Polunin, Vladimir Yakovlevich

1880 (Moscow) - March 1957 (England)

painter, graphic artist, designer, artist arts and crafts.

graduated from Petersburg Forestry Academy. Art education in private workshops in Munich and Paris. He worked primarily as a landscape painter. The exhibit at the exhibitions of the New Society in St. Petersburg (1909-1910), the Moscow Association of Artists (1911) and others.

In 1910 he first visited England in 1915 he settled in London. He was married to the painter, a pupil LS Bakst Elizabeth Hart.

In 1916 he produced and painted by order of the British Department of Trade a large series of wooden toys. Engaged etching. The artist's works reproduced in the magazine "Studio". In the 1920's became a decorator non-repertory Sergei Diaghilev, designed the number of its productions in London's Coliseum Theater. Later worked in opera T. Bichmana, Shakespeare Memorial Theater in Stratford-upon-Avon and other theatrical groups.

Since 1929 taught at the Slade art school, where he headed the Department of scenography. His views on the set design outlined in the "continental method of painting; creative method Polunin was in broad sketches and planar interpretation of decorations, which were written horizontally rather than vertically, as was the custom in England. Participated in the theatrical exhibition in the gallery Kleridzh (1926) and retrospective "Russian Ballet" (1927). Exhibited his work at exhibitions at the Royal Academy. In 1938-1939 in a London gallery Stafford went solo exhibitions Polunin and Polunina-Hart, which were represented by their easel paintings and graphics, as well as works for theater.

creativity of the artist is represented in several museum collections, including the Victoria and Albert Museum in London.