Mai Dantsig
Mai Volfovich Dantsig (April 27, 1930 – March 26, 2017) was a Belarusian artist active during the Soviet era and independence of Belarus. He is considered to have been one of the founders of the contemporary Belarusian art.
Also recorded as Mai Volfovich Dantsig · Mai Volfovic Dantsig · Danzig Mai Vol'favitch · Dancig Maj Vol'fovič
Mai Dantsig
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- Birth Name
- Mai Volfovich Dantsig
- Born
- 27 April 1930
- Birthplace
- Minsk, Belarus
- Occupation
- Artist
- Education
- Minsk Art School Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts
- Died
- 26 March 2017
- Nationality
- Soviet Union · Belarus
- Fields
- cityscape · landscape · portrait
- Movements
- French Realism
- Teachers
- Pyotr Pokarzhevsky · Mikhail Kurilko
- Honours
- Order of Francisc Skorina · Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR
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Mai Volfovich Dantsig (April 27, 1930 – March 26, 2017) was a Belarusian artist active during the Soviet era and independence of Belarus. He is considered to have been one of the founders of the contemporary Belarusian art.
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Biography
Biography
Mai Dantsig studied at Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and Minsk State Art College. Training under Pyotr Pokarzhevsky and Mikhail Kurilko is recorded. Igor Barkhatkov is recorded as having studied under Mai Dantsig. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are cityscape, landscape and portrait. Employment is recorded with Belarusian State Academy of Arts. Distinctions recorded are Order of Francisc Skorina and Honored Artist of the Byelorussian SSR.
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• Birth Name — Mai Volfovich Dantsig • Born — 27 April 1930 • Birthplace — Minsk, Belarus • Place of death — Minsk, Belarus • Occupation — Artist • Education — Minsk Art School Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts • Died — 26 March 2017
Education and career
Education and career
Dantzig was born in Minsk, Belarus. He graduated from the Minsk Arts College in 1952 and the Moscow Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts in 1958. In Moscow he studied under Mikhail Kurilko and Victor Tsyplakov. From 1958, he taught at the Belarusian Academy of Arts. From 2001 until his death in 2017, he was the chairman of the Department of Painting there. In 1995, he became a People's Artist of Belarus. In 2005, he was awarded the Order of Francysk Skaryna.
Death
Death
Dantsig died on March 26, 2017, in Minsk from natural causes, at the age of 86.
Identity
Identity
Mai Dantsig is classed in the genre landscape painting. Recorded with the occupation painter. Classed in the genre cityscape. Classed in the genre portrait. Recorded as having studied at Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and Minsk State Art College. Associated with French Realism.
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1930
Mai Dantsig was born on 27 April 1930.
2017
Mai Dantsig died on 26 March 2017.
Paintings
Mai Dantsig often painted in large formats, which, in addition to his expressive style, helped transform his chosen themes from quotidian to important, and imbued his pictures with a monumental character. His works often take on symbolic or metaphorical significance. He is the author of many paintings and drawings related to World War II and Soviet partisans including the And the Saved World Remembers. He is also famous for his series of portraits of Soviet intelligentsia including Bulat Okudzhava, Georgy Tovstonogov, Ales Adamovich and Vasil Bykaŭ.
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Mai Dantsig studied at Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts and Minsk State Art College. He trained under Pyotr Pokarzhevsky and Mikhail Kurilko. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Mai Volfovich Dantsig, Mai Volfovic Dantsig, Danzig Mai Vol'favitch, Dancig Maj Vol'fovič and Dancyg Maj Vol'favič. His work is associated with French Realism. He was employed by Belarusian State Academy of Arts. He belonged to Artists' Union of the USSR and Belarusian Union of Artists.
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