MALAGIS Vladimir Ilyich (wolf Ilya Gelevich)

10 мая 1902 (a place Grivo Courland) — 12 декабря 1974 (Leningrad)

Painter, graphic artist

From 1916 he lived in Petrograd. Initial art education has received in the craft Studio of the painter Л. Кюна on Nevsky Prospekt. Simultaneously he attended evening classes Drawing school Society for the encouragement of arts (1918); studied under the guidance В. А. Плотникова, В. И. Навозова, П. И. Химоны. He studied at Petrograd State free art-учебных workshops — VKhUTEMAS — Vhuteine (1918-1924, with a break) А. А. Рылова, А. И. Савинова, Г. М. Бобровского, О. Э. Браза, К. С. Петрова-Водкина. In 1924 he completed graduate work — picture "Fishermen on the Dnieper".

In 1919-1920 he was in military service in Mogilev (cadet command courses at 16-й army); organized with 16-й army art circle. Engaged in a course of advanced training of artists at the Leningrad Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture (1932-1933) Е. Е. Лансере.

he Lived in Petrograd (Leningrad). Since 1924 worked in publishing house "Surf", performed screensavers, logos, brand. Member of the Decorative Institute (1920-е). In 1931-1933 —, the Chairman of the city Committee FROM the professional Union of art workers. 1933 — Board member LOSH — the Leningrad Union of artists, in the years of the great Patriotic war — Secretary of the organisation.

Painted genre compositions, landscapes, still lifes and portraits. Author of painting works: "Mourning the still life" (1924), "still life with a loaf, work with stove", "self-Portrait" (all — 1925), "Pskov landscape" (1926), "still life with oil lamp" (1931), "Landscape with moon", "in Memory of Clara Zetkin", "Threshing", "Harvest", "harvest", "the Milkmaid" (all — 1932), "the Saddler", "Pig", "Tractor driver" (all — 1934), "Girl in a red shawl" (1936), "Working at the Kirov plant during shelling" (1945), "behind enemy lines" (1947), "Portrait of the Chairman of the kolkhoz "Bolshevik" Л. Ф. Бровко" (1951), "М. И. Калинин in a working circle" (1954), "the Call В. И. Ленина about aid to Eastern front" (1956), "Portrait of art critic В. Я. Бродского" (1964), "Portrait of a farmer В. Н. Некрасова" (1967), "veteran of the revolution А. И. Эрикайнен" (1969), "portrait of a geologist А. Ф. Семенова" (1971), "Portrait of old Bolshevik П. В. Тимофеева", "the student of the Leningrad Conservatory Е. Н. Никольская" (both — 1972); series of landscapes of Staraya Ladoga (1945), portraits of artists (the late 1940-50-е). Performed graphic series of portraits of the peasants of the Cherepovets district (1932-1935).

From 1924 — participant of exhibitions (exhibition of works of students, graduated from the Academy of arts in Leningrad). The member associations "Circle of artists" (1928-1929), "October" (1930). Participated in exhibitions: "Modern Leningrad artistic groups" (1928-1929), 1-й citywide exhibition of fine arts (1930), "the Soviet art of the reconstruction period" (1932), "Woman in socialist construction" (1934), "the Heroic defense of Leningrad" (1944), works by Leningrad artists (1946, 1947, 1950, 1952) in Leningrad; paintings by Leningrad artists (1935), all-Union art exhibitions (1943 — "Heroic front and rear", 1947, 1949, 1950) in Moscow and others.

he Taught at the art Studio Moscow-Нарвского district (1924), the Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after. И. Е. Репина in Leningrad (1945-1948) in the Studio М. И. Авилова; associate Professor.

Honored artist of the RSFSR (1971).

a Memorial exhibition of the artist held in Leningrad (1977), Moscow (1979).

Work is represented in many Museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov gallery and others.