Battle of Kulikovo by Murtuzali Magomedov

Battle of Kulikovo by Murtuzali Magomedov

Battle of Kulikovo

Murtuzali Magomedov

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Title

Battle of Kulikovo

 
Artist
Year
1979  
Technique
color linocut 
Image Size
17 11/16 x 23 1/2" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
not stated 
Annotations
exhibition label on verso in Russian: title, medium, artist's name; loose translation: "Moscow city organization of the Art Fund of the RSFSR" 
Reference
 
Paper
cream wove 
State
published 
Publisher
Union of the Artists of the RSFSR and the Moscow City Art Fund 
Inventory ID
23810 
Price
$350.00 
Description

A Soviet-era, highly stylized image of battle, this being the 14th century war between the famed Tataro-Mongolian warlord Mamai's Golden Horde and the armies of Prince Dmitry of Moscow. Noted for being the turning point of the Mongol domination of Rus in favor of the latter, it nevertheless was a fierce and deadly skirmish that led the coining of the Russian phrase "kak Mamaj prosjol", which loosely translates to: "it is as if Mamai came through", to describe utter destruction. The battle has long been a popular subject for artists, Russian and otherwise.

Printmaker and graphic artist Murtuzali Magomedov (also: Murtuzali Gadzhievich) was born in the Republic of Dagestan, Russia, on August 18, 1941. He attended the Ivanovo Art School and became a member of the Moscow Union of Artists in 1966; he was also awarded recognition as a People's Artist of the Republic Dagestan in 1976. He worked as the head of the printmaking department at the Moscow branch of the Union of Artists of the USSR beginning at age 25 and remained there for many years, and in 1991 he opened the Murtuz Art Gallery in Moscow.

He is especially known for his highly stylized images of historic Russian battles and other major events, as well as portraits of prominent Russian citizens. He exhibited in over 130 group shows in Russia and abroad, and 16 solo exhibitions in the USSR. His work is held in major collections throughout Russia, including the Volgodonsk Art Museum, Norilsk Museum, and the Dagestan Museum of Fine Arts.

Magomedov died in Moscow in 2018.

 

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