Dementy
Alekseevich Shmarinov

1907 was Born in Kazan.

1915-1922 lived in Kiev, then in Moscow.

1919-1922 First drawing lessons from artist N. A. Prahova.1923-1928 Studying in the Studio of D. N. Kardovsky.

1927 began work in the State publishing house illustrations for children's books.

1931 member of the Society of book artists.

1930s serves to illustrate the works of Soviet writers and Russian classical literature.

1938 as part of a team of artists working on mural paintings for the Soviet pavilion at the world exhibition in new York.

1939 as part of a team of artists working on a mural for the main pavilion of the all-Union agricultural exhibition in Moscow.

1941-1945 is Working on posters on the theme of war in the publishing house "Art" and a series of graphics on the same subject.

1945 awarding the title Honored worker of arts of RSFSR.

1946-1980-e Creates illustrations to the works of Russian and foreign classical literature.

In 1953 he was Elected a full member and Presidium member of the USSR Academy of arts.

1956 the title of people's artist of the RSFSR.

1959 Awarded a Gold medal at the International book fair in Leipzig.

1967 the title of people's artist of the USSR.

1970 Elected a corresponding member of the German Academy of arts in Berlin.

1980 Awarded the Lenin prize.

1999 Died in Moscow.

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Soviet graphic artist, full member AH the USSR (1953), people's artist of USSR (1967), laureate of the State prize of the USSR, corresponding member of the Academy of arts of the GDR.

He studied at the Kiev Studio N. A. Prahova (1919-22) and in Moscow D. N. Kardovsky (1923-28). Pred. the Board of the Moscow organization of the Union of artists of the RSFSR (Mosha) in 1959-61, 1966-68, and in 1972, the Secretary of the Union of artists of the USSR (1968).

Mainly Illustrator. Shmarinov works inherent to a realistic accuracy of visual interpretation of literary works, the credibility of the transmission of dramatic situations and socio-psychological characteristics of his characters: illustrations for the book "Crime and punishment" by F. Dostoevsky (charcoal, black watercolor, 1935-36, see Fig.), "Peter I" By A. N. Thick (charcoal, black watercolor, 1940-45), "War and peace" by L. N. Thick (black watercolour, 1953-55) - all in the Tretyakov gallery, Moscow; "a Hero of our time" by Mikhail Lermontov (charcoal, black watercolor, 1941, the Tretyakov gallery, Moscow, Russian Museum, Leningrad); "captain's daughter" (1974) and the Queen of spades (1976) A. S. Pushkin (both charcoal, black watercolor).

During the great Patriotic war of 1941-45 has fulfilled a number of political posters and imbued with the pathos of the angry cycle of easel drawings, "do Not forget, do not forgive!" (charcoal, black watercolor, 1942, the Tretyakov gallery, the USSR State prize, 1943; see Fig.), vividly narrating the suffering and courage of the Soviet people in the struggle with the enemy.

Created a series of paintings.

Awarded the order of Lenin, 2 other orders and medals.