Alexandra
Wassilyevna
SCHEKATIKHINA-POTOTZKAYA
Born in the Ukraine, 1892
- died 1967,
Leningrad.
Theatre designer, ceramic
painter and sculptor.
Other works of the artist may to see in the part "World of Art".
Plate with a
Five-Pointed Golden Star. 1920.
Painted
porcelain. Dm 24
cm.
The Suffering of Russia. Plate. 1921.
Painted
porcelain. Dm 24
cm. The Lomonossov Porcelain Factory, St.Petersburg.
The Revolutionary Thought of the Present is Socialism. Oval
platter. 1923.
Text in the center:
"The Religion of Man is on Earth, not in Heaven".
Painted
porcelain. Length 44 cm.
The Fifth Anniversary
of the October Revolution 1917-1922. Plate. 1922.
Painted
porcelain. Dm 30.5
cm.
History of Revolution
1917. Plate. 1921.
Text
around: "All Whose Heart is
Brave and Young (take) Into Their
Hands a Book, a Sickle and a Hammer".
Painted
porcelain. Dm 24
cm.
Porcelain work Biography Top of Page
A Sailor Takes a Walk.
Celebrating 1 May in Petrograd. Plate. 1921.
Painted
porcelain. Dm 34.5
cm.
The Bell Ringer. Plate.
1921.
Text: Long Live the
Eight Congress of the Soviets.
Painted
porcelain. Dm 28
cm.
The Commissar.
Petrograd. Plate. 1921. Uritzky-Square
(Palace-square before Revolution and now, place of the Heads of Government
Department in the Soviet Union until 1946).
Painted
porcelain. Dm 23.7
cm.
The Accordion Player (A Sailor with a Girl).
1924.
Painted
porcelain.
Porcelain work Biography Top of Page
Alexandra Wassilyevna Schekatikhina-Pototzkaya
was born in the
Ukraine into a family of Old Believers.
She has studied at the Drawing School of OPKh (Society for the Encouragement of the Arts), St Petersburg, (1908-1915), under N.Roerich, I.Bilibin, whom she married, Tzionglinsky and Shchuko. In 1910 the school has sent her on a tour of Northern Russia with her schoolmate, Maria Lebedeva.
In 1913 she was sent to Greece, Italy and France.
In Paris the artist worked at the studios of M.Denis, F.Valloton and P.Sérusier (1913).
Schekatikhina-Pototzkaya
designed
sets and costumes for theatre (1912-1920) including costumes sketches for
the opera
“The Snow
Maiden” by Rimsky-Korsakov (1912), for Diagilev’s production of the
ballet
“The Rite of Spring”
by Stravinsky
(1913), and for
the opera “Prince Igor"
by Borodin, for Diagilev’s
London production (1914).
From 1915,
the artist has
participated in exhibitions including “World of Art”, Community
of Artists, House of Arts, Salon d’Automne, Salon des Independents,
State Ceramic Factory.
She worked at Petrograd-Leningrad State Ceramics Factory as porcelain painter and designer and made agitation ceramics (1918-1923).
With her second husband, Ivan Bilibin, she has gone abroad and traveled through Egypt, Ethiopia, Syria and Palestine.
While
Schekatikhina-Pototzkaya
Lived in Paris (1925-1936),
she has decorated white Sèvres and Limoges porcelain and
worked as illustrator and theatrical designer.
While
traveling in the Middle East and living in Paris, she made a number of
sketches for the Lomonossov Porcelain Factory, Leningrad.
After her return to Russia, the artist has worked at the Lomonossov Porcelain Factory (1936-1953). Schekatikhina-Pototzkaya was one of the most outstanding ceramic artists in USSR.
Her solo shows were held in Paris (1926) and Leningrad (1955).