Dmitry Mitrohin

Dmitry Isidorovich Mitrohin, also Mitrokhin (Russian: Дмитрий Исидорович Митрохин; 15 May 1883 – 7 November 1973) was a Russian artist, book illustrator and historian of art.

Dmitry Mitrohin
Дмитрий Исидорович Митрохин
Mitrohin in 1913
Born	Dmitry Isidorovich Mitrohin May 15, 1883 Yeysk, Krasnodar Krai, Russian Empire
Died	November 7, 1973 (aged 90) Moscow, Soviet Russia
Nationality	Russian
Education	Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture Stroganov Art School
Occupation	Artist, book illustrator, art historian

Cover of Yevgeny Zamyatin's book Uezdnoe, 1916

Biography

He was born in Yeysk, Krasnodor Krai, Russia. In 1902, he joined the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, and transferred to the Stroganov Art School in 1904 to study book illustration. In 1905, Mitrohin moved to Paris and attended drawing classes by Eugène Grasset and Théophile Steinlen. He returned to Russia in 1908, and settled in Saint Petersburgh between 1912 and 1914, illustrating children's books (including Arthur Ransome's Old Peter's Russian Tales) and other Russian books such as Lukomorie.[1]

From 1919 to 1923, Dmitry Mitrohin was a custodian in the drawings and engravings department of the Russian Museum. In 1919, he also started teaching at the Higher Photography Institute, and then at the Academy of Arts from 1924 to 1934. In 1944, he moved back to Moscow to do book illustration until the 1960s.[1] He died in Moscow in 1973.

Bibliography^{[in English?]}

• Дмитрий Митрохин. Л.: Аврора. 1977.
• Книга о Митрохине. Статьи, письма, воспоминания. Составитель Л. В. Чага. Подготовка текста и примечания И. Я. Васильевой. – М.: Художник РСФСР. 1986
• Д. И. Митрохин. Работы последних лет. Комплект открыток (билингва). – Ленинград.: Аврора. 1973
• The World of Art Movement – In early 20th—century Russia. Aurora Art Publishers. Leningrad. 1991 ISBN 5-7300-0215-7
• Дмитрий Митрохин. – Русаков Ю. А. Избранные искусствоведческие труды. – Санкт-Петербург.: Алетейя. 2000. С. 221 ISBN 5-89329-205-7

References

1. "Dmitry Mitrohin". Russia-ic.com.