Sergey Chekhonin
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Sergey Vasil'evich Tchehonine (Chekhonin) (born in Valdayka, Novgorod province [now Lykoshino, Tver Oblast], 2 February 1878; died on the way from Germany to Paris, 23 February 1936) was a Russian graphic artist,[2] portrait miniaturist, ceramicist, and illustrator.[3]
Sergey Chekhonin | |
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Born | Sergey Vasil'evich Tchehonine 2 February 1878 |
Died | 23 February 1936(1936-02-23) (aged 58) |
Nationality | Russian |
Known for | Graphics |
Notable work | Maxim Gorky at the Louvre[1] |
Together with Heorhiy Narbut and Dmitry Mitrokhin, Chekhonin belongs to the second generation of the World of Art, the so-called artists who entered the union in the 1910s.[4] Widely known as a graphics artist and creator of the so-called propaganda porcelain, he illustrated many Soviet publications, and even managed to invent a completely original way of multi-color printing on fabric. His works are in many museums of the USSR,[1] and his artistic legacy is thoroughly diverse.[citation needed]