DANKO (Danko-Алексеенко, Oleksienko) Natalia Y.

1892 (Tiflis) — on 18 March 1942 (Irbit, Sverdlovsk region)

the Sculptor, decorative artist-прикладного art

From the family of a railway worker and revolutionary figure Я. А. Данько sister of the artist Е. Я. Данько. Studied at the Central Stroganov school of technical drawing (1900-1902), city art school-студии Я. Янсона in Vilna, he took private lessons in St. Petersburg workshops М. Л. Диллон and Л. В. Шервуда (1908).

I Lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd, Leningrad). In 1909-1914 he worked in the sculpture Studio В. В. Кузнецова where participated in the execution of sculptural works for the buildings of St. Petersburg (City College home to them. Peter the Great's Azov-Донского commercial Bank, mansions С. С. Абамелек-Лазарева and А. А. Половцева), Moscow (home С. А. Щербатова) and Kiev. In 1910-1911, together with Kuznetsov created the reliefs and figures for the Russian pavilions at the world exhibition in Rome (1911) and the International exhibition in Turin (1911).

From 1914 — sculptor of the Imperial porcelain factory (the State porcelain factory — Leningrad porcelain factory them. М. В. Ломоносова), from 1919 — head of the sculpture workshop of the plant, from 1925 @the mdas responsible for the export of art porcelain in Europe and America. Sketches В. В. Кузнецова created a vase "Cupid on a Dolphin" (1917), the figure "Lady with the rose" (1915-1916), "Lady with a parrot" (1916); on the sketch Е. Е. Лансере — decorative vase and the song "the Dance" (1915) for table decorations tableware. The first independent work — series "Dancing women" (1916-1917).

Participated in the implementation of the plan of monumental propaganda, under which executed the bust of the educator Н. И. Новикова and layer of the "Decembrists" (1918-1919, biscuit).

One of the most significant artists of the "propaganda porcelain". The author of small porcelain figurines (some figures and sculptural groups): "Partisans in the campaign (the Soldier)" (1919), "Milicionera" (1920), "the Sailor with a banner" (1921), "Worker, embroidered banner" (1921), the chess "Red and white" (1922), "the NEP (Shansonetka)" (1922), "the fortune Teller" (1922), "the Worker telling speech (Woman-агитатор)" (1923), "The fifth anniversary of the red Army" (1923), "Komsomolskaya Pravda with the ball and the player" (1925), "the Decade of the red Army" (1927), the Builders (1927), "the Laundress" (1927), "the Coward" (1927), "Reaper" (1929), "these students (Activists)" (1930), "Ready for the defense" (1932), "the educational Program" (1932), "Spec — bureaucrat" (1933), "Women-athletes" (1933, inkwell), "Farm animals" (1934), "Turkmen rider" (1936), "discussion of the draft of the Stalin Constitution in Uzbekistan collective farm" (1936, Desk set), "Papanin on the ice" (1938), "Uzbek fruit" (1939, case for hours).

Carried portraits of cultural figures — В. Ф. Нижинского (1920), А. А. Ахматовой (1924), А. Я. Головина (1925, medallion, biscuit), А. П. Павловой (1931-1932), З. Н. Райх (1935), В. Э. Мейерхольда (1935), Е. А. Данько (1935); the author figures "Giray", "Maria" and "Zarema" based on the poem А. С. Пушкина "the fountain of Bakhchisarai" (1923), the inkwell". А. С. Пушкин at work" (1937), the series "Artists of the Leningrad theatre of Comedy in the play “Двенадцатая night” У. Шекспира" (1939). Developed shape mugs ("Milk", "Slavyanka", "Tea"), salt shakers, sugar bowls, jugs, candlesticks, pipes ("East and West", "funny and Sad", "the old Man and the girl", "Turk"), handles and knobs for umbrellas and sun umbrellas ("Sea miracle", "odalisque", "Bird"), ashtrays, Puranic ("Everyman"), of perfume bottles ("odalisque"), traffic jams ("Sapmanga", "Fist", "Burocrata"). Painting items did sister, Е. Я. Данько, В. Ф. Рукавишникова, М. А. Брянцева, Т. С. Зайденберг, А. В. Воробьевский and others.

were in search of practical use of porcelain in construction and architecture. Supervised the execution of the porcelain reliefs on the topic "Music & dances of the peoples of the USSR" to the station "Sverdlov Square" (1936-1937) and China onyx capitals for the columns of the station "Kiev" Filevskaya line (1936) Moscow metro; is the author of polychrome sculptural medallions on the facade of the North river station on the canal. Moscow (1937).

From 1919 — participant of exhibitions (Exhibition of products of the State porcelain factory, the national Peterhof lapidary factory and Tent components in Petrograd). He exposed his works at exhibitions: 1-й the exhibition of sculpture (1922), the Community of artists (1922), all-Russian exhibition of art industry (1923), Russian porcelain (1927), 1-й citywide exhibition of fine arts (1930), "Artists of the RSFSR for XV years" (1932), 1-й exhibition of Leningrad artists (1935), "Russian artistic porcelain" (1937) in Petrograd (Leningrad); the Jubilee exhibition of art of the peoples of the USSR (1927), works of revolutionary and Soviet themes (1930), All-Union art exhibition "industry of socialism" (1939), the best works of Soviet artists (1941) in Moscow. His personal exhibitions were held in Leningrad (1929, 15-летию creative activity) and Moscow (1934, 20-летию creative activity).

Participant of many international exhibitions and exhibitions of Soviet art abroad: in königsberg, Milan (1920), Helsingfors (Helsinki), Berlin, Venice, Copenhagen, Paris, revel, London (1922), Stockholm (1923), International exhibition art-декоративных arts in Paris (1925; with a large gold medal), Lyon (1926), International exhibition of art industry and decorative arts in Monza-Милане (1927; diploma and gold medal), Riga, Vienna, Prague, New-Йорке (1928), World exhibitions in Paris (1937) and new-Йорке (1939).

during the great Patriotic war he was in Leningrad during the siege, in late February 1942 together with her sister and mother was evacuated to Irbit. Buried in Irbit.

Posthumous exhibition of works held in Irbit (1942), Leningrad — St.-Петербурге (1946, 1992 — joint sisters Н. Я. and Е. Я. Данько), Moscow (1992, together with А. В. Щекатихиной-Потоцкой).

the Work presented in the State Tretyakov gallery, the State Russian Museum, State Hermitage Museum, State Museum of ceramics and the manor Kuskovo XVIII century, the Russian Museum of decorative-прикладного and folk art.

Sources:

1. Levchenkov В. В. Творчество sisters Н. Я. and Е. Я. Данько. St. Petersburg, 2012.

2. The Stroganov school. Imperial Central Stroganov-промышленное school. 1825-1918. Biographical dictionary. M., 2007, vol. 2. S. 133.

3. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1976, vol. 3. P. 293-294.