Blokhin Ivan Semenovich

1887 (d Brykina Moscow Province) - 1954 (Moscow)

painter, graphic artist, set designer

Born into a peasant family. Original art education in painting shop TM Rozhkova in Moscow (1898-1904). In 1906-1909 he studied at the Law and History and Philology of the People's University. Parallel visited the studio AP Bolshakov (1905-1906) and F. Rerberg (1906-1909) in Moscow, in the same years, first visited the collection of contemporary French painting and S. . Shchukin.

in 1909-1913 was in the military service. At the same time engaged in the Voronezh Art School (1910-1912). After demobilization he studied briefly at the workshop VN Meshkov (1913), in preparation for entering MUZHVZ.

At the beginning of World War drafted into the army, for his courage in battle was awarded the crosses of St. George 3rd and 4 th degree. In 1917 demobilized.

In 1918-1922 continued education in the state of free art workshops - Higher Art School in Moscow in PV Kuznetsov. In those same years, served as Commissioner for artistic affairs at the Military Commissariat in Moscow, worked in theater and music section of the head of artistic and technical bureau.

lived in Moscow. He worked primarily as a landscape, rarely engaged in a portrait. In 1925, together with PI Petrovicheva, LV Tourjansky, MV Leblanom and others, became one of the founders and exponents of the "United Arts" (OBIS ). Participated in the 2 nd and 3rd exhibition of paintings by a group of Moscow artists (1927 and 1929). In 1929, was among the founders of the Moscow Association of Artists.

In 1932 joined MOSSH, participated in many all-Russia and all-Union exhibitions. In 1932 he was arrested on charges of anti-Soviet activity, but in the same year, acquitted and released. In 1930 he worked in the field of monumental paintings and murals of pavilions worked VSHV, holiday decoration of streets and squares of Moscow.

During the Great Patriotic War was in reserve military office to organize a guerrilla movement, went on a business trip to the front.

Retrospective exhibition of the artist held in Moscow (1959, 2003-2004).

Blokhin's prominent masters of Soviet art in the first half of the twentieth century. In the early period (late 1910-s - early 1920) went through a fascination kubofuturizmom. In the 1920's turned to the traditions of realistic plein air painting. The artistic heritage is relatively small: most of the "avant garde" work was destroyed by the artist himself, some died during the Great Patriotic War.

Blokhin works are in museum and private collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, a number of regional museums.