BUTROVA Maria

26 февраля (11 марта) 1905 (St-Петербург) — 12 октября 1989 (Leningrad)

graphic artist, painter, artist-монументалист

he Studied at the Petrograd — Leningrad: at the Higher courses of decorative-прикладного art (1918-1920), State free art-учебных workshops — VKhUTEMAS — Vhuteine (1922-1927) В. В. Лебедева, В. А. Денисова, К. С. Петрова-Водкина. In 1927 he completed graduate work — picture "Athletes".

Lived in Leningrad. Collaborated with satirical magazines "Siskin" and "Hedgehog", "Murzilka". In 1930-е worked in a workshop on painting fabrics under the guidance В. В. Лебедева. From 1936 работала in experimental lithographic workshop LOSH.

was Engaged in book graphics. Worked in publishing houses in Moscow and Leningrad — Detgiz, Uchpedgiz, Lenizdat, and others. Illustrated books: "the Game" (1930, book-картинка), "the Brook" М. А. Пожаровой (1947), "Song" М. А. Познанской (1948, 1950), "Bon appetit!" Е. Я. Тараховский (1949), the tale "Golden Apple" (1949), "Checkbox" А. Г. Алексина and С. А. Баруздина (1950), "all year Round @the mdas calendar for children in 1955 год" (1954), "Greedy Sascha" К. П. Рязанова (1963); has done illustrations for textbooks for the peoples of the North (1951-1952).

Since the late 1950-х worked mainly in the field of printmaking: colour lithograph, etching, aquatint, monotype. Created thematic compositions, landscapes. The author of the series: "the Upper reaches of the Yenisei river" (1961; etching), Sport (1964-1965; lithography).

From 1934 — participant of exhibitions ("the Woman in socialist construction" in Leningrad). Member of Union of artists (since 1926), member LOSS (XLP, the Leningrad Union of artists; 1939). Participated in exhibitions: "Young artists of the RSFSR" (1941), Republican art exhibition "Soviet Russia" (1960) in Moscow; Soviet art of printmaking in Perm (1941); works of artists from Leningrad and Moscow in Tallinn and Tartu (1941); book graphics for 1950-1953 годы (1953), "Book and easel graphics of Leningrad artists" (1955), the works of artists-женщин Leningrad (1960) in Leningrad; of works by Leningrad artists (1960, 1961, 1963) in Leningrad and Moscow, and others.

Work is represented in many Museum collections, among them — of the State Russian Museum.

Sources:
1. State Russian Museum. Painting. The first half of the twentieth century. Directory. St. Petersburg, 1997, vol. 8. S. 94.
2. Two centuries of Russian lithograph / Almanac. Vol. 171. St. Petersburg, 2007. S. 136.
3. Directory of members of Union of artists of the USSR as of 1 апреля 1988 года. M., 1989. S. 230.
4. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 127.