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Georgy Kovenchuk (Georgy Vasilyevich Kovenchuk) was born on 2 December, 1933 in Leningrad, USSR, is a Russian painter. Discover Georgy Kovenchuk's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 81 years old?
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Leningrad, USSR |
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3 February, 2015 |
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St. Petersburg, Russia |
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Georgy Kovenchuk Net Worth
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Gaga (Georgy Vasilyevich) Kovenchuk (Гага (Георгий Васильевич) Ковенчук; 2 December 1933 — 3 February 2015).
Soviet and Russian artist and writer.
Gaga was an artist, painter, graphic artist, book artist and poster artist, printmaker (etching, aquatint, lithography, linocut, woodcut, monotype, silkscreen, stencil), engaged in ceramics.
Honored artist of Russia, member of the graphics section of the Saint Petersburg Union of Artists, member of the Union of journalists.
Member of the creative Association of poster artists "Боевой карандаш" (Battle pencil).
Gaga was born in Leningrad 2 of December 1933.
Gaga's mother Nina Nikolaevna Kovenchuk was theater artist (worked in the theater Akimov).
Gaga's grandfather Nikolai Kulbin avant-garde artist.
Georgy Kovenchuk studied in Leningrad Secondary Art School, then at the graphic faculty of the Leningrad Institute of painting, sculpture and architecture named after I. E. Repin, in the workshop of A. F. Pakhomov (1954-1960).
He defended his diploma with a series of posters.
Four years worked as a chief artist n the magazine "Aurora" (1969-1972).
The artist painted a lot as an Illustrator for publishers and magazines such as Aurora, Koster, Murzilka (since 1975) and others.
George Kovenchuk was awarded the diploma "Best book of the year" (1975); silver medal of the international Biennale of graphics in Brno (Czech Republic, 1994) for graphics for the Comedy Vladimir Mayakovsky "The Bedbug".
Georgy Kovenchuk traveled a lot in the 1980s and 2000s.
On a regular basis for many years he lived and worked in France, Paris and other European countries (Sweden, England, Germany, Poland, Monaco, Finland, etc.), the USA, Japan and China, Tunisia.
A special place in the artist's creative heritage is occupied by the picturesque and graphic series of works created in Paris on the Rue Lepic (such as Moulin Rouge).
The artist throughout his life he met, worked, communicated or made joint creative projects with many outstanding people of that time, among them were: Nikolay Akimov, Georg Solti, Aleksei Kruchenykh, Alexei Khvostenko, Oleg Tselkov, Marc Chagall, Lilya Brik, Marlene Dietrich, Otar Iosseliani, Bulat Okudzhava, Daniil Granin, Sergei Dovlatov, Andrei Bitov, Jan Kubíček.
Gaga was awarded the silver medal of the Russian Academy of Arts in 2003.
Kovenchuk worked as a book artist throughout his life, illustrating the works of Russian writers of the XX century, some of these books were published abroad (for example a collection of short stories by Mikhail Zoshchenko in 2011 was published in Japan).
The most famous feature of the book: "From the notebooks" by Ilya Ilf (several editions) and published in an edition of 30,000 copies of "The Bedbug" by Vladimir Mayakovsky.
In 2013 was published a new author's version of "The Bedbug" a limited edition (50 + 20 copies) in the format of the Artist's book (printed by silkscreen).
George V. Kovenchuk died in St. Petersburg on 3 February 2015.
The artist was buried at the Smolensky Cemetery in St. Petersburg.