More new exhibitions at the Gamborg Gallery.

Regular readers know that from time to time, I reintroduce my friend Allan Gamborg, Danish by birth, and a longtime resident of Moscow. Allan has enjoyed much success in his "second" (third? fifth?) career as a purveyor and advocate of Soviet-era art and artists. You can use the handy Blogger search feature with "Gamborg," and see previous postings.

The format's usually the same, and it's always worth a few minutes to peruse the art. You need not be a Commie to enjoy the links to Allan's on-line galleries.

As in the past, permit me to thank Allan for his boundless hospitality and to share his latest posting.

Dear Friends,

We have a series of 6 new exhibitions on the Gamborg Gallery on the web:

THEMES

Soviet Food, Markets & Restaurants

http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=364

A series of works showing the way food was prepared, sold and served from the 1920s to the 1970s in the Soviet Union.

GAI-Soviet Traffic Police

http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=420

This exhibition shows a series of works with GAI - traffic police, from the 1940s through the 1990s. The artists Olga Tuchina, Adolf Demko, Marina Uspenskaya and Evgenia Endrikson are represented.

ARTISTS

Evgenia Endrikson (1907-1994)

http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=419

Evgenia Mikhailovna Endrikson was born Zurich, Switzerland, where her parents lived after leaving Russia, having participated on the losing side in the 1905 revolution. The family returned to the Soviet Union after the 1917 revolution, and she studied at the VKHUTEMAS art school under Kupriyanov and Favorskii 1924-1930. After graduation, she worked as a graphics illustrators for the journals “Pioneer” and Druzhnye Rebyata”, and in the 1930s designing posters for “Izogiz”. In the 1940s Evgenia Mikhailovna worked for the famous childrens’ jounals “Murzilka” and “Pioneer”. From the late 1940s and thorugh the 1950s she worked mainly as a book illustrator of childrens’ books. During the late 1950s and 1960s she worked on a series of gouaches and lithographs based on classical Russian folk tales and fairytales. In the 1970s she prepared a large series of gouaches and lithographs, inspired by the famous Mayakovsky poem “Vladimir Ilych Lenin”.

Vyacheslav Pavlov (Born 1934)

http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=421

Vyacheslav Ivanovich Pavlov is a famous Moscow graphics artists, specialising in etchings and engravings. From 1951 to 1959 he studied at the Moscow Stroganov institute specialisnig in murals, and he became a member of the Artists' Union in 1963. In the year 2000 he was awarded the title of the Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation.

BOOK ILLUSTRATIONS

The Wolf and the Seven Kids, illustrations by Marina Uspenskaya

http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=422

Illustration for the Russian Folk tale "Волк и семеро Козлят" - "The Wolf and the Seven Kids", published in two books (1.000.000 copies and 100.000 copies) 35 copecks, by Detskaya Literatura and a set of 10 postcards (50.000 copies), published by Sovetskii Khudozhnik in 1957, price was 1 rouble.

My Grandmother’s Sea, illustrations by Evgenii Meshkov - http://russianart.dk/exhibition.asp?e=423

Illustration for the book "Бабушкино море" by S. Georgievskaya, issued by the publishing house Detskaya Literatura, in 1973 and 1980.