BELKIN Benjamin P.

January 14, 1884 (s Verkhoturye Yekaterinburg province) - November 8, 1951 (Leningrad)

painter, graphic artist, designer, artist arts and crafts

In 1902-1903 he studied at the Tomsk Institute of Technology, in 1903-1906 - in art school AP Bolshakov in Moscow VE Borisov-Musatov. At the same time visiting the studio of artist A. Shesterkina. In 1907-1909 continued his education at the Academy "La Palette" in Paris at C. Guerin and S. Kotte. Since 1910-s was a friend of Anna Akhmatova.

lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd - Leningrad). He worked in the field of easel painting, was engaged in set design, book and magazine graphics, ex libris. Collaborated in the magazines "Apollo" and "Satyricon", published by Academia. He performed the illustrations for the books: "Cat, creamy mouth" by A. Tolstoy (1924), "Reckless" KI Chukovsky (1925), "Our teacher, Lenin" and Z. . Lili (1925), "The Three Musketeers Alexandre Dumas (1929)," The Book lyrics "GV Catullus (1929)," The Decameron "by G. Boccaccio (1927-1931), "Death of Empedocles" I.-H.-F. Hölderlin (1931), "Letters native" A. Blok (1927-1932) and others. Repeatedly turned to the writings of Mikhail Lermontov (A Hero of Our Time "," Taman "," Bela "," Prisoner of the Mountains "), created a series of illustrations for the complete works of the poet (Ed. K. Halabaeva and Eichenbaum. Leningrad 1931).

In 1919, on the recommendation SV Chekhonin began to work in porcelain. Served sketches painted dishes campaign for the State Porcelain Factory: "The victory of the working people", "The Sower. Blessed labor free "," 25 October 1917-1922 "(Belkin's sketches were transferred to porcelain painter AR Galenkinoy).

Member and exponential associations: "Montparnasse" (1907-1909), Society of Leonardo da Vinci (1906), "Union of Youth" (1911), "World of Art" (1912-1916, 1922-1924 ), House of Artists (1921-1928), "Workshop Artists" (1930-1932). Was among the founders of the "Sixteen" (1922-1927), the Society of Painters (1928-1930). He participated in many international fairs, exhibitions of Soviet art abroad, particularly in the First Russian Art Exhibition in Berlin (1922), an international book exhibition in Florence (1922), exhibitions of Soviet art in New York, Los Angeles (1924-1925) and others. In 1941, held a solo exhibition in Leningrad.

taught at the Higher Institute of photos and photo equipment (1918-1922) at the highest rates of arts and crafts them. Baron AL Stieglitz (1918-1922, from 1920 - Higher workshops of arts and crafts), Higher Art - Vhuteine (1921-1923, 1928-1930), the State Architectural Institute (1924-1926, with 1925 - College), Leningrad Institute of Painting, architecture and sculpture - the Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Ilya Repin (1935-1942, 1945-1946).

in 1955 in Leningrad, held a memorial exhibition of the artist.

Belkin works are in many museum collections, particularly in the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, the All-Russia museum of decorative and folk art, a number of regional museums.