Nikolai Nikolaevich Kupreianov
Kazan: Central Museum of the Tatar Soviet Socialist Republic, 1927. Item #896
Book measures: 15 x 11.5 cm. 23 pages: plates. Text in Russian. One of 350 copies. As of April 2024, OCLC doesn’t locate any other copies of the book. A slightly worn copy.
Nikolai Nikolaevich Kupreianov, born in 1894 in Vlotslavek (Włocławek), Kingdom of Poland, and passing away in 1933 in the Moscow Region, USSR, was a significant graphic artist during the early Soviet era. Trained under notable mentors such as Princess Maria Klavdievna Tenisheva and Dmitrii Kardovski, Kupreianov made his mark with engravings in the 1910s before transitioning to drawing and painting, becoming a master of realism. He taught photography and engaged in poster design in Petrograd after the Russian Revolution, producing notable works addressing the preservation of historical monuments and libraries. Internationally recognized, he exhibited at prestigious venues like the Venice Biennale and Paris's International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts. Despite his untimely death by drowning in 1933, Kupreianov's legacy endures through his impactful contributions to art and education.
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