Frentz Rudolf R.

July 23, 1888 (Marienburg St. Petersburg Province) - 1956 (Leningrad)

painter, graphic artist, designer, artist arts and crafts

born in the family of the artist, academician of painting (from 1912) RF Frents. In 1910-1918 he studied at the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at IAH in the battle for the class of NS Samokish and VE Savinskoye.

In 1918-1925 headed the agitation and poster shop, worked agitplakatom, decoration of city buildings, celebrations, performed sketches painted boxes, plates, trays. In the 1920 - 1930 worked as the battle scenes, continuing the tradition of battle painting XIX century. He created one of the first Soviet dioramas - "Winter Storm" (1929). He performed the Diorama "The Defense of Petrograd (1939)," Battle on the Volga "(1946). He also wrote genre scenes, urban landscapes, portraits.

Since 1915 participated in exhibitions. Member and exponential association: "The Community of Artists" (1922-1925), AHRR (1924). Since 1932 - member of LOSH. Has exhibited his works at exhibitions of sketches and stage scenery and work shops of decorative Institute (1922), Petrograd artists in all areas (1923), at the jubilee exhibition theatrical decorative art (1927) in Petrograd /Leningrad, the Soviet figure "in Kuibyshev (1929) , the exhibition of works of Soviet revolutionary themes (1930), the exhibition of "socialist construction in the visual arts" (1931) in Moscow. In 1928, held a solo exhibition in Leningrad.

In 1939-1956 he taught at the Leningrad Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture - Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Repin, professor. At the same time (since 1949) taught at the Leningrad Higher School of Industrial Art (LVHPU them. VI Mukhina).

In 2006 in St. Petersburg was an exhibition of the artist.

works are in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum and others.