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Alexey Ivanovich Avgustovich

Alexey Ivanovich Avgustovich
Ìember of the USSR Union of Artists
Honored art worker of Dagestan.
1914-1995
Was born on the 2nd of February 1914 in a little town of Turnoe in Poland
From 1929 to 1931 attended an Ordzhonikidze factory school in Moscow.
From 1933 to 1935 studied at arts studio IZORAM (arts of working young people) in E.Kibrick’s class and at the studio of the Union of Moscow Artists in A.M.Kanevsky’s class.
1934: worked in a cartoon studio, first at “Mosfilm” then at “Sovkino” as an in-betweener.
1935-1940: studied at the Arts Institute (now the Surikov Institute) at the Faculty of Arts. He attended the classes of professors B.V. Ihonson, A.A Osmerkin, M.F. Chemyakin.
1941: when the WWII broke out joined to so called "People's volunteer corps".
1942-1946 during the wartime was taken a prisoner, after the war went to the Far North and worked there as a geologist.
1954: worked as a director of geological museum in the village of Yagodniy, Kolima
1955: moved with his family to Makhachkala.
1955-1990: worked in a book educational-pedagogical publishing house 'UCHPEDGIZ", designed books of the Dagestan writers.
1964: became member of the USSR Union of Artists
1965: became member of the RSFSR of Art fund
1969-1990 participated in all zonal and republican exhibitions.
He was a veteran of the great Patriotic war, he had awards.
Died in 1995 in Makhachkala.
His name entered to the big Soviet Encyclopedia and Encyclopedia of countries and peoples of the world.

EXHIBITIONS
1934: took part in the art exhibitions of MOSH (Moscow Regional Union of Artists).
1935: took part in the art exhibitions of Moscow and Saint-Petersburg Arts Institutes in the halls of Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts (with a still life "Fish and plate").
1947: took part in the district art exhibition in Magadan in the Museum of Fine Arts.
1960: took part in the art exhibition of the peoples of the Republic of Dagestan.
1964: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Rostov-on-Don.
1964: personal exhibition dedicated to the 25th year of creative activity in Makhachkala.
1966: took part in the art exhibition of artists of Dagestan in the Baltic republics: Kaunas, Vilnius, Riga.
1969: took part in the art exhibition is dedicated to the week of art and literature of Dagestan (at the Russian Museum in Leningrad).
1969: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Stavropol.
1971: took part in the art exhibition of the artists of the autonomous republics of the Russian Federation in Moscow.
1974: took part in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Ordgonikidze.
1974: personal exhibition dedicated to the 60th birthday. Makhachkala. Fine Arts museum.
1977: personal exhibition in Makhachkala. Exhibition hall.
1978: personal exhibition in Makhachkala. Exhibition hall.
1979: participated in the art exhibition “The Soviet South” in Makhachkala.
1980: personal exhibition in the Makhachkala. Eexhibition hall.
1981: took part in the art exhibition of artists of Dagestan in the State Museum of Oriental Art, Moscow.
1984: took part in the art exhibition of theatre artists of Dagestan, VTO (the world trade organization), Leningrad.
1984: personal exhibition dedicated to the 70th birthday at the Makhachkala exhibition hall, Makhachkala.
1986: took part in the art exhibition of artists of Dagestan, Gorky.
1989: took part in the second art exhibition of the artists of the autonomous republics of the Russian Federation in Moscow, Central Manege, Moscow.
1989: took part in Biennale Caspian republics, Baku.
1994: personal exhibition dedicated to the 80th birthday at the Makhachkala fine arts Museum, Makhachkala.
1999: group exhibition of artists - A.I. Avgustovich, V.A. Kolesnikov, G.P.Konopatskaya, Yaroslavl.
2005: project "ZOOM", the exhibition of artists of the gallery, "First gallery", Makhachkala.
2007: His works was used the art-documentary project "Port-Petrovsk - Makhachkala, dedicated to 150th of the founding of Makhachkala. Museum of the History of the City of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2008: his works were used in the art exhibition project "Dynasty", of representatives of artistic dynasty of Avgustovich - Konopatsky - Kolesnikovs. Museum of the History of the City of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2010: his works was used in the art exhibition "Kodeks", dedicated to the 70th birthday of the artist E. Puterbrot, at the Makhachkala historical museum. Makhachkala.
2013: a group exhibition "Self portrait". Museum of the History of the City of Makhachkala, Makhachkala.
2014: the exhibition dedicated to the 100th birthday at the Makhachkala Fine Arts museum, Makhachkala.
2021: exhibition project Augustovich, Konopatsky, Kolesnikov, Murzabekov. «Family portrait on the background of mountains». The North Caucasus branch of the State Museum of Fine Arts named after Pushkin. Vladikavkaz. Russia.

In 1990 he received the title Honored art worker of Dagestan.
Alexei Avgustovich’s works are kept in the Ministry of culture USSR, the art Fund RSFSR, Republic Museum of ART, Museum of Ethnography and history of The Republic of Dagestan, private and corporate collections in Russia and abroad.