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Lev Alexandrovich YUDIN

Born 1903, Vitebsk - Died 1941, killed at the Leningrad battlefront

Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, illustrator and theatre designer

Paintings and Graphic Work        Illustrations        Biography


Paintings and Graphic Work

Violin. End of 1910s-beginning of 1920s.

Oil on canvas, 106x70 cm.
The Rostov Art Museum.

Composition. 1919-1920.

Pencil on paper, 16x8.7 cm.
Private collection.

Composition. 1920.

Gouach, whitening, pencil on cardboard, 25.7x20.8 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

Composition. 1920.

Pencil on paper, 21.7x17.8 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

Composition. 1920s.

Indian ink on paper, 12.6x16.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg.

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Still Life. A Jug, a Breadbox and a Fork. 1920s.
Pencil, coal on paper, 9x22.1 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg.

Portrait (Composition). 1920s.

Pencil on paper, 24.2x17.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg.

A Pear. 1926.

Graphite pencil, watercolor, gouache on paper, 28x22.3 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1982 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg.

An Orange Milk Jug and a Bottle. 1930s.

Oil on canvas, 45.5x33.5 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1979 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg

A Coffeepot, a Jug and a Sugar Cellar. 1930s.

Oil on canvas, 42x59 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1979 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Petersburg.

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Still Life with Light Yellow Background. 1930s.

Oil on canvas, 40x50 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1989 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

Still Life in Blue. 1930s.

Oil on canvas, 35.7x53.3 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Donated in 1977 by G.Costaki.

Sculpture Composition N1. 1930s.

Paper. Photograph: 37.3x28 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1989 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

A Boy. 1933.

Charcoal on paper, 22.1x19.3 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1966 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

Powder Box Label. 1937.

Gouache, watercolor, collage on paper, 6.4x4.8 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1983 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

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Sculpture Composition. 1937.

Paper. Photograph: 37.8x27.8 cm.

Still Life. A Coffeepot and a Small Jug. 1937-1939.

Oil on canvas, 42x59 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.

A Woman (Girl?) Reading a Book. 1939.

Indian ink, pen and brush on paper, 21.9x30 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1966 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

Still Life. 1939-1941.

Etching, 12.3x14 cm.

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Illustrations

Cover for children book "Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself.

"Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself. Doublespread.

"Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself. Doublespread.

"Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself. Doublespread.

"Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself. Doublespread.

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"Who?" by A.Vvedensky. 1920s. "Detizdat" (Publisher House of the children literature), Leningrad.

Watercolor and paper-cuttings.
Scanned from the book itself. Doublespread.

Back Cover for Journal "Chizh". 1933.

Gouache, collage on cardboard, 25.8x18.6 cm.
The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg. Received in 1969 from A.Gorokhova, the Artist's widow, St.Peterdburg.

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Biography:

Lev Yudin has studied at the High School of Art in Vitebsk (1919-1922) under V.Ermolaeva and K.Malevich.

He has taken part in the establishment and was a member of the UNOVIS group from 1920.

Together with Malevich, his teacher, he moved to Petrograd (1922).

In 1922-1923 he has studied in VHUTEMAS. Was an associate of GINKHUK from 1923.

Yudin was a member of the INKhUK (the Institute of Artistic Culture), and a scientific associate of the formal theoretical department (1923-1924).

In the late 1920s the artist has worked as illustrator of children's books and magazines, and has made a series of sketches for porcelain decoration.

Yudin has taken part in exhibitions of the group in Vitebsk (1920, 1921); the Exhibition Association of New Tendencies in the Art (Petrograd, 1922); Berlin, 1922; the exhibition of paintings of artists all of Tendencies, Petrograd, 1923 and others.

He held a personal show in Leningrad, 1973.

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