Alphonse Konstantinovich Toad ( August 16, 1878 , Tiflis - 1942 , Leningrad ) - Russian and Soviet painter, graphic artist, book artist; genre painter, battle painter, landscape painter, master of historical paintings.
| Alphonse Konstantinovich Toad | |
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| Date of Birth | August 16, 1878 |
| Place of Birth | Tiflis |
| Date of death | 1942 |
| Place of death | Leningrad |
| Nationality |  Russian empire |
| Citizenship |  RSFSR the USSR |
| Genre | painting |
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Biography
He lived and worked in Leningrad. Brother of the artist N.K. Toad.
In 1899 - 1907 he studied at the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts with P.O. Kovalevsky , F. Roubaud . He received the title of artist for the painting “On Fire” (10.31.1907) [1] .
In 1908 - 1930 - member of the watercolor section of the Society for the Promotion of the Arts .
One of the organizers and in the 1910s - 1920s - a member of the "Community of Artists" . Exhibitor of the Society of Individualist Artists (1921-1928).
In 1909 he took part in a hydrographic expedition to Murman and Kolguev Island , as a result he created the picturesque series “Far North” (1909).
In 1914 he completed illustrations for the publication of fables by I. A. Krylov .
After the October Revolution, he painted on the themes of the army and navy, revolutionary history, Soviet life and industrial construction: “The landing of the Kronstadt sailors in the October days of 1917”, “The flood in Leningrad on September 23, 1924” (both - 1925), “Snowstorm” ( 1930), “Departure of the Red Artillery in Position” (1933), “Border Guards” (1934), “Logging”, “Lomovik”, “Skiers” (all - 1935), “Arrival of S. M. Kirov in Pyatigorsk” ( 1937), "K. E. Voroshilov and S. M. Budyonny lead the First Horse crossing at Kakhovka. 1920 ”(1938),“ Heroic campaign in the rear of the whites. 1918 ”(1938),“ Lenin on the hunt ”(1939),“ Border guards in Karelia ”,“ New fishing port. Murmansk ”(both - 1940). He worked a lot in watercolor. He regularly traveled to the Crimea in the summer months of 1910-30 in the summer months; performed a series of watercolor landscapes "Bakhchisaray" (1929-1933). [2]
He worked a lot in watercolor. In the 1910s - 1930s he regularly traveled to the Crimea for studies in the summer months, performed a series of watercolor landscapes “Bakhchisaray” (1929-1933).
He illustrated and designed children's books for the Rainbow Publishing House .
During the war years he performed posters for the unification of Leningrad artists " Battle Pencil " (1941-1942).
He died in the besieged Leningrad in February 1942, was buried at the Serafimovsky cemetery.
Participation in exhibitions
He participated in exhibitions since 1903, including abroad (Amsterdam, 1912; London, 1938, etc.).
In 1921-1929 he took part in periodical exhibitions of the Society of Individualist Artists.
Solo exhibitions “Paintings and Studies of the Far North” were held in St. Petersburg (1909) and Moscow (1937).
Memory
In 1967, an exhibition of Russian artists who wrote the Crimea, hosted by E. V. Nagaevskaya, was held in Samarkand . Among the 10 artists represented at the exhibition were Alphonse and Nina Toad.
The artist’s works are stored in museums of St. Petersburg, Moscow, the Museum of Fine Arts of the Republic of Karelia , the Central Museum of the Armed Forces , and in private collections.
Notes
- ↑ Handbook of the Imperial Academy of Arts, 1915 , p. 68.
- ↑ Toad Alphonse Konstantinovich
Literature
- S. N. Kondakov. Anniversary Directory of the Imperial Academy of Arts. 1764-1914. - St. Petersburg: Partnership R. Golike and A. Vilborg, 1915. - T. 2. - P. 68. - 454 p.