Born 1889, Vinnitza (Ukraine) - Died 1970, Leningrad
Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, book illustrator, theatre designer
Work Biography
Work
Petro-commune. 1919.
Oil, enamel on canvas. 104.5x88.5 cm.
Uritzky Square. 1918. General view. Design sketch for the celebration of the First Anniversary of Revolution in Petrograd.
Oil on plywood. 52.5x75.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Between Winter Palace and the "Exerzierhaus". 1918. Design sketch for decoration of Uritzky (Palace) Square in Petrograd. Celebration of the First Anniversary of Revolution.
Collage, Indian ink on paper mounted on cardboard.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Rostrums around the Alexander Column. 1918. Design sketch for decoration of Uritzky (Palace) Place in Petrograd. Celebration of the First Anniversary of Revolution.
Collage, Indian ink on paper mounted on cardboard.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Winter Palace. 1918. Facade, center. Design sketch for celebration of the First Anniversary of Revolution in Petrograd.
Watercolor on paper.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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The Winter Palace. 1918. Facade, center. (Art to the Working people). Design sketch for celebration of the First Anniversary of Revolution in Petrograd.
Watercolor on paper.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Factories - to the Working People. 1918. Panel sketch for decoration of Uritzky (Palace) Square in Petrograd. Celebration of the First Anniversary of the Revolution.
Gouache on paper, 92x83 cm.
The St.Petersburg History Museum, St.Petersburg.
Land - to the Working People. 1918. Panel sketch for decoration of Uritzky (Palace) Square in Petrograd. Celebration of thee First Anniversary of the Revolution.
Gouache on paper, 92x83 cm.
The St.Petersburg History Museum, St.Petersburg.
He Who Was Nothing Shall Become Everything. 1918. Panel sketch for decoration of Uritzky (Palace) Square in Petrograd. Celebration of the First Anniversary of the Revolution.
Gouache on paper, 92x83 cm.
The St.Petersburg History Museum, St.Petersburg.
Postal Stamps. The Russian Republic. 1917-1918.
Watercolor, Indian ink on paper.
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An emblem. 1917-1918.
Indian ink, collage on paper. 34.8x18.4 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Land - to the Working People. 1919. Plate.
Painted porcelain, diameter 24.5 cm.
Nonobjective composition. RSFSR (Russian Soviet Federal Socialist Republic). 1919-1920.
Oil, email, collage on canvas. 59x48 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Portrait of V.I.Lenin. 1920.
Bronze, 649x40x30 cm.
The Museum of V.I.Lenin, St.Petersburg.
Portrait of A.Lunacharsky. 1920.
Plaster, 63x24x32 cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Proletarians of All Countries - Unite! 1920. II Congress of III Internationale. Sketch for decoration of the Stock Exchange Building in Petrograd for mass performance, dramatization of "Towards a World Commune".
Watercolor, Indian ink, pencil on paper.
The Theatrical Museum, St.Petersburg.
The Sun of the October Revolution Has Risen. 1920. II Congress of III Internationale. Sketch for decoration for the First Anniversary Celebration of the Revolution in Petrograd.
Watercolor, Indian ink, pencil on paper.
The Theatrical Museum, St.Petersburg.
Russia Labor. 1921.
Red wood, email, oil, color paper, 98.5x49 cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Biography:
Nathan Isayevich Altman has studied at the Art School in Odessa (1901-1907) under Kostandi and Ladyzhensky, and at the Free Russian Academy of Vasilyeva in Paris (1910-1912).
The artist has taught at the SVOMAS (the State Free Workshops) in Petrograd (1918-1920).
He was a member of IZO (Fine Arts Section of the People's Commissariat for Education of the Russian Republic), KOMFUT (the Left Federation of "Communist-Futurists") and INKhUK (Institute of Artistic Culture).
From 1906, the artist has participated in exhibitions including World of Art, Jack of Diamonds, Union of Youth, L'Araignée group (Paris), Young Europe (Paris), Association of Revolutionary Artists (Paris) and others.
Altman has sketched and sculpted portraits of Lenin from life. For the first anniversary of the October Revolution (1918), he has decorated the Palace Square, Petrograd. He has taken part in the execution of Lenin's plan of monumental propaganda. The artist has also participated in the design of theatrical production of "Mystery Buff" by Mayakovsky (1922). Altman designed political ceramics (early 1920s).
The artist has gone to live and work in Paris (1929-1935). He has returned to Leningrad in 1936.