Book illustrator Alexey Laptev (1905-1965). Works by the artist A. Laptev What the artist Laptev was able to express especially well

Biography

Graphic artist, famous children's illustrator and book designer. Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Lived and worked in Moscow, graduated from high school. He studied at the Moscow School-Studio of F. I. Rerberg in 1923–1924, at the preparatory department of VKHUTEMAS (1924), VKHUTEMAS - VKHUTEIN (1924–1930), first at the textile faculty, then at the graphic department under D. Shcherbinovsky, P.I. . Lvov and famous graphic N. N. Kupreyanova. After graduating from VKHUTEMAS, he was mainly engaged in easel and book graphics. He worked a lot in the technique of sanguine, ink, watercolor, and pastel; used coal, sauce and other materials.

Since 1925, he constantly worked as an illustrator in many magazines. Later, in 1929, he began working in the field of book graphics; in the 1930s–60s he collaborated with various publishing houses in Moscow: GIZ, DETGIZ, GOSLITIZDAT, Young Guard, Soviet Graphics, Children's Literature and others.

During the Great Patriotic War Alexey Mikhailovich remained in Moscow and was a member of the graphic brigade of the Moscow Union of Artists, which published satirical posters “Windows of the Moscow Union of Artists” and propaganda leaflets. He participated in the publication of TASS Windows, worked at the publishing house Iskusstvo, worked on posters, postcards, leaflets, and created a series of front-line drawings (1942–1943). He worked in the children's magazine “Funny Pictures” from its founding. He illustrated books for children: “The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends” by N. Nosov, “Fables” by I. A. Krylov (1944–1945).

Alexey Laptev also illustrated works of Russian and Soviet classics: “Dead Souls” and “Evenings on a Farm near Dikanka” by N.V. Gogol, “Who Lives Well in Rus'” by N.A. Nekrasov, “Virgin Soil Upturned” by M.A. Sholokhov and many others.

The works of A. M. Laptev were exhibited at personal exhibitions in Moscow (1940, 1949). He took part in exhibitions of Soviet art in cities of the USSR and abroad: in the USA, India, and European countries. In 1966, a memorial exhibition of works by A. M. Laptev was organized in Moscow.

The artist's works are in many regional museums, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

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Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev is a graphic artist, book illustrator, and poet. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
Lived in Moscow. He studied at the school-studio of F. I. Rerberg (1923) in Moscow, with P. I. Lvov and N. N. Kupreyanov at VKHUTEMAS / VKHUTEIN (1924-1929/1930). From 1925 he worked as an illustrator for a number of magazines. Collaborated with book publishing houses in Moscow. Author of textbooks for art universities. In 1944 he was awarded a diploma 1st degree Committee for Arts Affairs under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR for the series of drawings “Military Series” 1942-1943. Participant of exhibitions: incl. many republican, all-union, foreign; personal: 1938, 1949 – Moscow. Member of the Union of Artists. Awarded USSR medals. Author of illustrations for works of classical Russian and Soviet literature, including books for children. Worked in the area easel graphics to modern and historical topics, as well as in sculpture of small forms. He has collaborated with the magazine "Funny Pictures" since its founding. He wrote poetry and published several children's books with his own illustrations. The last time one of A. M. Laptev’s books was republished was in 2010.
It was Dunno who first allowed him to draw himself. And the portrait turned out to be so similar to the original that all subsequent “portrait painters” only repeated and played up the image created by A. M. Laptev.

The pen and watercolor drawings of A. M. Laptev not only decorated the first two parts of the Nosov trilogy, they, as Yuri Olesha accurately noted in his review of “The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends,” emphasized “its lightness, its joyful, summery, we would say , field color." In addition, Yu. Olesha noticed that the whole book resembles a round dance: “a whole round dance of adventures, jokes, inventions.” This association arose among the reviewer, no doubt, thanks to the illustrations of A. M. Laptev. They are multi-figured and incredibly mobile. Images constantly “change places, configuration, cut into the text, cross it diagonally” (L. Kudryavtseva), not allowing our eyes to tear away from the magnificent, bright, varied round dance of funny and cute shorties. Alexey Mikhailovich’s illustrations are “tender, lyrical, fragile... with touching warmth and at the same time captivating “seriousness”, genuineness” (A. Lavrov) in detail, step by step, they draw the world of little people. And although these creatures in Laptev resemble children (they are dressed like children, they have childish habits), “but they are not children, not a parody, not a caricature of a child, and not dolls, but fairy-tale people” (L. Kudryavtseva).

