Veniamin Belkin
Veniamin Pavlovich Belkin (January 26, 1884, Verkhoturye, Verkhotursky Uyezd, Perm Governorate — November 8, 1951, Leningrad, now Saint Petersburg) was a Russian painter and draughtsman during the Modernist period. He made a lot of book artwork and was presented at various exhibitions from 1906, both in the Soviet Union (Moscow, Leningrad) and abroad (Paris, New York, Boston). Among Belkin's notable scores are those for The Decameron, The Three Musketeers, A Hero of Our Time and The Knight in the Panther's Skin.
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Veniamin Belkin
Veniamin Belkin · Белкин Вениамин Павлович (1884-1951). Портрет Анны Андреевны Ахматовой | Государственный каталог Музейного фонда Российской Федерации · Public domain
- Born
- 1884 · Verkhoturye.
- Died
- 1951 · Saint Petersburg.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire · Soviet Union
- Occupation
- painter · graphic artist · art educator · illustrator
- Fields
- painting · graphics · book illustration
- Languages
- Russian
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Born at Verkhoturye in 1884, died in Saint Petersburg in 1951.
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Veniamin Belkin appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an illustrator (1884 – 1951). Veniamin Belkin was born in 1884. Veniamin Belkin died in 1951.
The recorded working language is Russian. The field of work recorded is painting, graphics and book illustration. Employment is recorded with Repin Institute of Arts. Work by Veniamin Belkin is recorded in the collections of Russian Museum.
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The Deutsche Nationalbibliothek records Leningrad <Sankt-Petersburg> as a place of activity.
Ивановский областной художественный музей - Благословен труд свободный - Вениамин Белкин, 1920 год, Государственный фарфоровый завод
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