Zagoskin Yefimovich David

January 20, 1900 (Surazh Vitebsk) - February 2, 1942 (Leningrad)

painter, graphic artist, set designer

born in the family of tailors. He graduated from higher primary school in Surazh (1915). Studied at Odessa Art School (1915-1917), then in the State of free art workshops - Higher Art in Saratov (1918-1921, with interruptions) from FK Konstantinova. The advice of PS Utkin, AI Kravchenko, AI Savinov, AE Karev.

the spring of 1919 called for military service, sent to the Denikin front and soon discharged as a student.

lived in Saratov (until 1922), Petrograd (Leningrad). He worked in the field of easel painting and drawing (watercolor, gouache, pastel, ink, charcoal). In the early 1920's studied theater and decorative art, designed the performances "Zori" and "Uriel Acosta" in Saratov.

In 1927-1928 served as chairman of the regional section of ISO All-Russia Union of Artists. In 1926-1929 headed the graphic studio Izora at the House of Political Education of Alexander Herzen. In 1930-1932 made a creative assignment for the collective and the communes of Vitebsk province, into an international commune them. D. Blagoev at Poltava, fishing collective farm on Lake ilmenite (all together with his wife, artist LY Tymoshenko).

Since 1932 - Member of the Union of Artists. In 1933-1941 he worked in an experimental graphic studio LOSHa, studied lithography. Since 1935 - Member of the Bureau picturesque section LOSH. In 1935-1939 he worked on creating beautiful panels in the Palace of Pioneers (with Tymoshenko), murals in the Palace of Culture for communication (with AV Venerable) in Leningrad.

Since 1919 - participant of exhibitions (1-I show pictorial and plastic culture, Saratov). Member and exhibitor Association "Circle of Artists" (1926-1932, served on the board). Exhibited their works and the exhibitions "Contemporary Art from Leningrad group" (1928-1929), 1 st Public Exhibition of Fine Arts (1930), "etchings and lithographs by Leningrad artists" (1934) in Leningrad, the commemorative exhibition "Artists of the RSFSR XV years in Leningrad and Moscow (1932-1934) and others.

taught at the Saratov Higher Art (1920-1922), School of Industrial Art in Saratov (1922-1926), Higher Art - Vhuteine - Institute of proletarian art - Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in St. Petersburg (Leningrad) (1922-1926, 1929-1936), Graphic Art Studio workshop of young workers in Domprosvete them. GV Plekhanov (1926-1929), Leningrad Technical School of Industrial Art (1929-1932), Professor.

died in besieged Leningrad.

Retrospective exhibition of the artist held in Leningrad (1988), Novosibirsk (1989), Saratov (1990).

Zagoskin - one of the most significant artists of the Leningrad 1920-30-x. In early work (late 1910-s - early 1920) went through a fascination with Cubism, Futurism, Constructivism. In mid-1920's turned to figurative art. As one of the leading masters association "Circle of Artists" in favor of finding "style of the era, reflected in the easel art contemporary topics and events, defended the principle of diverse styles of art, however, expressed a negative attitude" for underlined individualism, superficial etyudizmu and literariness " .