DOVGAL, Alexander (Oleksandr) Mikhailovich

on January 27, 1904 (station debaltseve, Yekaterinoslav governorate) — on 12 March 1961 (Kharkiv)

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he Studied at the Kharkov art Institute (1922-1929) М. Р. Пестрикова, С. М. Прохорова, И. И. Падалки, А. В. Маренкова. In 1929 выполнил thesis @the mdas series of woodcuts of "the life of street kids".

he Lived in Kharkov. Worked in the techniques of colored linocuts, lithographs, woodcuts, etchings. The author medium of linocuts: "Overpass" (1923), "Winter" (1924), "self-Portrait" (1924), "the Straw are" (1926), "the red Guards" (1927), "Distribution of rations" (1927), the Circus (1927), the series "On the construction of the Dnieper" (1929-1930); lithographs: a series of "Socialist Kharkov" (1934-1937), "Shevchenko in literary readings in St. Petersburg in 1859 году" (1939), "Beaten dog whines in" (1943), "the First people on the streets of Kharkiv" (1944).

the Author of a series of graphic works: "On the roads of war" (1941-1945; pencil, ink, pen, lithograph), "Cadets" (1945-1948; watercolor, ink, gouache) "October" (1953-1957, watercolor, ink, pen, lithograph), dedicated to Moscow (1958; lithography, watercolor), "Youth on the restoration of the mines" (1957, color lithograph), "the Bolsheviks of the Donbas underground" (1957, ink, pen), "Kyiv. On the banks of the Dnieper" (1958, lithograph). In 1937-1961 работал on the series (lithograph, ink, pen, black watercolor) "Classics of world literature", has created portraits of У. Шекспира, Н. В. Гоголя, И. Я. Франко, Т. Г. Шевченко and others.

was Engaged in book and magazine graphics. Painted for the Ukrainian magazines "Bezbozhnik", "Banner" (1920-30-е), "globe" (1950-е); newspaper "Socialistichna Kharkivshina" (1945-1946). Collaborated with the publishing house "Molod", Goslitizdat of Ukraine, Kharkiv regional book publisher. Created illustrations for books: "Selected stories" М. Вовчок (1937), "Selected works" П. Г. Тычины (1939), "Error Honore de Balzac" Н. С. Рыбака (1940), "Yaroslav the Wise" И. А. Кочергина" (1947), "Selected works" А. Н. Островского (1949), "the Sun over the river Sangani" Lin Ding (1950), "Hurricane" Zhou Li-бо (1953), "End of the underground city" Я. И. Кальницкого (1945), the book "Azerbaijan fairy tales" (1956), "The lost world" А. Конан-Дойля (1956), "Danylo of Halych" А. Ф. Хижняка (1958), "the Andromeda Nebula" И. А. Ефремова (1960), "Kalinov bridge" С. В. Васильченко (1960), "Aeneid" И. П. Котляревского (1961).

the author of the placards: "Make a fist to take the surplus grain to the state" (1930), "All for the front!" (1931), "the evil enemy's blood will sprinkle" (1942 series), "beat the enemy!" (1943 series), "Restore the native Donbas!" (1947), "to work, To the deeds of today we are encouraged with the ancient Kremlin chimes communism" (1949), "don't hesitate, go with it" (1955) and others.

From 1927 — participant of exhibitions (Exhibition of the Kharkiv art College). A member and Exhibitor of the Association of revolutionary artists of Ukraine (ARMU, 1925-1932), member of the USSR Union of artists (from 1938). Exhibited: all-Ukrainian jubilee exhibition, dedicated to the 10-летию October (1927, traveling around the cities of Ukraine); the Jubilee exhibition of art of the peoples of the USSR (1927), "Engraving the USSR for 10 лет" (1927), "the Liberation movement XVI — XX centuries" (1928), Ukrainian engravings and drawings (1929), works of artists of Ukraine, Azerbaijan and Armenia (1931, 1932), "Poster at the service of five" (1932), "Artists-графики Kharkov" (1938), all-Union art exhibitions (1939 — "industry of socialism", 1947, 1950, 1951, 1958 — "40 лет of the Komsomol") in Moscow; works by artists of the Union republics and oblasts of the RSFSR in Moscow and Leningrad (1945); prints and picture (1928), prints and drawings of artists of Armenia, Belarus, Georgia, Russia and Ukraine (1928), the Republican Shevchenko jubilee exhibition (1941), fine arts of the Ukrainian SSR (1946, 1948, 1950, 1951, 1954 — dedicated 300-летию of the reunification of Ukraine with Russia, 1957 — on the 40-летию the October revolution, 1958 — "40 лет of the Komsomol") in Kiev; Ukrainian book graphic art (1929), "the Art of Soviet Ukraine" (1930), 4-й (1931) and 5-й (1932) - Ukrainian art exhibitions The anniversary exhibition of works of artists of the USSR (1938), "Artists of Ukraine — native Kharkiv" (1944), graphics artists of Kharkov, dedicated to the 40-летию Soviet Ukraine (1957) in Kharkov; modern graphics in Yerevan (1929); modern Ukrainian graphics in Lviv (1932) and others.

participated in many foreign exhibitions: "Contemporary book art" at the International press exhibition in Cologne (1928), XVII International exhibition in Venice (1930), 1-й International exhibition of woodcuts in Warsaw (1933); Soviet art in Amsterdam, Riga, Winterthur (all — 1929), London, Berlin, Danzig, Kaunas (all — 1930), Stockholm (1930, 1933), Zurich, Prague (both — 1931), königsberg (1932), Japan (1932, mobile), Copenhagen (1933), Philadelphia, Tokyo, Helsinki (all — 1934), Shanghai (1936), Warsaw (1952).

his personal exhibitions were Held in Kharkov (1940, 1958), Kiev (1958), the Chuguev, Kharkov region (1959).

he Taught at the Kharkiv art Institute (1931-1933). Honored art worker of the Ukrainian SSR (1951).

the Work presented in the National art Museum of Ukraine in Kiev, Kharkov art Museum, the Pushkin Museum im. А. С. Пушкина in Moscow.

Sources:

1. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1976, vol. 3. S. 422-423.