I. Kuprejanov [Kupreianov] Prints By

Leningrad : : Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1980. Oversize Hardcover. Near Fine/No Jacket. XL. 18 plates and a ten page pamphlet. Text in Cyrillic. In a beige cloth covered case with sunning and discoloration to spine, a small tear at bottom of spine, and penciled price on back. Small creases to edge of pamphlet. Prints are in Fine condition and are 26 cm x 29 cm. Number 63 of a limited edition of 500. Kupreianov was a Soviet graphic artist born in 1894, in the Polish People�s Republic; died July 29, 1933, in Moscow. ""In 1910, Kupreianov studied in St. Petersburg with A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva and in the workshops of D. N. Kardovskii and K. S. Petrov-Vodkin. He was a member of the Society of Easel Painters and the Four Arts group. From 1922 to 1930 he was a professor at the Moscow Vkhutemas-Vkhutein, and from 1930 to 1933 he taught at the Moscow Institute of Printing. Most of Kupreianov�s early works are wood engravings, such as Armored Cars (1918) and The Cruiser Aurora (1923), imbued with revolutionary romanticism. His drawings of the 1920�s and 1930�s on industrial subjects reflect a keen perception and a sense of the rhythm and joy of labor. Emotional immediacy and an expressive sketch are combined with a precise rendering of objects in the series Railroad Tracks (india ink, 1927, Tret�iakov Gallery) and Fishing Season (watercolor, 1930-31, Tret�iakov Gallery and the A. S. Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts in Moscow). Kupreianov�s landscapes and interiors are marked by rich tonal variations, giving them a strikingly picturesque quality, and by a subtle mood. Kupreianov did the illustrations for Lunacharskii�s Bear�s Wedding (1924), Mayakovsky�s Fairy Tale About Petia, the Fatty, and About Sima, Who Is Much Thinner (1925), Gorky�s The Artamonovs, Mother, and The Town of Okurov (1931), and Fadeev�s The Rout (1932)."" from The Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1979).