Antonina
Fedorovna Sofronova

Born in the village of Droskovo Orel province in 1892, Died in Moscow in 1966.

In the 1910-1917 years. Sofronova studied at Moscow art school of F. I. Rerberg and I. Mashkov's Studio. In 1914 she participated in the exhibition "Jack of diamonds". In 1920-1921 he taught at the State free art studios in Tver, at the same time I was into constructivism. Back in Moscow, she again started working with nature, first in the chart, and then in painting. Its theme are almost always deserted cityscapes. Sofronova was part of the group "Thirteen", participated in exhibitions of group and after its dissolution in 1932, continued to work in the same manner dynamic picturesque figure. Creativity Sofronova became widely known only after her death.

1892, p. Droskovo the Oryol province. – 1966, Moscow.

Painter, graphic artist, draftsman, watercolorist, Illustrator, poster artist.

1910-1913 he studied in Moscow at the art school of F. I. Rerberg.

1913-1917 attended the Studio of I. I. Mashkov.

From 1914 participated in the exhibitions.

Member and exponential associations:

1914 – "Jack of diamonds",

1917 – Moscow Association of artists "World of art",

1929 – the Moscow artists ' Society, 1931 – group "Thirteen".

1919 he taught at the school in Orel.

1920-1921 at the State art studios in Tver.

1921-1922 instructor FROM the political administration of Moscow military district.

1922 head OUT of Narkompros in Moscow.

Since 1931 after accusing the group of "Thirteen" in formalism and termination

its existence, in the exhibition activities did not participate. Only after

her death created after 1931, it Became known to the audience.

Personal exhibitions:

1962 Central house of writers, Moscow;

1968 the Museum-apartment of A. M. Skryabin, Moscow;

1975 memorial Evening and exhibition, exhibition hall of Moscow Union of artists, Kuznetsk bridge, 11, Moscow;

1976 Literary memorial Dostoevsky Museum, Leningrad;

1989 (with G. M. Blumenfeld) Soviet culture Fund, Moscow;

1993 the 100th anniversary of the birth of the State Tretyakov gallery, Moscow;

Orlovsky Museum of fine arts;

1994 Tver regional picture gallery;

1995, 2002 Memorial Museum-apartment of Andrei Bely, Moscow;

2001 club "Kauchuk", Moscow;

2002 Museum-reserve L. N. Tolstoy "Yasnaya Polyana", Tula region;

Apartment Museum of I. D. Sytin, Moscow.

The artist's works are in the Tretyakov gallery

The state Russian Museum, Gosudarstennom izobrazitelnykh Museum of art

them. Pushkin, the State Museum of Andrei Bely in Moscow, in many

public art museums and galleries in the country, in private collections

in Russia private Museum of Russian art R. Guerra, Paris (France),

collection of G. Kostaki (Greece) and others.