Nathan
Isayevich
Altman
Born 1899, Vinnitza (Ukraine) - died
1970, Leningrad.
Painter, sculptor, graphic artist, book illustrator, theatre designer.
Work:
Petro-commune. 1919.
Oil, email 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.
The Arch of General Staff. 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.
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 Will Be 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.
Post Stamps. The Russian Republic. 1917-1918.
Watercolor, Indian ink on paper.
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.
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.
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 (theLeft Federation of "Communist-Futurists") and INKhUK (Institute of Artistic Culture).
From 1906, the artist has participated in exhibitions including World of Art, Knave 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 return to Leningrad in 1936.