The artist’s works are in many regional museums, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev (1905-1965) - graphic artist, book illustrator, poet. Corresponding Member of the USSR Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the RSFSR.
He studied at the school-studio of F. I. Rerberg (1923) in Moscow, with P. I. Lvov and N. N. Kupreyanov at VKHUTEMAS / VKHUTEIN (1924-1929/1930).
Illustrated children's books: "The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends"

He wrote poetry and published several children's books with his own illustrations. The last time A. M. Laptev’s book “Peak, Pak, Pok” was republished in 2010.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev was very talented and kind person. He brought joy to both adults and children. In it, as in a magic box, poems were constantly born and swarming, and the keen eyes of the artist noticed funny and interesting details of our laughing world.

1905 (Moscow) - 1965 (Moscow)

Graphic artist, sculptor

He graduated from high school in Moscow. Studied in Moscow: at the school-studio of F. I. Rerberg (1923–1924); Testing and Preparatory Department of Vkhutemas (1924); Vkhutemas - Vkhutein (1924–1930), first at the textile department, then at the graphic department with D. A. Shcherbinovsky, P. I. Lvov (drawing) and N. N. Kupreyanov (lithography). In the 1920s - a member of the Vkhutemas volleyball team.

Lived in Moscow. He was engaged in easel and book graphics. He had excellent command of the entire technical “arsenal” of drawing: he used pressed charcoal, sauce, sanguine, ink, watercolor, pastel, chalk and other materials.

Since 1925 he worked as an illustrator for magazines; drew for Pioneer magazine (1927–1929). In 1929 he began working in the field of book graphics (“The First Pasture” by G. Zamchalov). In the 1930s–60s, he collaborated with various publishing houses in Moscow: GIZ, Detgiz, Goslitizdat, “Young Guard,” “Soviet Graphic,” “Soviet Artist,” “Children’s Literature” and others. Illustrated textbooks commissioned by Uchpedgiz.

One of the first illustrators of A. L. Barto (“About the War,” 1930) and N. N. Nosov (“The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends,” 1956; “Dunno in the Sunny City,” 1959). Designed the books: “What is good and what is bad?” V. V. Mayakovsky (1930), “Fables” by I. A. Krylov (1944–1945), “Medvedko” by D. N. Mamin-Sibiryak (1951), “ Dead Souls"(1953), "Evenings on a farm near Dikanka" (1960) by N.V. Gogol, "Lithuanian folk tales"(1954), "Giovannino and Pulcherosa" by D. Pirelli (1958), "Masha the Confused" by L. F. Voronkova (1960) and others.

He wrote and illustrated books for children: “Gramophone” (1947), “Funny Kids” (1948, 1949), “Funny Pictures” (1948), “How I Drew at the Zoo” (1950), “Wow, Wow! ", "Funny Pictures" (both 1958), "Forest Curiosities" (1959), "Kids" (1964), "One, Two, Three..." (1966) and others. Since 1956, artist for the magazine “Funny Pictures”.

In 1948–1954 he created an extensive series of illustrations for the novel by M. A. Sholokhov “Virgin Soil Upturned”, for which he made a trip to the Don (several publications, one of them: Sholokhov M. A. Collected Works. M.: Young Guard. 1956– 1960, vol. 6–7). At the end of his life he worked on a series of illustrations for N. A. Nekrasov’s poem “Who Lives Well in Rus'” (not completed, published - 1971).

He painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, and genre compositions; created several autolithographs on historical and revolutionary themes. In 1935, on the instructions of the organizing committee of the All-Union Exhibition “Industry of Socialism”, he made a trip to the Urals; the result was the series of drawings “Factory of Krasnouralsk” (1936). In 1937–1939 and 1940 he went on creative trips to collective farm villages; created a series of drawings “Collective farms of Ukraine” and “Sala steppes”. In 1941 he was sent to the Caspian Sea, where he completed a series of sketches depicting fishing villages and steppe landscapes (“Caspian Suite”, “Near Astrakhan”).

During the Great Patriotic War he remained in Moscow. Member of the graphic brigade of the Moscow Union of Artists, which published satirical lithographed posters “Windows of the Moscow Union of Artists” and propaganda leaflets. He collaborated with TASS Windows and the Art Publishing House, working on posters, postcards, and leaflets. Traveled to the Kalinin and Southwestern fronts; created a cycle of front-line drawings (1942–1943), for which in 1944 he was awarded a 1st degree diploma from the Committee for Arts under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR.

In the post-war years, he was one of the initiators of the movement for the preservation of ancient monuments, marched over the Rodina youth club, which helped in the protection of cultural monuments. He sketched monuments of Old Russian architecture for the proposed exhibition “Masterpieces of Russian Architecture” (published in the album “Monuments of Old Russian Architecture in the Drawings of A. M. Laptev” M., 1969).

