SURIGA Pelageya Nikolaevna

30 апреля 1900 (Kharkov) — 10 июня 1980 (Leningrad)

the Sculptor, decorative artist-прикладного art, painter

From the family of a railroad employee. He graduated from the gymnasium in Kharkov. He studied at the Kharkov art school (1917-1918) Б. Кратко. Visited the Studio Э. А. Блох; under her leadership, worked in Ukrainian-РОСТа, executed the portraits В. И. Ленина, Р. Люксембург, К. Либкнехта, К. Маркса. He continued his studies at the VKhUTEMAS in Moscow (1920-1921), in a workshop А. М. Лавинского, Vhuteine in Petrograd (1922-1925), the class А. Т. Матвеева.

Lived in Leningrad. She was married to artist Б. А. Блэком. Maintained close friendly and creative contacts with А. Н. Самохваловым, А. Ф. Пахомовым, Н. А. Тырсой, В. М. Конашевичем.

From 1929 he worked at the Leningrad porcelain factory them. М. В. Ломоносова as by models; subsequently, at the invitation Р. Ф. Вильде became head of the Museum of porcelain LFZ (up to 1945). In 1937-1938 performed by the state order the sculpture "Girl — pioneer of Azerbaijan" for the Avenue of pioneers in the camp "Artek" (Gurzuf); subsequently, the composition was reproduced in porcelain plastic.

during the great Patriotic war (1941-1945) the Museum on the factory was evacuated to Irbit, Sverdlovsk region. From October 1945 — on creative work in LASCH. In 1973 a group of artists Union of the USSR made the trip to the cities of France.

was primarily concerned with the plasticity of small forms (porcelain, plaster, ceramics). The author of sculptural portraits of the factory workers — artist А. В. Воробьевского, Director И. Т. Родина (1939); best workers — workers defense factory in Irbit Nina Borisova (1944), Baltic plant Е. Козловой (1946), the factory "Voskhod" М. Н. Абрамовой (1955), sewing Association. Volodarsky Anya Afanasyeva (1959); songs: "Woman with child" (1938), "the Conversation. The officer with the girl" (1945); still lifes: "wild flowers", "willow and sparrows, spruce Branch with cones", "Lilies", "Primrose", "Violet", "Daffodils", "Tulips", "Cyclamen" (all — is 1957) "Cactus", "Radish" (both — 1958), "the Bouquet of two flowers and leaves", "Bouquet of blue" (both — 1961); shapes-типов participants of the world festival of youth and students — "Ukrainka", "Argentine", "the Chinese woman" (1957-1960). Carried out a number of models of vases and vessels: vase-букет with a bird on the cover (1961), the vessel, braided flowers and leaves (1962), a bottle in the form of a woman (1971).

Created a graphic series (pencil, watercolor, pastel): "clerks" (1917), "Theatre" (1918), "Peasant" (1918-1919), "Maps" (1919), "Large" and "Small Nude" (1942-1944). He was engaged in lithography.

Member LOSS (1937). Participant of Leningrad (1948, 1951) and USSR (1955) art exhibitions. His personal exhibitions were held in Irbit (1943), Leningrad (1965).

Posthumous exhibition of the artist was held in St. Petersburg (1996), Moscow (2005).

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, the State Hermitage Museum (Museum of the Imperial porcelain factory) and others.