Vasily Barsoff
Wassilij Barsoff (* 1901 near Moscow , † April 1965 in Bielefeld ) was a Russian painter and writer .
Live and act
Barsoff studied at the Moscow Art Academy, where Wassily Kandinsky was one of his teachers. He later worked as a writer and art critic. Towards the end of the Second World War , Barsoff withdrew from the Red Army and spent the end of the war in Coburg . He stayed in Germany and struggled to stay afloat as a freelance artist. In 1950 he came to Bielefeld, where he settled permanently and worked as an illustrator for several daily newspapers. In 1960 he illustrated a book about Bielefeld written by Gustav Engel . With his beret-like headgear, he was a well-known figure in his adopted home. In 1965 he suffered a heart attack on the street, from the consequences of which he died shortly afterwards.
Works
- Gustav Engel: Bielefeld - image of a city. Impressions and profiles. Bad Honnef 1960 (Illustrations: Wassilij Barsoff)
literature
- Horst Wasgindt and Waltraut Sax-Demuth: Picturesque Bielefeld. Artists see their old city. Bielefeld 1994, page 172
Web links
- Short biography of Wassilij Barsoff
- Special exhibition with drawings by Barsoff from 1.8. until September 15, 2019 in the Historical Museum Bielefeld
References and comments
- ↑ Horst Wasgindt and Waltraut Sax Demuth: Picturesque Bielefeld. Artists see their old city. Bielefeld 1994, page 172
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Barsoff, Wassilij |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian painter and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1901 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | near Moscow |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 1965 |
| Place of death | Bielefeld |