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Bookplate "Yaroslav Steshenko's Library. Kyiv, 1928"

Oleksii Usachov

Basic information

ID: ФМз-Г-IV-582
Author: Oleksii Usachov
Name: Bookplate "Yaroslav Steshenko's Library. Kyiv, 1928"
Date of creation: 1928
Country: the USSR
Technique: woodcut
Material: paper
Dimensions (height x width, cm): 6.6 x 6.1

Additionally

Type: graphic art
Genre: bookplate (ex libris)
Provenance: Yaroslava Muzyka Fund

Information about author

Author: Oleksii Usachov
Artist's lifetime: 1891–1957
Country: the USSR
Biography: Oleksii Usachov (1891–1957) was a russian soviet graphic artist and teacher. In 1912, he graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Later, he studied at VKhUTEMAS (Higher Art and Technical Studios). In 1925–1930, he taught at the Kyiv Art Institute. Most of his works he performed in the technique of engraving on wood: portraits, landscapes, scenes of everyday life, bookplates, posters, and banners. Also, he performed Ukrainian issues: the book "Hand to the Brothers" and the guidebook "Kyiv". He participated in "Modern Ukrainian Graphics" exhibitions organised by the Association of Independent Ukrainian Artists in Lviv.

Object description

Bookplate "Yaroslav Steshenko's Library. Kyiv, 1928".

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Borys Voznytskyi Lviv National Art Gallery

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