DEVYATKIN Sergei Efremovich

on 26 September (8 October) 1870 (St-Петербург) — 1940 (Leningrad)

Painter, graphic artist

he Studied at the Imperial Academy of arts — Higher art Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture under the Imperial Academy of arts (1890-1900 (?)) as a volunteer at the workshop И. Е. Репина. In 1893 and 1894 he was awarded small silver medals. In 1895 he was conferred title of class artist of 3-й degree.

Lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad). Author of landscapes, portraits, genre compositions: "Venetian" (1905), "the Courtyard of the old Abbey" (1905), "Golden autumn" (1906), "Portrait В. А. Денисовой" (1906), "child of the East" (1906), decorative panels "Awakening" (1907), "the Wagon of life" (1907), "Early spring" (1912), "the tram" (1912), "In the cafe" (1912), "Youth" (1913), "The return of the fishermen" (1916), "Portrait of academician А. Я. Данилевского" (1916), "Harvest" (1917), "Moroccan" (1917), "a Sultry day" (1917), "Evening in the lagoon" (1926), "a Bazaar in Tangier" (1927), "Near Rome" (1927), "Evening in Venice" (1928), "self-Portrait" (1928), "Street in Venice". The work was published in magazines "Niva", "New time".

In 1905 подписал artists appeal to Nicholas II with a request of the update state system and the introduction of civil liberties.

Participated in the creation of a portrait gallery of the knights of St. George in the Martial chamber in Tsarskoye Selo (1915). The author of the tales for children "Like mushrooms in the frying pan hit" of the illustrations to her (L., 1926).

From 1890 — participated in exhibitions: in the halls of the Imperial Academy of arts (1899, 1900, 1904, 1906, 1907, 1908, 1910, 1916, 1917), St-Петербургского (Petrograd) society of artists (1905, 1906, 1913, 1917), Autumn exhibitions of paintings (1906, 1907), the society of artists (1912, 1916), Society of Russian watercolorists (1917), society of artists to them. А. И. Куинджи (1917, 1926, 1927, 1928, 1929). A member and Exhibitor of the society of artists-индивидуалистов (1926, 1928).

the Work presented in the State Hermitage Museum, St-Петербургском state Museum of theatrical and musical art, the Krasnodar regional art Museum named after. Ф. А. Коваленко.

Sources:

1. Kondakov С. Н. Список Russian artists. For the anniversary directory of the Imperial Academy of arts. St. Petersburg, 1914. P. 58.

2. Konovalov Э. Г. Новый full biographical dictionary of Russian artists. M., 2008. S. 161.

3. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1976, vol. 3. S. 308.