Solomon Borissowitsch Judowin

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Solomon Borissovich Judowin (russ. .: Соломон Борисович Юдовин, maiden name: Shloime Boruchowitsch Judowin, * 15 . Jul / 27. October  1892 . Greg in Rajon Beschankowitschy , Russian Empire ; † 5. December 1954 in Leningrad , Soviet Union ) was a Belarusian Jewish Artist, known for book illustrations, representatives of the Russian Jewish Renaissance and Art Nouveau .

Life

Postage stamp with graphic by Judowin. The picture shows the Catholic Church of St. Anthony in Vitebsk (Belarus)

Judowin came from a Jewish family. The father was a craftsman, his mother a housewife. In 1910 he moved to St. Petersburg, studied art with Nicholas Roerich . He was a member of the St. Petersburg "Jewish Society for the Advancement of the Arts". In 1920 he put together a total of 26 linocuts in Vitebsk , near his home village, on the subject of "Jewish folk ornament " . There he became vice rector of an art institute in 1922. During that time he created many cityscapes of the Jewish shtetl .

Around 1923 Judowin set up special workshops for graphic techniques at the institute, especially presses for woodcuts and linocuts. Judovin mainly worked in these techniques. In doing so, he made the most of the limited possibilities, created the illusion of depth. It was also characterized by high horizons and highly distorted perspectives.

Together with Marc Chagall he took part in the "Exhibition of Jewish Artists" and was a member of the artists' commission for the design of Vitebsk for the first anniversary of the October Revolution .

In 1923, Judovin was invited to the post of Scientific Secretary of the Curator in Petrograd at the Museum of the Petersburg Jewish Ethnographic Society, which was located in the building of the Jewish poor house on Vasilyevsky Island .

Before the Great Patriotic War, while in Leningrad, Yudovin created cycles of etchings and engravings on the subject of the Russian Civil War.

Judowin also illustrated about 60 books. For example, the Russian editions of "Stories from Seven Ghettos" by Egon Erwin Kisch , " Jud Süß " by Lion Feuchtwanger or children's books by Dojwber Lewin . During this time, he was friends with M. Chagall, El Lissitzky or Perez Markisch .

During the Second World War, until mid-1942, Judovin lived in besieged Leningrad . Under the most difficult conditions he tried to get a view of the besieged city and its defenders. Then the artist was evacuated to the village of Karabicha near Yaroslavl . In 1944 he returned to Leningrad and continued work on the series of etchings "Leningrad during the Great Patriotic War". These prints were released as an album in 1948. Judovin died on December 5, 1954 in Leningrad at the age of 63.

Judowin's works are now in the State Tretyakov Gallery and the Vitebsk Art Museum, among others .

Web links

Commons : Solomon Yudovin  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://www.yivoencyclopedia.org/article.aspx/Iudovin_Solomon_Borisovich
  2. ↑ Jascha Nemtsov: Encyclopedic Finding aid for the archive of the "New Jewish School" ( limited preview in the Google book search)
  3. ↑ http://www.delcampe.net/page/item/id,259518163,var,Odessa-1905Holzschnitt-Salomon-Judowin-Jude-Ukraine-Erschiesung-auf-der-Steinernen-Treppe,language,G.html
  4. ↑ http://dokufunk.org/virtual_museum/radio_arts/index.php?CID=1005&ID=1025&PHPSESSID=2de624d791eb0ddc21a03d3c3565e49d
  5. ↑ https://louisjdianni.hibid.com/lot/18423353/oc-woods--solomon-broissovich-judowin
personal data
SURNAME Judowin, Solomon Borissowitsch
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Judivin, Solomon; Юдовин, Соломон Борисович (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Belarusian Jewish artist
DATE OF BIRTH October 27, 1892
PLACE OF BIRTH Bezankovichy Rajon, Russian Empire , now Belarus
DATE OF DEATH 5th December 1954
Place of death Leningrad , Soviet Union