DROZDOV Ivan G. (Ye)

August 22, 1880 (s Vvedenskoe Moscow Province) - November 26, 1939 (Leningrad)

painter, graphic artist arts and crafts

Original art education in the 1890's icon-painting studio in Moscow malls and art school AP Bolshakov in Moscow. In 1900-1904 he studied at the Penza Art College. ND Seliverstov KA Savitsky, then in 1904-1910 - Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at IAH by Vladimir Makovsky, I. Repin, VE Savinskoye. In 1910, for painting "Merchants" and "Repentance" was the title of the artist, as well as the right to a pensioner's trip abroad for two years.

In 1911-1912 - retired IAH in Italy, France and Germany also visited Switzerland and Bulgaria.

lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd - Leningrad). He painted portraits, landscapes, genre scenes. After 1917, creating paintings on the theme of revolutionary history and the Soviet way of life. Since 1918 - Member of the Union of Artists.

member and exhibitor TPHV (1908-1918, with interruptions), the Association of Artists (1916, 1922), the Society of Artists. AIKuindzhi (1917-1927, with interruptions), AHRR - AChRs (1923-1929, in 1924-1926 - Chairman of the Leningrad branch). Also participated in the 1st State Free Exhibition of Works of Art (1919), exhibition of artists in all areas of Petrograd (1923), the exhibition "Contemporary Art in Leningrad group" (1928-1929) in St. Petersburg - Leningrad, World's Fair in New York (1939 ) and others. Held a solo exhibition in Leningrad (1935). Since 1932 - Member of the USSR Union of Artists.

In 1940 in Leningrad, took a posthumous exhibition of the artist.

works are in several museum collections, among them State Russian Museum, the Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts and others.