Anatoly Konenko
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| Born | Anatoly Ivanovich Konenko 23 February 1954 Orsk of Soviet Union |
| Known for | Painting |
| Notable work | Shod flea |
| Movement | Microminiature |
Anatoly Ivanovich Konenko (Template:Lang-ru; born 23 February 1954) is a microminiature painter and sculptor from the Russian city of Omsk. In 1996 he was entered into the Guinness Book of World Records for creating the world's smallest book.
Life
Konenko was born in the town of Orsk in the Orenburg region of Russia. His family later relocated to Kazakhstan. Konenko received a degree in technical architecture from The Omsk College of Civil Engineering. In 1982 he graduated from Omsk State Pedagogical University with a degree in graphic design. He has worked as a designer of eye-surgery instruments.[1]
Microminiatures
Konenko began to create miniature works in 1981. Konenko's works often reference Russian fables and fairy tales; some of his most famous creations include "The Savvy Flea", "The Grasshopper Violinist" and "A Caravan of Camels in the Eye of the Needle".[2] Since 2007, his son has worked with him.
Konenko works in a variety of media, using human hair, poppy seeds, and rice as surfaces.[3] Some of his works include living animals. In 2011, he created a miniature aquarium to house a living tiny fish, complete with a net. It contained just two teaspoons of water, two fish, and some algae.[4] He can shoe a flea.[5]
Miniature books
Konenko has published more than 200 miniature books. His edition of Chekhov's Chameleon, issued in 1996 in Omsk, is printed on paper and includes 30 pages, 3 color illustrations, and a portrait of Chekhov, and measures 0,9 x 0,9 mm. It was published in an edition of 100 and is bound in gold, silver, and leather.[6] Anatoly Konenko has been listed in Guinness Book of Records for creating the book.[7] In 2010 Konenko issued a collection of miniature book volumes of Pushkin, Koltsov, Evtushenko.
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Supermicrobook. Size 0,8 x 0,8 mm.
External links
Media related to Anatoly Konenko at Wikimedia Commons
- Official website
- Prague Museum of Miniatures, which houses some of Konenko's works.
References
- ^ McDonnell, Sharon. "The men who shoe fleas". BBC.com. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ Managed to shoe a flea
- ^ "Anatoly Konenko's remarkable Micro Miniature artwork". Lost At E Minor: For creative people. 2013-02-20. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ That's Strange But True: The World's Most Astonishing Facts And Records. Time Inc. Books. 2016-08-05. ISBN 9781618932181.
- ^ "Wonder Micro-miniatures by Anatoly Konenko Displayed in Tver :: Russia-InfoCentre". russia-ic.com. Retrieved 2018-04-15.
- ^ Mack, John (2007). The Art of Small Things. Harvard University Press. p. 11. ISBN 9780674026933.
- ^ Cantrell, Asher (2013-07-18). The Book of Word Records: A Look at Some of the Strangest, Shortest, Longest, and Overall Most Remarkable Words in the English Language. F+W Media, Inc. p. 159. ISBN 978-1440563300.
- 21st-century Russian sculptors
- 21st-century male artists
- 20th-century Russian sculptors
- 20th-century male artists
- Russian male sculptors
- 20th-century Russian painters
- Russian male painters
- 21st-century Russian painters
- Living people
- People from Orsk
- 1954 births
- Bookbinders
- Microminiature sculptors
- 20th-century sculptors