BRODSKAYA Nina Aleksandrovna

13 июня 1892 (Kiev) — 28 июля 1979 (Paris)

graphic designer, painter, sculptor, poet

the Daughter of the famous Kyiv sugar magnate and philanthropist А. И. Бродского the owner of the hotel "continental". Sister of the artist О. А. Бродской. He studied in Berlin at Г. Струка (1905-1907), the Central Stroganov-промышленном school in Moscow (1911), the Art school in Weimar (1912-1914), as well as New art Studio in Petrograd in А. Е. Яковлева, В. И. Шухаева, М. В. Добужинского.

In 1918-1919, she lived in Kiev. Employee of the State art Museum in Kiev. Worked in the techniques of lithography, linocut;-creating projects book characters. Together with А. А. Экстер performed lithography for the Yearbook art "Hermes".

About 1920 with her sister, О. А. Бродской emigrated to Berlin. Executed costumes and sets for theater productions-кабаре "Blue bird" ballet Г. Дандинга. In 1926 he created the sketches of scenery for the staging of the play "hamlet" У. Шекспира for the company М. Рейнгардта; in the design have been applied, a revolving stage and projection painting.

on the Eve of 2-й World war moved to France and lived in Toulouse. After the war he settled in Paris. Engaged in the restoration of medieval icons and frescoes.

Entered the circle of Russian poets in Berlin and Paris. Participated in poetry collections "Housewarming", "Grove", "Seine" (Berlin), "Southern notebook", "Soul", "the Poet" (Paris), "Living poetry" (Geneva). In 1968 he produced in Paris a collection of his own poems and translations from Р. М. Рильке "Long". Contributed to the release of the book Р. Н. Блох and М. Г. Горлина "Selected poems" (Paris, 1959). Member of the Institute of Slavic studies in Paris.

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them the Pushkin Museum to them. А. С. Пушкина.

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