Vera Ermolaeva

Vera Ermolaeva (Russian: Ве́ра Миха́йловна Ермола́ева) (November 2, 1893 – September 26, 1937) was a Russian painter, graphic artist and illustrator who participated in the Russian avant-garde movement. She was arrested for "anti-Soviet activities" and sent to a work camp in Karaganda, where she was shot in 1937.[1]

Professors at the People's Art School in Vitebsk, July 26, 1919. From left to right: Lazar Lissitzky, Vera Ermolaeva, Marc Chagall, David Iakerson, Iouri Pen, Nina Kogan, Alexandre Romm.

Vitebsk Art School

Vera Ermolaeva arrived in Vitebsk in early April 1919. She studied in Petrograd (now known as Saint Petersburg) and worked in the museum section of the capital. Until 1922 she worked with Kazimir Malevich and was the assistant director of the Vitebsk Art School under Marc Chagall.[2] She participated in the Union of Youth (Soyuz Molodyozhi) and UNOVIS groups. While in Vitebsk, she worked on a series of murals inspired by Suprematism.[3]

Book illustrations

Illustraltion by Ermolayeva to De rerum natura by Lucretius, 1934

In the late 1920s, Ermolaeva produced illustrations for children's books.[4] Examples of these are in the collection of the Museum of Modern Art.[5] One collaboration with Daniil Kharms was called "Ivan Ivanych Samovar," a humorous morality tale about a family's samovar.[6]

Vera Ermolaeva Foundation of Contemporary Feminist Art Initiatives

A foundation was recently established honoring her memory and to support feminist artists in Russia.[7][8]

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Vera Ermolaeva Foundation - The Creative Time Summit". creativetime.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  2. ↑ Kovtun, E. F (2007-01-01). Russian avant-garde. New York: Parkstone International. ISBN 9781780427935.
  3. ↑ "THE ARTWORKS BY VERA ERMOLAEVA". en.rusmuseum.ru. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  4. ↑ Rosenfeld, Alla (1999). Defining Russian Graphic Arts: From Diaghilev to Stalin, 1898-1934. Rutgers University Press. ISBN 9780813526041.
  5. ↑ "Vera Ermolaeva | MoMA". The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  6. ↑ Christie?s. "-KHARMS, Daniil Ivanovich (1905-1942; author) and ERMOLAEVA, Vera (1893-c.1937; illustrator). Ivan Ivanych Samovar. St. Petersburg: Gosudarstvennoe Izdatel'stvo [c.1928]. Small 4° (228 x 186mm). Colour illustrations throughout. Original illustrated wrappers (long tear at spine fold but holding, light wear).". www.christies.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  7. ↑ "Vera Ermolaeva Foundation - The Creative Time Summit". creativetime.org. Retrieved 2016-03-05.
  8. ↑ "Vera Ermolaeva Foundation/Фонд Веры Ермолаевой". verfund.tumblr.com. Retrieved 2016-03-05.

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