Yakov Chernikhov. Composition From The Cycle “Architectural Miniatures”. 1920s
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Reference Number: Avaluer:1482605 | Year: 1920s |
Originality: Original | Date of Creation: 1900-1949 |
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Paper, pencil, gouache, white, 11 × 11.2 cm.
Without a signature.
Origin: the collection of the author's heirs.
Certificate of Authenticity signed by M.L. Chernikhova, the wife of the master's son.Publications: monograph “Jacob Chernikhov. Documents and reproductions from the Archives of Alexei and Dmitry Chernikhov, edited by Carlo Olmo ...and Alessandro de Madzhistris. Umberto Allemandi and C., 2000. Illustration No. 75.
Chernikhov's graphics, especially his works of the 1920s – 1930s, influenced the development of modern architecture in the 20th century. Many famous modern architects openly call him their mastermind and absentee teacher.
Soviet architect, graphic artist, painter and architectural theorist. He graduated from the Odessa Art School (in those years - a branch of the Imperial Academy of Arts), the painting department of the Academy of Arts, as well as the Higher Pedagogical Courses. In 1916 he moved to the Faculty of Architecture, where he studied under the guidance of L.N. Benoit. In 1927, he organized in Leningrad a “Research Experimental Laboratory of Architectural Forms and Graphing Methods”. At the turn of the 1920–1930s, he published in Leningrad books of architectural fantasies that brought him worldwide fame: “The Basics of Modern Architecture” (1929–1930), “Constructions of Architectural and Machine Forms” (1931), “Architectural Fantasies. 101 Composition "(1933). In 1933 in Leningrad participated in the exhibition “2222 architectural fantasies”. In the 1930–1940s, he performed several cycles of graphic works, including the Architecture of the Future, the Palaces of Communism, Architectural Ensembles, and others.