Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps
Mikałaj Prakopavič Michałap was a Soviet ceramic artist and director of the State Art Gallery of Belarus from 1939 to 1941.
Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps
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- Name
- Mikałaj Miсhałap
- Born
- 28 April 1886
- Birthplace
- Minsk, Russian Empire
- Died
- 1979
- Place of death
- Minsk, Soviet Union
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Byelorussian Soviet Socialist Republic
- Occupation
- painter · ceramicist
- Education
- Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design
- Honours
- Order of the Badge of Honour
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Mikałaj Prakopavič Michałap was a Soviet ceramic artist and director of the State Art Gallery of Belarus from 1939 to 1941.
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Nicholas Prokopievich Miholaps studied at Saint Petersburg Stieglitz State Academy of Art and Design. Employment is recorded with Vitebsk People's Art School and Belarusian National Arts Museum. Positions recorded include museum director. Distinctions recorded are Order of the Badge of Honour.
Мікалай Пракопавіч Міхалап
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Key facts
• Name — Mikałaj Miсhałap • Born — 28 April 1886 • Birthplace — Minsk, Russian Empire • Died — 1979 • Place of death — Minsk, Soviet Union • Style — Ceramic, small architectural forms
Early life
Early life
Mikałaj Miсhałap came from the family of a railwayman father and housemaid mother. He graduated from Baron Stieglitz Central school for Technical Draftsmanship (current Saint Petersburg Art and Industry Academy). Michałap was the first Belarusian ceramic artist.
Career
Career
Mikałaj was teaching in Vitebsk Art School and running a department of pottery and ceramic there from 1925 to 1930. He was close with Belarusian classic Janka Kupała; he painted his portrait and created first decoration for one of Kupała's plays.
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