SAVITSKY Georgy

October 23, 1887 (St. Petersburg) - August 13, 1949 (Moscow)

Painter, graphic artist

son of a painter KA Savitsky, initial art training was led by his father. He studied at the Penza Art School (1902-1908) KA Savitsky, NK Grandkovskogo, AF Afanasiev, Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in IAH (1908-1915) by Vladimir Makovsky and FA Roubaud. In 1915, for the painting "The Last Day of Troy. Death of Priam "was the title of the artist and the right of a pensioner's trip abroad.

lived in St. Petersburg - Petrograd (until 1918), Moscow (1922). Participated in the design of streets and squares of Penza to revolutionary holidays (1918-1922) as a Head of decorative workshop Petrograd military district (1918-1920). He worked as a battle-painter, creating works on the themes of the revolutionary history, the Soviet way of life, he painted portraits, landscapes, to book graphics, posters. He performed the illustrations for the book "Little Tragedies" Pushkin, "Strider" Tolstoy, "Hero of Our Time Lermontov. In 1935-1938 headed the team of artists to create panoramas and dioramas "Sturm Perekopa." During the Great Patriotic War, worked in the "Windows of TASS, a poster was awarded by the State (Stalin) Prize in 1942.

was awarded the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR, member of the Academy of Arts of the USSR (1949).

Participated in exhibitions of the Association of Independent (1913), the Society of Artists. AIKuindzhi (1916, 1918), the Community of Artists (1917, 1921), TPHV (1918, 1922, 1923), 1-st state free exhibition of works of art (1919), the exhibition "Mignon" (1920 ), the Association of Artists (1922), the Association of realist artists (1927), "Red Army in Soviet art" (1930), "Socialist construction in the visual arts" (1931), the Union of Soviet Artists (1931), "Poster at the service of five-year "(1932)," Artists of the RSFSR XV years (1932-1934) in Petrograd (Leningrad), Moscow and others. In 1922 he was among the founding members of AHRR - AChRs (1927-1929). Exhibitor multiple-Union, All-Russia exhibitions, exhibitions of Soviet art abroad, in particular exhibitions in Cologne, Amsterdam, Riga, New York, Philadelphia, Boston, Detroit (all - 1929), Berlin, Stockholm (both - 1930).

taught at the Moscow State Art Institute (1947-1949, from 1948 - MGHI them. VISurikova).

Savitsky works are in many museum collections, among them - the State Tretyakov Gallery, Penza Regional Picture Gallery. K. Savitsky, State Literary Museum and others.