AXELROD Meer (Mark) Moiseevich

(15.VII.1902, g. Maladzyechna Vilnius province - 10.I.1970, Moscow)
Author thematic paintings, portraits, landscapes. Worked in the field of theatrical decorative art. The first lessons in drawing received by Mr.. Tambov, where his family settled (1916-17 gg.). In 1919, Mr.. A. leaves a volunteer in the Red Army, a draftsman working in the Communications Office of the Western Front in Minsk and then in Smolensk. There he continued art education - art room visits Proletkult, led by VF Shtranihom. After the Civil War, A. lives in Minsk. He studied at the Moscow Higher Art on the graphics department. Among his teachers - AP Pavlinov, S. Gerasimov, F. Tabor. Upon graduation he lives and works in Moscow. Member of Society "4 Arts", "GRL", MOSKh. A. - An active participant of many exhibitions. Taught in Vhuteine, Textile Institute. In 1972. Russia held a personal (posthumous) exhibition of the artist, shown later in Leningrad and Smolensk (1973).

Lit.: Artists of the USSR. - T. 1. - M., 1970 .- With. 80 Meer Moiseevich Axelrod. Catalog. - Smolensk, 1973; George Fedorov. Meer Akselrod. - M., 1982.

LM Kozikova