Viktor Semjonowitsch Wilner
Viktor Semjonowitsch Wilner ( Russian Виктор Семёнович Вильнер ; born September 24, 1925 in Leningrad ; † September 28, 2017 ) was a Russian artist . He was the founder of the St. Petersburg school of lithography and professor at the local art academy .
Wilner's pictures show a strong connection to his hometown Saint Petersburg, to historical topics and to classical Russian literature, such as Pushkin , Gogol or Dostoyevsky . In Germany, his lithographs , which illustrate Nikolai Gogol's 1983 book "Petersburger Erzählungen", are particularly well known. A portfolio with 10 color lithographs was published in 1978 by the Dresden publishing house eikon Grafik-Presse (the works were created in 1976/77 under the title "Rostral Columns" and deal with motifs from classical Russian literature, on works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoyevsky).
Works by Wiktor Wilner are represented in numerous important museums and collections around the world, including the Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow , the Russian Museum Saint Petersburg, the International Art Center Paris , the Museum of Modern Art in New York City and the Museum of Modern Art in Aachen .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Nikolai Gogol: Petersburger Erzählungen , with 35 reproductions after lithographs by Viktor Vilner, Berlin 1983 (book publisher Der Morgen).
- ^ Wiktor Semjonowitsch Wilner in the Museum of Modern Art . Retrieved December 7, 2017.
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| SURNAME | Wilner, Viktor Semjonowitsch |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Vilner, Victor S .; Vilner, Victor Semenovich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Russian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 24, 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Leningrad |
| DATE OF DEATH | 28th September 2017 |