Alexandra Vasilyevna Shchekotichina-Pototskaya

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Alexandra Vasilyevna Schtschekotichina-Potozkaja born Alexandra Schtschekotichina , ( Russian Александра Васильевна Щекотихина-Потоцкая урождённая Щекотихина ; born May 20, Jul. / 1. June  1892 . Greg in Alexandrowsk ; † 23. October 1967 in Leningrad ) was a Russian - Soviet painter , Illustrator and graphic designer .

Life

Alexandra Schtschekotichina studied 1908–1915 at the drawing school of the Imperial Society for the Promotion of Fine Arts in St. Petersburg with Iwan Bilibin , Jan Ciągliński , Wladimir Schtschuko and Nicholas Roerich (1913–1915). This was followed by studies at the Académie Ranson in Paris with Félix Vallotton and Maurice Denis . She married the lawyer Nikolai Felippowitsch Potozki (1881-1920), with whom she had their son Mstislav (1916-1998).

In 1918 Shchekotichina was employed in the Petrograd porcelain factory and made sample drawings. Later she also designed sculptures . She created oil paintings and watercolors and became very famous. She also designed theatrical costumes and worked for fashion magazines.

After her husband's death in 1920, Shchekotichina accepted Bilibin's invitation to visit him in Egypt . When she was seconded to the Berlin porcelain factory to get to know the production there, she traveled to Cairo with her son in 1923 and married her former teacher Iwan Bilibin. She created a number of services with oriental themes (Persians, Arabs, The ancient Egyptians). In the summer of 1924 they visited Syria and Palestine and in March 1925 the Luxor Temple and Upper Egypt . She made oil sketches and watercolors.

In August 1925 the family settled in Paris . In 1926 there was a solo exhibition for Shchekotichina in Paris at the E. Druet Gallery , which showed many paintings, watercolors and, of course, porcelain with an introductory article by Maurice Denis in the catalog. She painted landscapes and portraits , and she illustrated books, such as Gogol's Taras Bulba (1927) and Collodis Pinocchio (1933). She participated in exhibitions of Russian artists in Paris, Birmingham (1927), Brussels (1928), Belgrade (1930) and Prague (1935), as well as in international exhibitions in Paris (1925), where she received the gold medal for porcelain, and in Monza (1927). She was a member of the Society The World of Art and the Section of Artists in the Union of Russian Artists.

In 1936 Shchekotichina returned to Leningrad with her husband , where she continued her work in the porcelain factory. Her husband died in 1942 during the Leningrad blockade . During the war the porcelain manufactory focused on old Russian patriotic themes. In 1953 she retired. In 1955 she carried out a solo exhibition in Leningrad.

Memorial exhibitions for Shchekotichina were held in Leningrad in 1977, 1978–1980 and 1994–1995. In 2009 Shchekotichina's work with a large part of her graphic work and her porcelain work was presented in a large solo exhibition in the St. Petersburg Russian Museum .

Honor

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Носкович В .: Александра Васильевна Щекатихина-Потоцкая . Художник РСФСР, Leningrad 1959.
  2. ↑ a b c d e Е.А. Еремеева, Государственный музей-заповедник Царское Cело: Фарфор в творчестве А. В. Щекатихиной-Потоцкой (accessed February 16, 2017).
  3. ↑ a b c d ЩЕКАТИХИНА-ПОТОЦКАЯ (Чеко-Потоцкая) Александра Васильевна (accessed February 16, 2017).
  4. ↑ Exposition Alexandra Stchekotikhina. Peintures, aquareiles, fusains et porcelaines. E. Druet Gallery. 3 au 14 may 1926. Paris, 1926. Перевод С. В. Иванова.
  5. ↑ Андреева Л. В .: Советский фарфор. 1920-1930 . Moscow 1975, p. 83-98 .
  6. ↑ Голынец Г. В., Голынец С. В .: Искусство Александры Щекатихиной-Потоцкой . Декоративное искусство СССР., 1977, p. 35-36 .
  7. ↑ А. В. Щекатихина-Потоцкая : Каталог выставки . Leningrad 1955.
  8. ↑ И. Я. Билибин: А. В. Щекатихина-Потоцкая. Каталог выставки . Leningrad 1977.
  9. ↑ Александра Щекатихина-Потоцкая. Каталог выставки . St. Petersburg 2009.
personal data
SURNAME Shchekotichina-Pototskaja, Alexandra Wassiljewna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Shchekotichina, Alexandra (maiden name); Щекотихина, Александра Васильевна Щекотихина – Потоцкая урождённая (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian-Soviet painter, illustrator and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 1, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Alexandrovsk
DATE OF DEATH October 23, 1967
Place of death Leningrad