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Landscape with a Red Roof. Early 1910s
Altman Nathan,
Oil on canvas
57,5 х 59
State Russian Museum
Пост. в 1987 от И. В. Щеголевой-Альтман, вдовы художника, Ленинград
Annotation
This painting probably depicts the yard at the house where Altman’s relatives lived. The artist’s interest in the simple and everyday is reflected in this work.
Author's Biography
Altman Nathan
Altman, Nathan Isayevich (1889, Vinnitsa - 1970, Leningrad)
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor, book, theatrical and cinema designer. Studied under Kiriak Kostandi and Gennady Ladyzhensky at the Odessa School of Art (1903-07) and at the Maria Vasilyeva Free Russian Academy in Paris (1910-11). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1906). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Fellowship of South Russian Artists (1910), Union of Youth (1913-14), World of Art (1913, 1915, 1916) and the Jewish Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1915-19; founding member). Taught at Mikhail Bernstein's studio (1915-16) and the State Free Art Studios in Petrograd (1918-20). Member of Department of An, People's Commissariat of Education (1918-21). Research assistant of the Institute of Artistic Culture (1923). Designed for theatres. Honoured Artist of the Russian Soviet Federater Socialist Republic (1968).