Aleksandr Deyneka
Painting, Visual Artist
1899 – 1969
Who was Aleksandr Deyneka?
Aleksandr Aleksandrovich Deyneka was a Soviet Russian painter, graphic artist and sculptor, regarded as one of the most important Russian modernist figurative painters of the first half of the 20th century. His Collective Farmer on a Bicycle has been described as exemplifying the Social Realist style.
Deyneka was born in Kursk and studied at Kharkov Art College and at VKhUTEMAS. He was a founding member of groups such as OST and Oktyabr, and his work gained wide exposure in major exhibitions. His paintings and drawings depict genre scenes as well as labour and often sports. Deyneka later began painting monumental works, such as The Defence of Petrograd in 1928, which remains his most iconic painting, and The Battle of Sevastopol in 1942, The Outskirts of Moscow. November 1941 and The Shot-Down Ace. His mosaics are a feature of Mayakovskaya metro station in Moscow. He is in the highest category "1A - a world famous artist" in "United Artists Rating".
Deyneka is buried in the Novodevichy Cemetery in Moscow.
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- Born
- May 20, 1899
Kursk - Also known as
- Дейнека, Александр Александрович
- Nationality
- Russia
- Education
- Vkhutemas
- Died
- Jun 12, 1969
Moscow
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on July 23, 2013
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