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FAVORSKIY, Vladimir was born in 1886.
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Vladimir Andreyevich FAVORSKIY
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Vladimir FAVORSKIY, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Painter, engraver. professor from 1921; People's Artiste of Russian Soviet Federative Socialist Republic from 1958 and of Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics from 1963. Lenin Prize (1962); medals at Brussels Fair. member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Arts from 1962; member, Board, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Painters' Union.
Education
1905-1908 studied at Munich University, subsequently at History and Philology Faculty, Moscow University.
Career
1915-1917 in Russian Army. 1919-1921 in Red Army. From 1921 instructor, Moscow art colleges.
1923-1925 rector, Moscow Higher Technical Art Workshops. Then professor, Moscow State Higher Technical Art Institute, Moscow Polytech Institute, Institute of Fine Arts and Institute of Architecture. 1958-1962 correspondent member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Arts.
Specialized in wood-cuts for book illustrations. 1925 helped found "Association of Easel Painters”. Designed facade for Soviet pavilion at 1937 Paris World Fair.
Decorated stage portal for Moscow Soviet Army Theater and did ceiling paintings for a Moscow subway station (1935). Did sets for numerous plays in Soviet theaters. Illustrated Russian and for classics.
His works were exhibited at 1958 Brussels Fair. Wjorks: sculptures: ’’Chess” (1910). "Battle of David and Goliath” (1911).
Painting ’’Autoportrait” (1910). Wood-cuts: Dostoyevsky (1929). Lermontov (1931); Kutuzov, (1945).
Engraving "Triple Portrait” (1910). Illustrations foreign Slovo о polka fgoreve (The Lay of the Host of Igor (1950), Boris Godunov and Associate of Science Pushkin (1954). Mosaic at Soviet Embassy in Warsaw (1955).
Membership
Member, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Academy of Arts from 1962. Member, Board, Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics Painters' Union.
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Nationality
Union of the Soviet Socialist Republics