SHIRYAEV, Evgeny Nikolaevich

20 октября (1 ноября) 1887 (Tula) — 1945 (after 1940 (?))

Painter, graphic artist, set designer

From an old believer merchant family. He graduated from the Kiev art school (1910). He studied at the Higher art school of painting, sculpture and architecture under the Imperial Academy of arts (1910-1912).

Shortly before the First world war he settled in Paris. He painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, interiors. In 1920-х was engaged in scenography in collaboration with С. Ю. Судейкиным. Were influenced by the creativity Sudeikin, Н. С. Гончаровой, Б. Д. Григорьева.

Exhibited in the salon d'automne (1913-1935) and the salon of the National society of fine arts (1925-1940), participated in the Russian section of the XII International exhibition of art in Venice (1920), exhibitions of Russian artists in the gallery "Dense" in Paris (1921) and the Hague (1924). In 1924 he proposed working on a travelling exhibition of Russian art in the USA, but they were rejected by the Committee headed И. Э. Грабарем.