SOLDIERS Rostislav Vladimirovich

29 октября (10 ноября) 1881 (St-Петербург) —1919 (Kiev)

the Sculptor, graphic artist arts-прикладного art

From a family of hereditary don Cossack; younger brother of the artist Vsevolod Voinov. He studied at the Drawing school of the Society for the encouragement of artists (late 1890 — beginning 1900-х) and a private workshop Л. Е. Дмитриева-Кавказского in St. Petersburg.

Lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd). Worked in the field of easel sculpture; executed portraits and genre scenes. The author of the sculptural works: "Portrait of Eisner", "Laughter, "Thought", "Finn" (all — 1900-е). Engaged in wood carving, he developed designs for furniture. Created a series of wooden children's toys.

was Engaged in easel and applied graphics (ex-libris). Worked with this technique. Created drawings for a book sign А. И. Соколовского, book co-op "Petropolis"; portraits О. Уайльда, Р. Вагнера (both — linocut).

Member of-учредитель Association "Union of youth" (1909). He held his personal exhibition in St. Petersburg (1907). Participated in exhibitions of "Salon" (1909), "Art in a child's life" (1909, large silver medal) in St. Petersburg.

In 1915 ушел a volunteer to the front. Killed in Kiev in 1919.

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them — smfa. А. С. Пушкина.

Sources:
1. Kotovich Т. В. Энциклопедия Russian avant-garde. Minsk, 2003. S. 300.
2. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 312-313.
3. sundry.wmsite.ru