He created cycles of drawings “Uglich”, “Collective Farm Series” (1947), portraits of noble workers of Moscow factories (1958), travels through Czechoslovakia (1958) and Italy (1956–1962).

He worked in small sculpture. He made wooden toys (“Foal”, “Karand`Ash”, both - 1948). In the early 1950s, he became interested in root sculpture (“Sancho Panza and the Donkey,” “Don Quixote”).

Since 1926 - participant of exhibitions (1st exhibition of the Association of Graphic Artists in Moscow). Member of the Union of Artists of the USSR. Exhibited at exhibitions: exhibition-review of works by young artists (1936), works by Moscow artists (1939, 1942, 1947), drawings, illustrations and posters (1940), painting, graphics, sculpture (1941), “The Red Army in the fight against the Germans” -fascist invaders" (1943), "The heroic defense of Moscow in 1941–1942" (1944), All-Union art exhibition (1946), "30 years of the Soviet armed forces. 1918–1948" (1948), 1st All-Union Exhibition of Graphics and Posters (1950), Books and Book Graphics of Detgiz (1951), "N. V. Gogol in his works Soviet artists"(1952) in Moscow; “Military valor of the Russian people” in Sverdlovsk (1943) and others. Exhibitor of numerous traveling exhibitions of Soviet art in the Union republics and cities of the RSFSR. Participant in a number of foreign exhibitions: the international exhibition “The Art of the Book” in Paris and Lyon (1931–1932), “ Modern Art USSR" in San Francisco, Chicago, Philadelphia, New York (1933), "Soviet Graphics" in Bucharest, Helsinki, Prague, Budapest (1950), Soviet visual arts in Delhi, Calcutta, Bombay (1952), “Soviet and classical Russian art"in Berlin, Dresden, Halle, Budapest (1953–1954), XXVIII International Biennale in Venice (1956). Held personal exhibitions in Moscow (1940, 1949).

Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts, Honored Artist of the RSFSR. The publication “Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev” (series “Masters of Soviet Art”; M., 1951) is dedicated to the artist’s work. Author of memoirs: “On the way...: notes of an artist” (M., 1972).

A memorial exhibition of Laptev's works was organized in 1966 in Moscow.

Creativity is represented in many museum collections, including the State Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum im. A. S. Pushkin, State Russian Museum and others.

Alexey Mikhailovich Laptev- graphic artist, book illustrator, poet. Corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Arts. Honored Artist of the RSFSR.

Lived in Moscow. He studied at the school-studio of F. I. Rerberg (1923) in Moscow, with P. I. Lvov and N. N. Kupreyanov at VKHUTEMAS / VKHUTEIN (1924-1929/1930). From 1925 he worked as an illustrator for a number of magazines. Collaborated with book publishing houses in Moscow. Author of textbooks for art universities. In 1944 he was awarded a 1st degree diploma from the Committee for Arts under the Council of People's Commissars of the USSR for the series of drawings “Military Series” 1942-1943. Participant of exhibitions: incl. many republican, all-union, foreign; personal: 1938, 1949 – Moscow. Member of the Union of Artists. Awarded USSR medals. Author of illustrations for works of classical Russian and Soviet literature, including books for children. He worked in the field of easel graphics on modern and historical themes, as well as in small-form sculpture. He wrote poetry and published several children's books with his own illustrations. The last time one of A. M. Laptev’s books was republished was in 2010.

It was Dunno who first allowed him to draw himself. And the portrait turned out to be so similar to the original that all subsequent “portrait painters” only repeated and played up the image created by A. M. Laptev.

The pen and watercolor drawings of A. M. Laptev not only decorated the first two parts of the Nosov trilogy, they, as Yuri Olesha accurately noted in his review of “The Adventures of Dunno and His Friends,” emphasized “its lightness, its joyful, summery, we would say , field color." In the same review, the line from which we just quoted, Yu. Olesha noted that the whole book resembles a round dance: “a whole round dance of adventures, jokes, inventions.” This association arose among the reviewer, no doubt, thanks to the illustrations of A. M. Laptev. They are multi-figured and incredibly mobile. Images constantly “change places, configuration, cut into the text, cross it diagonally” (L. Kudryavtseva), not allowing our eyes to tear away from the magnificent, bright, varied round dance of funny and cute shorties. Alexey Mikhailovich’s illustrations are “tender, lyrical, fragile... with touching warmth and at the same time captivating “seriousness”, genuineness” (A. Lavrov) in detail, step by step, they draw the world of little people. And although these creatures in Laptev resemble children (they are dressed like children, they have childish habits), “but they are not children, not a parody, not a caricature of a child, and not dolls, but fairy-tale people” (L. Kudryavtseva).

The artist’s works are in many regional museums, as well as in private collections in Russia and abroad.

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