Jakow Moissejewitsch Guminer

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Jakow Moissejewitsch Guminer (* 1896 in Minsk , † 1942 in Leningrad ) was a Soviet painter and graphic artist.

Life

Landscape painting for the project The Idea of ​​Work

Guminer studied from 1915 at the drawing school of the Society for the Promotion of the Arts in Petrograd (later Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg ). In 1922/23 he belonged to the Association of New Art Movements and from 1922 to 1932 he was a member of the Studio for Fine Art of the Proletkult (later the IZO collective). Guminer was involved in the organization of revolution celebrations, designed stage sets for the Proletkult theater in Petrograd and posters. He also designed books. He also worked as a freelance artist and painted portraits, still lifes and figurines. Until 1929 he taught as a professor at WChUTEIN in Leningrad.

Guminer starved to death in 1942 during the Leningrad blockade .

Exhibitions

  • 2017: Искусство в жизнь. 1918–1925 , Russian Museum , St. Petersburg
  • 2017/18: The paper Revolution: Soviet graphic design of the 1920s and 1930s , ADAM - Brussels Design Museum, Bröhan Museum

Web links

Commons : Yakov Guminer  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Jakow Moissejewitsch Guminer . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 65, Saur, Munich a. a. 2009, ISBN 978-3-598-23032-5 , p. 474.
  2. ↑ «Искусство в жизнь. 1918–1925 ». Русский музей, корпус Бенуа, СПб , Obtaz, August 17, 2017
  3. ^ Exhibition page, ADAM, accessed on March 7, 2019
  4. ^ Exhibition page, Bröhan Museum, accessed on March 7, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Guminer, Jakow Moissejewitsch
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Soviet painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Minsk
DATE OF DEATH 1942
Place of death Leningrad