Nikolai Ushin
Illustration — Cover illustration by Ushin for the 2nd volume of One Thousand and One Nights Nikolai Alexeyevich Ushin (1898 – 6 April 1942) was a Soviet graphic artist, theatre designer and book illustrator. Nikolai Ushin was born in Saint Petersburg, Ushin studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in 1923–1928. In the 1920s Ushin began designing theatrical decorations for scenic performances.
Also recorded as Nikolai Alekseevich Ushin · Nikolay Alekseevich Ushin · Nikolay Ushin · Nikolai Alexeyevich Ushin
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- 1898.
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- Nikolai Ushin died on 6 April 1942. · Saint Petersburg.
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- Soviet Union and Russian Empire.
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- scenographer and illustrator.
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Illustration — Cover illustration by Ushin for the 2nd volume of One Thousand and One Nights Nikolai Alexeyevich Ushin (1898 – 6 April 1942) was a Soviet graphic artist, theatre designer and book illustrator. Nikolai Ushin was born in Saint Petersburg, Ushin studied in the Academy of Fine Arts in 1923–1928. In the 1920s Ushin began designing theatrical decorations for scenic performances.
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He creatively adapted the themes of medieval Russian painting and Palekh miniature. Ushin in particular illustrated the Russian translation of One Thousand and One Nights published in eight volumes by Academia. His illustrations for One Thousand and One Nights were awarded a gold medal at the 1937 Paris Exposition. Ushin also made lithographs and bookplates. He died in besieged Leningrad in 1942 (as his brother, graphic artist and book illustrator Aleksey Ushin). Ushin's works are kept in several Saint Petersburg museums. His nephew, Andrey Ushin also became a graphic artist.
«В трамвае». Двусторонний рисунок. Бумага, графитный карандаш, тушь, перо, 14,5 х 12,2 см. Вдоль нижней кромки графитным карандашом: «Н.Ушин 20-е гг», штамп собрания А. Заволокина. Происхождение: собрание Александра Заволокина.
Nikolai Ushin
Female portrait. Tinted paper, pencil, colored pencils, white. 50.5 x 33.5 cm. Left author's signature: 1/2 hour 1918 year N Ushin.
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1898
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1942
Nikolai Ushin died at Saint Petersburg.
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Nikolai Ushin is recorded with the occupation scenographer. Recorded as scenographer and illustrator.
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