Toidze is a brief biography
People's Artist of the Georgian SSR. Laureate of four Stalinist prizes of the Soviet painter, schedule, illustrator; Known, first of all, as a poster, the author of military posters. Including one of the most famous-“Mother Mother calls! Laureate of four Stalinist awards,, awarded the Order of the Red Banner of Labor. One of the recognized artists of socialist realism.
He was born in Tiflis, he received their original art education with his father, artist and architect M. Tuidze, painted a lot from childhood, illustrated the works of Georgian writers, worked a lot of watercolors from nature. At the age of seventeen he entered the Society of Georgian artists taught at the Father's People's Art Studio - he graduated from the Tbilisi Academy of Arts in the year, and created thematic paintings from the life of Georgia.
Early picturesque works of Toidze "Ilyich light",; The Museum of Art of the Peoples of the East, Moscow played a significant role in the approval of the Soviet theme in the Georgian household genre. Irakli Toidze is the author of the painting “Young Stalin reads the poem Sh. Rustaveli "Knight in the Tiger skin." In the year, Irakli Toyidze moves to Moscow, where he begins to work in the field of the poster “Imperialists prepare a new war against the country of Soviets”,; “Long live the Soviet Union - the spring of mankind!
The heroic-dramatic power of the images differs in his illustrations for Shota Rustavel’s poem “Knight in the Barce Skor” Mascara, Brush, Pen, illustrations for the works of Georgian poets, the book “History of Georgia”, oil, paper, but the artist received the greatest fame in the X years. The work of Toyidze is distinguished by a strong confident drawing, a clear verified composition, the color of the work is always restrained and rational, red is often used, which in combination with white and black gives its work increased drama.
During the war years, his emotional posters enjoyed incredible popularity and came out in huge circulations: “Under the banner of Lenin - forward to the west! Stalin ”,“ We will free Europe from the chains of fascist slavery! In the year, a mail card with the image of the poster “Banner of Labor - the Banner of Victory! World fame received the poster of the year-“Mother Mother calls!
Irakli Toidze came up with him when his wife ran into the workshop with the words: “The war began! After a few minutes, the artist made the first sketch. A week after the outbreak of war, this famous poster appeared, published by millions of copies in all languages of the peoples of the USSR. In it, the artist talentedly presented the generalized image of the Fatherland performed by romance.
The main force of the impact of this poster is in the psychological content of the image itself - in the expression of an excited face of a simple Russian woman, in her calling gesture. In post -war posters, the artist does not change his manner, continues to work in the line of socialist realism, sometimes resorting to a multi -color palette. The most famous posters: “Go ahead to the new victories of socialist construction!
Illustrations, circulation and original posters I.