KUPREYANOV Nikolay Nikolaevich

1894 — 1933

Graphic artist, book illustrator.

He received his artistic education at the studios of the St. Petersburg Academy of Fine Arts (1912-1917) where he was taught by Dmitry Kardovsky, Elizaveta Zvantseva, Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin. He learned the art of engraving from Anna Ostroumova-Lebedeva, also studied at Princess Maria Tenisheva’s commercial school (graduated in 1912) and the Law Department of the St. Petersburg University (1912-1916), was a member of the Novaya shkola [“New School”] artists circle (from 1917), of OST and Chetyre iskusstva [“Four Arts”] associations (from 1925), of the Graphic Artists Association Bureau with the Press House in Moscow (from 1926). He taught at the former school of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1919), managed the graphic studio at the Petrograd State Free Arts Studios, taught at the Higher Institute of Photography (1920s), and was professor of the Higher Art and Technical Studios (VHUTEMAS) (1922-1930) and the Moscow Institute of Graphic Arts (1930-1933). During the first half of the 1920s, Kupreyanov worked in book and magazine graphics, created illustrations to Medvezhiya svadba [“Bear’s Wedding”] by Anatoly Lunacharsky (1924), Skazka o Pete, tolstom rebionke, i o Sime, kotory tonki [“The Tale of Pete, a Fat Kid, and Seme, Who was Slim”] by Vladimir Mayakovsky (1925), Spor mezhdu domami [“Argument between Houses”] by Nikolay Agnivtsev (1925), “The Artamonov Business” and “The Mother” by Maxim Gorky (1931), “The Rout” by Alexander Fadeev (1932).

He collaborated with the Bezbozhnik [“Infidel”] Krokodil [“Crocodile”], Pioner [“Pioneer”] and Krasny perets [“Red Pepper”] magazines, participated in many group and one-man exhibitions: “Russian Book Plate in Graphic Art” (St. Petersburg, 1925), International Exhibition of Modern Decorative and Industrial Arts (Paris,1925), “10 Years of Prints in the USSR” (Moscow, 1927), Exhibition of Modern Art in Soviet Russia (New York, 1929), one-man exhibitions in Moscow (1933-1934, posthumous). He was one of the main artists who worked in xylography, he also taught lithography.

 

Prints

All artist`s prints
  • King GuidonKing Guidon
    1915 – 1916
  • Miracle of Nicholas of MyraMiracle of Nicholas of Myra
    1915 – 1916
  • Mill. Landscape with Rainbow.Mill. Landscape with Rainbow.
    1916
  • Landscape with Rainbow, a Mill and a CowLandscape with Rainbow, a Mill and a Cow
    1917
  • Portrait of V.K.V. (Vera Konstantinovna Vasilieva).Portrait of V.K.V. (Vera Konstantinovna Vasilieva).
    1916
  • Remizov A. “Stage Play about  Egor the Brave.” Cover sheet.Remizov A. “Stage Play about Egor the Brave.” Cover sheet.
    1916 – 1917
  • Puncher (2nd edition).Puncher (2nd edition).
    1917
  • Portrait of S.N.K. (Sergey Nikolaevich Kupreyanov, artist’s uncle)Portrait of S.N.K. (Sergey Nikolaevich Kupreyanov, artist’s uncle)
    1918
  • Three at the Table. Landscape with Rainbow.Three at the Table. Landscape with Rainbow.
    1918 – 1919
  • Still Life. A Girl and a Cat.Still Life. A Girl and a Cat.
    1920
  • Nikolay Aseev. “Sentimental Journey of Famous Tomcat Bubera”. Illustration. Nikolay Aseev. “Sentimental Journey of Famous Tomcat Bubera”. Illustration.
    1920's
  • Woman Ironing (Natalia Iznar).Woman Ironing (Natalia Iznar).
    1921
  • Moscow KremlinMoscow Kremlin
    1922
  • Trinity Lavra of St. SergiusTrinity Lavra of St. Sergius
    1921
  • ArtistArtist's Mother
    1922
  • Double Portrait (Y. Bondi and N. Goleizovskaya)Double Portrait (Y. Bondi and N. Goleizovskaya)
    1922
  • Loading of FeluccaLoading of Felucca
    1924
  • Bookplate of Nikolay KupreyanovBookplate of Nikolay Kupreyanov
    1919
  • Bookplate of A. EfrosBookplate of A. Efros
    1918
  • Bookplate of E. Hvalevik (first version)Bookplate of E. Hvalevik (first version)
    1923
  • Bookplate of E. KupreyanovaBookplate of E. Kupreyanova
    1927
  • Circus. Horsewomen. Hamburg.Circus. Horsewomen. Hamburg.
    1928
  • Horsewomen in the Arena. Hamburg.Horsewomen in the Arena. Hamburg.
    1928
  • In the Pub. Munich.In the Pub. Munich.
    1928
  • Pub. Leipzig.Pub. Leipzig.
    1928
  • Foxtrot. HamburgFoxtrot. Hamburg
    1928
  • In the Pub. Munich.In the Pub. Munich.
    1928
  • In the Restaurant. MunichIn the Restaurant. Munich
    1928