Background
FEDOROVSKJY, Fyodor was born on December 26, 1883 in Chernigov.
FEDOROVSKJY, Fyodor was born on December 26, 1883 in Chernigov.
1907 graduate Interior Decoration Department, Stroganov Art College, Moscow.
1907-1923 taught composition at Stroganov Art College. From 1907 also painted sets for numerous operas and musicals, his first commission being for a production of ’’Carmen” at the Zimin Opera Theater. 1909 at the same theater designed sets for the musical ’’Demon”, followed in 1910 and 1914 by Snegurochka (The Snow Maiden) and Zhizn' za tsarya (A Life for the Tsar).
1912-1913 designed sets for "Russian Seasons” in Paris and London and for Diaghilev in Paris. In this early period his work was characterized by its affinity to the music of the operas to which it provided a framework and by its predilection for Russian folk motifs. After 1917 October Revol painted posters glorifying the new regime.
1921-1941 and 1947-1953 mang, set-design unit, then chief designer, Bolshoy Theater, where his first major works were sets for ’’Carmen” (1922), "Lohengrin” (1923) and the ballet Jspanskoye kaprichcliio (Spanish Capriccio) to music by RimskyKorsakov (1923). Adapting motifs from folk art to the dimensional peculiarities of the stage, he subsequently designed sets for the Bolshoy Theater’s productions of the operas ’’Boris Godunov” (1927), Tsarskaya nevesta (The Tsar’s Bride) (1931), and Pskovityanka (The Girl from Pskov) (1932). A few years later the experience gained in these productions found expression in his monumental sets for Knyaz’ Igor’ (Prince Igor) (1934) and ’’Sadko” (1935).
Other major sets which he designed for the Bolshoy Theater included Tikhiy Don (Quiet Flows the Don) (1936), Knyaz’ Igor’ (Prince Igor) (1944), ’’Boris Godunov” (1947). "Sadko” (1949); Khovanshchitm (1950). Commissioned by Kirov Theater of Opera and Ballet, Leningrad, to design sets for ’’Ivan Susanin” (1939).
His works are displayed in the State Theatrical Museum, the Bolshoy Theater Museum and the French National Gallery in Paris.