MELNIKOV, Dmitry Ivanovich

1889 (Tyumen) — 1966 (Moscow)

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Probably in the early 1910-х attended School К. Ф. Юона and И. О. Дудина in Moscow; studied at the Moscow school of painting (1910-е, graduated in 1917).

he Lived in Moscow. In his studies he began working as a cartoonist; created cartoons and caricatures of figures of theatre. Collaborated in the magazines "Theatre and ramp", "New Satyricon". Completed a set of illustrations for the edition Lolo (Л. Г. Мунштейна) "the Priests and priestesses of art: Dictionary of stage personalities" (M., 1910@M. semicolon, 1912). From 1917 he collaborated with the magazines ""Creativity", Smekhach", "Red pepper", "Bezbozhnik u Stanka", "Crocodile".

Worked in the field of book graphics; collaborated on GIESE, the Stand, the publishers of the "Peasant newspaper", "Young guard", "New Moscow". He designed the cover of literary-художественного collection "Core" (M., 1923@M. semicolon, 1924); has created illustrations for the books: А. Ильинского-Блюменау "the Tale-быль about Mary Brave, Nazarska Good Chem and Overseas Locusts" (M., 1924, 1925), Н. Горбачева "Toward a common goal through cooperative. The approximate Charter of the farm (in poems and pictures)" (M., 1926), Л. Зилова "the Beast-зверина, what's your name" (Moscow, 1927), А. Коваленского "Wolves", "Birds" (both — M., 1927), И. Новикова "Hedgehog Egor" (Moscow, 1927), Р. Энгель "Wind: the Book of mysteries" (M., 1932) and others. The author of a number of bookplates.

Studied the design of festive demonstrations and rallies.

In 1918-1922 created political posters for the political Directorate of the revolutionary military Council, GIZ, the publishing house "Moscot". The author of the posters: "Down with capital! Long live the dictatorship of the proletariat", "the Celebration 1 Мая 1920 года (In Soviet Russia — the cleanup, the fight against ruin. Abroad — strike, the struggle for Soviet power)", "25 Октября 1917 — 7 ноября 1920" (all — 1920), "We cannot approve exemptions from churches, even through voluntary donations... We can not do more to stay! The people are dying. Log on to our dying day!", "The money from the peasantry gathered churches decoration — silver and gold" (both — 1922).

during the great Patriotic war, worked in "Windows of TASS" (1941-1943), carried out anti-fascist cartoons for the magazine "Frontline humor" (1942-1944), the newspaper "Pravda" (1943-1946).

was Engaged in easel graphics; created portraits, landscapes. The author of the graphic portraits of artists К. Ф. Юона (1911), П. Д. Корина (1920, 1925), Н. М. Чернышева (1921), Д. С. Моора (1934, 1938), М. С. Сарьяна (1940-е); artists — В. В. Готовцева (1910), М. А. Чехова (1917), И. М. Москвина (1910-е), Ф. И. Шаляпина (1921), Е. Н. Гоголевой (1926); writers and critics — В. М. Фриче (1921, 1922), В. Г. Лидина (1950-е).

From 1918 — participant of exhibitions (2-я exhibition of paintings by professional artists Union-живописцев in Moscow). Member of the society "the Moscow salon" (1918-1921), AHRR (1922-1923), society of artists of the Moscow school (1924), member-учредитель artists Association-графиков at the Printing House (1926-1929). Participated in exhibitions: "Engraving the USSR for 10 лет" (1927), "Caricature in the service of socialist construction" (1932) in Moscow and others.

Author of several articles on fine arts, in particular the articles "Questions of socialist realism, Soviet landscape".

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the State Tretyakov gallery, the Pushkin Museum im. А. С. Пушкина and in the Russian state library, Russian state archive of literature and art, and other.