contemporary Russian art", Vienna
1930 — Exhibition of Soviet art in Berlin.
The location of the works:
Museums and private collections in Western Europe (early works)
Mariupol local history Museum.
Alexander Mogilevsky was born 1 Dec 1885 in Mariupol in a poor Jewish family. While studying at the school showed great interest in drawing and received the nickname "our future Kuindzhi". After maturity moved to Munich, where he studied in private academies Debica (1906-1907) and Shimon holloshi (1908-1913). Simultaneously with the Mahiliou have did his studies he studied under Vladimir Favorsky, Konstantin Istomin and other students from Russia. Each summer until graduation from the Academy in 1912 Mogilevsky went home to Mariupol, where he painted urban landscapes and the sea of Azov.
In Munich, Alexander Mogilevsky was at the center of German avant-garde and met Wassily Kandinsky and artists of his circle. Enlisting in the organized Kandinsky "New Munich art society" in 1910 Mogilevsky took part in the second and third (last, 1910-1911) exhibitions of the Association at the Galerie Thannhauser. Specialization of the artist for decades to come were the watercolors and graphics.
The German art historian Otto Fischer wrote in 1912 about twenty-seven, Mogilev:
"His works show strong craftsmanship and pronounced individuality. His paintings have a special, deep and smooth harmony, they are full of rhythmic life, they are simple and clear."
In 1912 (according to other, untested, information, in 1921) year Mogilev returned to Russia, but before 1914 continued to participate in exhibitions in Germany. In Russia, Mogilev naturally joined the moderate avant-garde in April and may of 1913 took part in St. Petersburg exhibition "Jack of diamonds" with two landscapes and still life. Two works were exhibited at the following Moscow the exhibition "Jack of diamonds" in February — March 1914. In the catalogues of both exhibitions was listed it Mariupol address — commercial street, Gough house.
With the outbreak of world war Mogilev disappeared from the artistic life of Russia and reappeared in him in the early 1920-ies already as a book Illustrator. In that capacity, Alexander Mogilevsky received subsequent fame in the USSR and abroad. In the late 1920's-early 1930-ies Mogilevsky was a major artist and a member of the artistic Council for books for children State publishing house. From the early 1920's to early 1950-ies, Alexander Mogilevsky illustrated several dozen books, mainly for children. After this time his activity of the artist book is gone, but still the work was not reprinted.
In 1926-1929 Mogilevsky has served on the Board of the Association of graphic artists at the printing House. In 1932 joined the Union of artists of the USSR.
In addition to watercolors and graphics, Alexander Mogilevsky worked autolithographs and bookplates, and — as a hobby — playing the violin. The only time the artist showed himself as a muralist in 1941 Mogilev together with Apollo Manuilova and Olga Manuilova won the competition for the monument to General Panfilov in Frunze. It was the first monument to Panfilov, established shortly after his death
In 1930-e years the artist has renewed summer trip to his native Mariupol. The result of these trips are watercolor landscapes of the city and the sea of Azov and autolithographies, part of which is currently stored in the funds of Mariupol local history Museum.
In Moscow from the 1920s, years before his death in 1980 Mogilev lived in a communal apartment on the ground floor of the house № 21 in Trubnikovsky lane; in the last decade of his life he wrote mainly urban landscapes in watercolor. The urn containing the ashes of the artist is buried in an enclosed columbarium of Vagankovo cemetery.
The main sources of biographical information about A. P. Mogilev — book "the artists" (1972) who was a friend of Mogilev writer Vladimir Lidin (in 1925 Mogilev illustrated the book of short stories Lidin "Nord" and the book "the Jews of Azov region" (1996) Mariupol the local Lion Yarotskogo, consisting of short personal correspondence with the Mahiliou. Fragments of the book "the artists" Vladimir Lidin was used as the introductory article to the catalogue of the posthumous personal exhibition of Alexander Mogilev in 1987 (he lidin at that time also died).
When illustrating children's books, Alexander Mogilevsky used various techniques, including ink, pen, pencil, but, being one of the best watercolorists of his time, often worked with colored and black washes.
Following a long tradition in the illustration of children's books, Mogilev was primarily from the text. In the illustrations to Japanese folk tale, "Long name" (1929), the artist used delicate colors, characteristic of Japanese drawing and gave them a fun and gentle humor. At the same time in these illustrations transmitted the inherent Japanese national characteristics. As the reliability of his illustrations for the book of poems "Winter" (1933) Zinaida Alexandrova, but in their brightness, we should not read Japan, and Russia.
