EPIFANOV Gennady Dmitrievich

22 июля (4 августа) 1900 (Rostov, Yaroslavl province) — 4 сентября 1985 (Leningrad)

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he Studied at the Yaroslavl art-педагогическом College (1923-1925);, in parallel worked at the Rostov Museum of antiquities (1922-1924). He continued his education at the Leningrad Vhuteine (1925-1930): first at the painting faculty of the К. С. Петрова-Водкина then on the graphic В. Д. Замирайло, Д. И. Митрохина, В. М. Конашевича, Е. С. Кругликовой, П. А. Шиллинговского. In 1930 под the leadership of Petro Konashevych the diploma work — illustrations for children's fairy tales С. Я. Маршака.

he Lived in Leningrad. Worked mainly with woodcuts and colour woodcuts. Designed books for publishing houses: Goslitizdat, Academia, "Soviet writer", "Art", "Young guard" and others. Developed projects of bookplates.

Performed the illustrations for the book: "South and North" Э. Синклера (1930), "Didactic novellas" М. Сервантеса (1934, 1955), "the Brothers Karamazov" Ф. М. Достоевского (1935), "Great expectations" Ч. Диккенса (1941), "Mikhailovsky castle" О. Д. Форш (1946), "Poor Liza" Н. М. Карамзина (1947, 1950), "Queen Margot" А. Дюма (1951, 1955), "Selected poems" А. А. Блока (1955), "collected works" Г. Ибсена (1956-1958), "Irish Saga" (1961).

have been Repeatedly awarded with diplomas and medals at competitions and book exhibitions for the design of books: "Odyssey" of Homer (1958) — diploma at the national competition "Best books 1958 года", a silver medal at the International exhibition of art and books of socialist countries in Leipzig (1959); "Goya" И. М. Левиной (1958) — diploma at the national competition "Best books 1958 года"; "Queen of spades" А. С. Пушкина (1966) — diplomas 3-й degree at the International book fair in Moscow (1967) and 1-й degree at the all-Union competition "the Best publication 1966-1967 годов"; album, "the Drawings of Western European artists" (1970) — diploma. И. Федорова at the all-Union competition "the Best edition 1970 года".

in Addition to applied and book, was engaged in easel graphics. He painted a series of landscapes (the series: "Leningrad. Views of the city", 1953; "Rostov the Great", 1960-е) and portraits.

during the great Patriotic war has created a series of sketches and drawings. In 1941-1942 входил in the Leningrad Union of artists "Fighting pencil", where he performed work. Worked on the interior design and the preparation of the exposition of the Military-медицинского Museum.

From 1931 — participant of exhibitions (international exhibition "Art of book" in Paris and Lyon). He exposed his works at exhibitions: "Engravings and lithographs by artists for 1933 год" (1934), "Leningrad book illustrations" (1947), works by Leningrad artists (1947, 1948, 1952, 1953, 1958, 1960, 1961), "Book and easel graphics of Leningrad artists" (1955), "the Soviet book mark" (1964), "50 лет Leningrad book graphic art" (1969) in Leningrad, Soviet illustrations to fiction 5 лет (1936), engraving and etching (1953), "Soviet Russia", "50 лет Soviet power" (both — 1967) in Moscow and others. The participant of many international exhibitions and exhibitions of Soviet art abroad: in Kosice (1933), Athens, Istanbul (1934), Copenhagen, Oslo (1936), Paris (1937), new-Йорке (1959), Bucharest, London (1961), Dresden (1964), Prague (1974).

Held personal exhibitions in Leningrad (1947, 1972).

he Taught at the Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after. И. Е. Репина (1948-1950), the Leningrad branch of the Moscow polygraphic Institute (1950), Professor (1967).

For his activity was awarded the title of honored art worker of the RSFSR (1963), member-корреспондента Academy of arts of the USSR (1975).

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, Science-исследовательском Museum of the Russian Academy of arts, GMII im. А. С. Пушкина and others.