Vasyl Yermylov

Vasily Dmitrievich Yermilov (Russian Василий Дмитриевич Ермилов; Ukrainian Василь Єрмилов, Vasyl Jermylow; scientific transliteration Vasilii Dmitrievič Ermilov; * 10 Märzjul / March 22 1894greg in Kharkiv, .. † January 6, 1968 in Kharkiv - some sources indicate the 7 January. , 1968 as date of death of ) was a ukrainian- Russian avant-garde designer and painter, whose works can be assigned to Cubism, Constructivism, monumental art and Neo-Primitivism.

Biography

First learned Vasily Yermilov 1905-1909 ornamental art in the workshop of Libor Trakal. Between 1910 and 1911 he studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Kharkov in M. Fedorov. From 1911 to 1912 he was a member of the " Golubaja Lilia " (Blue Lily) in Kharkiv.

In 1912 he moved to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and met in the same Vladimir Mayakovsky and David Burliuk. The following year he took in Moscow also teaching in the studio of Ilya Mashkov and Pyotr Konchalovsky. Yermilov took from 1913 to 1914 hours in the studio of Edward Steinberg and O. Hrot because he was interested in frescoes and mosaics, and was a member of the group " Budiak " in Kharkiv.

In 1914 he went back to the University of Applied Arts to Kharkiv, where he graduated with a diploma as a painter. Four years later he founded the group "Alliance of Seven" with the artist Marija Sinjakowa and presented in the same year with the " Alliance of Seven" in Kharkiv from.

In 1919 Yermilov a working group for Vocational Schools in Kharkiv and designed 1919 and 1920 posters and decals for the first of May. 1920 Yermilov head of the telegraph office for propaganda purposes ( UKROSTA ) and designer for the agitprop movement " Red Ukraine" as well as for the officers' mess of the Red Army in Kharkiv.

From 1921 to 1922 he worked at the Kharkiv Art College and designed the 1921 agitprop train the "Red Ukraine". 1922 Yermilov became a founding member of the Technical Art Institute in Kharkiv and Kharkiv began on Institute of Applied Arts to teach ( 1922-1935, 1944-1947, 1963-1967 ).

1925 Yermilov member of the " Association Revoultionärer Art of Ukraine" ( Armu ) - eg with David Burliuk, Vadim Meller, Alexander Bogomasow Victor Palmov and took with El Lissitzky three years later, Vadim Meller and Alexander Tyshler at the International Press Exhibition Pressa participate in Cologne. Here he also designed the look of the Ukrainian article. Between 1928 and 1929 he was the artistic director of the magazine " avant-garde" and also designed book covers, illustrations for Ukrainian magazines and interior design. Since 1939 he was a member of the Kharkiv group of the Union of Artists of Ukraine.

Until his death in January 1968 Yermilov reported regularly and presented at national (since 1909) and international level ( since 1928) from. Solo exhibitions of his work were held in Kharkiv in 1963, 1969 and 1994.