In 1940-ies, Alexander Mogilevsky has become a major Soviet illustrators Andersen, and Pushkin's fairy tales. Among the illustrated works of Hans Christian Andersen — "the Nightingale", "the snow Queen", "the Wild swans", "the Emperor's New clothes".
Illustrating "the Emperor's New clothes", Mogilev "presented tailors are not crooks, deceiving the guileless king, and clever and cunning workmen, who, without missing cases of good, evil, laughed at the stupid, self-righteous autocrat and subservience to him by the nobility"[18]. In the final scene, the artist used an optical technique, by placing the viewers on the balcony of the house, and the Royal procession far below them. Lost in scale, it makes a natural and expected of a boy shouting "the Emperor is naked!"[18].
Among Pushkin's works, which were illustrated by Alexander Mogilevsky — "the fountain of Bakhchisarai", "the Tale of the Golden Cockerel", "Tale of the fisherman and the fish", "the Tale of Tsar Saltan", "Ruslan and Lyudmila". Feature watercolor illustrations of the Mogilev "Ruslan and Lyudmila" — their fundamental nigerianet, allowing young readers to finish the illustrations themselves, according to their own imagination[19].
One of the best decorated Alexander Mogilev children's books was considered to be the edition "Jean-Christophe" (1930) Romain Rolland. For illustrations to this book, the artist used the ink and dry brush, passing on the supervision of Mikhail Panov, one or two lines and a few touches of the brush "the whole gamut of experiences of a talented boy, touching in a fragile vulnerability, his love for music and an aversion to the endless exercise, the fascination with theatre and shyness on stage in front of room filled with spectators".
In the 1920-ies in Mogilev often illustrated books by his contemporaries. The story of Sergei Rozanov, "the adventures of Grass" was first published in 1928, with illustrations by Alexander Mogilevsky and survived in the Soviet Union before world war II, twelve editions without a change of Illustrator. Also published three editions of "the Adventures of Weed" in foreign languages, and the English edition was awarded a prize at the exhibition of children's books in Chicago. Dating for young readers and the outside world (the main message of the author) Mogilev made sketches from nature, including sketches referred to in the story of the station with a steam locomotive and carriages at the platform.
In 1947, Alexander Mogilevsky took part in illustrating the book of fables by Ivan Krylov for "Association of state book and magazine publishers" among the best graphics of that time headed by Vladimir Favorsky who Mogilevsky in 1906-1907 he studied in Munich from Shimon holloshi.
Participation in creative and public organizations:
A member of the "New Munich art society"
A Board member of the Association of graphic artists at the printing House (1926-1929)
Member of society "4 arts"
Member of the Union of artists of the USSR (1932)
Honorary member of the Moscow club of exlibris.
Exhibitions:
Personal exhibitions:
1942 — Frunze
1943 — Exhibition of watercolors, Moscow
1948 — Moscow
1987 — "Aleksandr Pavlovich Mogilevsky (1885-1980)", Moscow
Group exhibitions:
1910 — 2nd exhibition of "New art society in Munich", Munich
1910-1911 — 3rd exhibition of "New art society in Munich", Munich
1912 — "international art exhibition", Cologne
1912 — "New art", Munich, may-September
1912 — 2nd exhibition of "New art", Munich, October
1913 — the Exhibition "Jack of diamonds", Saint Petersburg, April-may
1913 — the First German autumn salon, Berlin, September-December
1914 — the "New painting" ("Expressionist painting"), Dresden, January
1914 — the Exhibition "Jack of diamonds", Moscow, February-March
1923 — "Russian portrait", Kazan
1925 — "Russian book sign in the engraving" Leningrad
1926 — 1st exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1927 — 2nd exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1927 — "the Art of books", Leipzig—Nuremberg
1928 — 3rd exhibition of graphics, Moscow
1928 — Exhibition society "4 art", Moscow
1928 — the international exhibition "Pressa", Cologne
1930 — "Contemporary Russian art", Vienna
1930 — Exhibition of Soviet art in Berlin.
The location of the works:
Museums and private collections in Western Europe (early works)
Mariupol local history Museum.
