Vladimir Lebedev (painter)
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Vladimir Vasilyevich Lebedev — (Russian: Влади́мир Васи́льевич Ле́бедев) (14 (26) May 1891 — 21 November 1967) was a Soviet painter and graphic artist. He became famous for his exceptional illustrations of the poems of the prominent poet and translator Samuil Marshak, such as Circus, Ice Cream, Tale About a Foolish Mouse, Moustached and Striped, Book of Many Colours, Twelve Months and Luggage.
As a young boy, Lebedev started to paint postcards that were sold in a shop in Saint Petersburg. In 1912-1916 he worked at the studio of Bernstein. In 1920 he achieved success as an artist. After this period he had friendly relations with many distinguished persons of his time, such as Tatlin, Ivan Puni, Kazimir Malevich, Vladimir Mayakovsky and the literary critic Nikolai Punin.
In 1930s-1940s he created numerous portraits of his friends, professional models and sportsmen. He always was fond of playing sports himself. From the end of the 1930s he started to use stronger colours and thicker layers of paint, creating effects reminiscent of the works of Renoir.
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- Biography at SOVCOM
- Biography at Artonline.ru (Russian)
- «Из истории детской иллюстрированной книги 1920-х годов» В. Петров (Russian) (examples of his children's book illustrations near the middle of the article)
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