Myasoedov Ivan G.

September 30, 1881 (Kharkiv) - July 27, 1953 (Buenos Aires)

Painter, graphic artist

son of the painter, academician IAH GG Myasoedova. He spent his childhood in the tribal estate Pavlenko at Poltava. General education in the Poltava Alexander Real School (1891-1895), the original artistic skills - under the leadership landscape AA Kiselev. He was also engaged under the guidance of his father in his private art school in Poltava (1894-1895). Studied at MUZHVZ (1896-1901), from which he graduated with the rank neklassnogo (free), painter, in the Superior Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at IAH (1907-1909) in the battle-painting workshop at the FA Roubaud. At the same time engaged in an engraving by V. Mate. In 1909 his picture "campaign Medes received the title of the artist and the right of a pensioner's trip abroad.

In 1910-1911 - pensioner IAH in Germany and Italy. In 1911 he returned to his estate in Poltava Province. In 1912-1913 organized a posthumous exhibition of his father. He painted pictures on mythological themes, landscapes, portraits, still lifes. In 1910 he performed sketches for the field of Borodino Panorama Roubaud. Participated in the Spring exhibition in the halls of IAH (1900-e - 1910), shows TPHV (1903), the Union of Russian Artists (1910). He was awarded several prizes for academic exhibitions, received 1 st prize at the 6 th Competition. AIKuindzhi.

parallel with the artistic activities engaged in power sports. In the early 1900's lived long in Spain, where he performed as a professional wrestler under the name of the Marquis de Krazats, as well as a bullfighter. In the years of study at VHU worked in St. Petersburg Athletic Society graph GI Ribotpierre. Won 2 nd prize in the middleweight championship at the All weightlifting (1909). Performed in the circus as a wrestler, participated in the issue of "Hercules", dedicated to the sport. He was married to singer and actress circus Malvina Vernichi (since 1912). Together with his wife fond nudism. The author of the manifesto "Nudity on stage" (St. Petersburg, 1911), issued under the editorship of N. Evreinov.

During the Civil War had left in the Crimea. Since 1919, he served in the military correspondent of the art AI Denikin. In 1921 over Sevastopol on germanskom ship "Vigbert" evacuated to Constantinople, then moved to Trieste, then - in Berlin.

Served portraits to order. In 1920 engaged in counterfeiting of paper money. Repeatedly been under investigation for counterfeiting, in 1923-1926, 1933-1934 serving prison terms. After his release in 1934 he moved to Riga, thence on a false passport in the name of Czechoslovak citizens of Eugene and Malvina Zotov and his wife moved to Belgium. In 1938 he settled in the Principality of Liechtenstein capital of Vaduz. He worked as a portraitist by the orders princely family, creating designs of postage stamps, signing the name of E. Zotov. Served allegorical and symbolic compositions on the themes of the horrors of revolutions and wars. Worked on a philosophical treatise "The Encyclopedia obscheutverzhdayuschih concepts" (unpublished).

In 1946 the Czechoslovak consulate-general revealed the location of the family Myasoyedovs - Zotov, living with false passports, as informed the Government of Liechtenstein. In 1948 "for attempting to counterfeit government credit market" again convicted.

Myasoedov In 1953 the family moved to Argentina, where he soon died. He was buried in Buenos Aires.

works are in several museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, the Scientific Research Museum of Russia Academy of Arts and others.