VARDY (Bergman) Alexander Udovic

22 августа (4 сентября) 1901 (Tartu) — 18 июня 1983 (Tartu)

Painter, graphic artist arts-прикладного art

he Studied at the Higher art school "Pallas" in Tartu (1919-1925) А. Г. Ваббе, К. Г. Мяги. In 1923 he visited Berlin, Dresden, Munich. Was among the first foreign scholars school "Pallas" in 1925-1928 continued education in Paris under the guidance of В. И. Шухаева.

he Lived in Tartu (1929); in 1937-1939 — Paris. Executed still lifes, landscapes, portraits; before 1940 signed their work surname Bergman. Author paintings: "still life with rooster" (1929), "still life with crayfish" (1930), "Winter landscape" (1931), "still life with a pewter jug" (1933), "still life" (1934), "Paris Boulevard," "Les Bouquinistes on the Seine", "View of Montmartre" (all — 1937), "Autumn flowers" (1938), "Nude in summer" (1939), "lilac" (1957), "Self-portrait" (1958, 1964), "Old worker" (1959), "still life with fish" (1960), "woman in a red dress" (1961), "Motive Caspiana" (1963), "the View from the window", "Lily" (both — 1964), "the Landscape of South Estonia" (1965), "Peonies" (1966).

In 1933-1934 cooperated in the Endla theatre in pärnu. Designed the performance "the Violet of Montmartre" И. Кальмана. In 1950-х designed productions of theatre Vanemuine in Tartu: the Opera "La Boheme" by G. Verdi. Puccini (1952), "Rigoletto" (1953) and La Traviata (1954) J. Verdi; plays — "Nora" Г. Ибсена (1953); ballet "Esmeralda" Ц. Пуни (1957).

In the second half of 1920 — 1930-х exhibited at exhibitions in Cologne, Rome, Copenhagen, Antwerp. Member of the Union of artists of Estssr. Participated in exhibitions: Art exhibition in Tallinn (1947); "15 лет art of Soviet Estonia" (1955), the works of artists from Tartu (1956, 1957, 1958, 1964, 1965), Republican art exhibitions of Estssr (1959, 1960) in Tartu; Estonian art (1956), all-Union art exhibition devoted to 40-летию the great October socialist revolution (1957), Art exhibition of Lithuanian, Latvian and Estonian SSR (1960) in Moscow. His personal exhibitions were held in Tallinn (1939, 1969), Tartu (1961), cities of the Estonian SSR (1965, mobile).

he Taught at the Higher art school "Pallas" (1934-1940) and the Art Institute in Tartu (1944-1950); Professor (from 1947).

Work is represented in several Museum collections, among them — Estonian art Museum in Tallinn, Tartu art Museum.

Sources:
1. Directory of members and candidate members of the Union of artists of the USSR as of 1 июня 1967 года. M., 1968. P. 126.
2. Artists of the peoples of the USSR. Biobibliographic dictionary. M., 1972, vol. 2. S. 166.
3. et.wikipedia.org
4. digikogu.ekm.ee