KALMYKOV Sergey Ivanovich

6 (18) October 1891 (Samarkand) — 27 апреля 1967 (Alma-Ата)

Painter, graphic artist, set designer, art theorist

From the family of the employee. He spent his childhood in Orenburg, where he graduated from classical high school. In 1909 посещал Studio К. Ф. Юона and И. О. Дудина in Moscow. For a short time studied at MUZHVZ (1909-1910) to the class С. В. Иванова. He continued his education at the Art school В. Н. Званцевой in St. Petersburg (1910-1914) М. В. Добужинского, К. С. Петрова-Водкина, Л. С. Бакста. In 1916-1917 служил in the army.

After the October revolution he lived in Orenburg. Worked in the Studio of the Department of main political education. He has lectured on art history. Did the artwork for parades, demonstrations, celebrations; created design projects for clubs, in particular the House of Culture of the Orenburg cinder-пропиточного plant.

From 1920-х as an artist-исполнителя worked for Orenburg city theatre: participated in the design performances of "Storm" В. Н. Билль-Белоцерковского, "Love Yarovaya" К. А. Тренева. In 1933-1934 создавал sketches of costumes and scenery for Opera Mobile Laserscope Fedor. Performed playbills, participated in the design of circus and variety performances in Orenburg (1920-е — 1932).

In 1935 he moved to Alma-Ату. In 1935-1962 — artist in the Kazakh state academic theatre of Opera and ballet. Abay, for which issued a statement: "Prince Igor" А. П. Бородина (1935), "Tosca" by G. Verdi. Puccini (1936), "Aida" By G. Verdi. Verdi (1936), "the Sleeping beauty" П. И. Чайковского (1938), "Carmen" Ж. Бизе (1938) and others.

in Parallel with the work of set designer was engaged in easel painting and graphics. Create abstract, prefigurative and figurative compositions; has developed a personal style close to surrealism, which is characterized by expression, brightness colors, clear linear pattern. Often used the means at hand, doodling on scraps, maps, wrapping paper. Studied etching, monotype. Author paintings: "Trees" (1909), "Red horses" (1911), "At the circus" (1924), "Abduction of Europe" (1928), "Railway station" (1930), "Fantastic landscape with red rocks" (1938), "In the Park" (1944), "the Lights from the theater" (1945), "The garden grille" (1946), "the Hippodrome" (1948), "Street lamp. Evening landscape" (1949), "Water pool" (1950), "youth sports day" (1951), "Gorge on the way to Medeo" (1952), Serenade (1959), "Allegory" (1964) and others. Performed graphic series "Majestic portraits", "Lunar jazz", "a Walk in the desert" (all — 1940-е).

From 1920 — participant of exhibitions (1-я public exhibition of the works of Orenburg painters). Exhibited 1-й and 4-й public exhibitions of paintings (1921, 1932), exhibitions of paintings of the Orenburg branch AHRR — akhr (1926, 1931) in Orenburg, society "fire-цвет" (1925) in Moscow, "artists of the Uzbek, Kyrgyz, Kazakh Soviet socialist Republic" in Moscow and Leningrad (1941), a "40 лет Soviet Kazakhstan" in Almaty-Ате (1961) and others. His personal exhibitions were held in Alma-Ате (1941, 1943).

Died in a psychiatric hospital.

he Left a substantial literary heritage (memoirs, correspondence, essays on the theory of painting).

a Memorial exhibition of the artist held in Alma-Ате (1968, 1971, 1989, 1991, 2001), St-Петербурге (2003), Moscow (2006).

Described under his real name in the novel Ю. О. Домбровского "Faculty of unnecessary things" (1978).

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the Pushkin Museum to them. А. С. Пушкина, the State Russian Museum, Orenburg regional Museum of fine arts. The most significant collection of works by the artist has a Public art Museum of the Republic of Kazakhstan. А. Кастеева in Alma-Ате.