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Meteorological Station

ID:
1122
Inventory number:
Гр-435 КН-14820
Type:
Graphics
Material:
paper
Techniques:
ink, watercolor
Dimensions:
32x25 cm
Author:
Petro Karachentsov

Petro Yakovych Karachentsov was a Soviet artist, graphic artist, poster artist, illustrator, Honored Artist of the Russian Federation (1967), and member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. He was also a participant in World War II. Born on August 14 (27), 1907 in St. Petersburg, he began to make posters in the 1920s. From 1927 to 1931, he studied at Vkhutein (the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts) under L. Bruni, S. Herasymov, and D. Moora. From 1930-1980, Karachentsov collaborated with the newspapers "Pravda" and "Komsomolskaya Pravda", as well as with the magazines "Rost", "Inozemnaya Literatura", and "Yunist". Works by Conan Doyle, Theodore Dreiser, Tyutchev, Veresayev and other writers were published with his illustrations. In the last years of his life, he painted landscapes. He died on September 27, 1998 in Moscow. His works are in many museum and private collections.

Preservation:
Slight soiling. There is a vertical crease line to the left of center.
Location:
unknown
Provenance:
Transferred by the Print Artists Section. Act No. 1483 dated 06/19/1973.
Date of record to the inventory book:
12.11.1981
Item description from the inventory book:
Against a dark sky — snow-covered peaks and mountain slopes. On the central peak — a house with a snow-covered roof. On the left — the roof of a weather hut, two masts.