Aaron Iosifovich Rzheznikov ( 1898 , Chernigov - 1943 ) - Soviet artist - painter , graphic artist .
| Aron Iosifovich Rzheznikov | |
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| Date of Birth | 1898 |
| Place of Birth | Chernihiv |
| Date of death | 1943 |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
| Citizenship |  the USSR |
| Genre | painting , graphics |
| Study | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture ; VKHUTEMAS |
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Biography
Aron Iosifovich Rzheznikov was born in 1899 in the city of Chernigov in the family of a shoemaker.
In 1917 he entered to study at the School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in Moscow. Soon his father died, and he was forced to return home.
Since 1910, Aron studied at a real school (Chernihiv). In Chernigov he participated in exhibitions, led the studio and the poster workshop; painted scenery for the theater.
Since 1922 - in Moscow. He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture , in 1927 he graduated from VKhUTEMAS , where his teachers were R. Falk, then D. Shterenberg.
In the late 1930s. Aron Rzheznikov was a member of the Group of Five art association, together with artists Lev Zevin , Lev Aronov, Mikhail Dobroserdov and Abram Peysakhovich.
He painted portraits , landscapes , industrial landscapes, genre compositions. In 1939, at the 1st youth exhibition he exhibited the painting Karl Marx at the Hague Congress, the only work in Soviet painting dedicated to the First International .
Author of theoretical articles about impressionism .
1939β1940 - author of research articles on impressionism, Cezanne and old masters, in which he sought to prove the need for a synthesis of impressionistic immediacy of nature perception, Cezanne compositional constructivity and tonal-light generalization and objectivity of old masters.
In the fall of 1940, the Group of Five exhibition was held in Moscow.
1943 - Aron Rzheznikov died at the front .
Exhibitions
2016
Group of Five: Losses and Discoveries , Open Club Gallery, Moscow
Gallery
Rzheznikov. Portrait of the artist M. Khazanov 1932
Scenery
In Gelendzhik, 1927
Outline of Naked Boys, 1928
Group portrait of artists: A. Rzheznikov, M. Khazanov, G. Tarasevich, S. Raevsky. 1927
Karl Marx at the Hague Congress. 1932
Literature
- Rzheznikov A.I. More attention to the pictorial culture // Soviet art. 1939. Feb 18 No. 24 (604). S. 3; He is. About the picturesque traditions of the French landscape. Creation. 1939. No 7. 3-4 pages of a cover; He is. Paul Cezanne // Art. 1940. No. 2. P. 127β137; He is. What is picturesqueness // Art. 1940. No. 4. P. 69β78.
- Rzheznikov A.I. Paul Cezanne // Art. 1940. No 2. P. 137
- Rzheznikov A.I. On the picturesque traditions of the French landscape // Creativity. 1939. No. 7. 4 sec reg.
Links
- RZHEZNIKOV Aron Iosifovich - article from the Russian Jewish Encyclopedia
- Articles about the work of A. I. Rzheznikov
- Rzheznikov A.I. (1898-1943). Silver Poplars (1926; oil on canvas)