Fedorovsky Fyodor Fedorovich

Fedorovsky Fedor Fedorovich - People's Artist of the USSR, laureate of Stalin Prizes.

Biography

Born in Chernigov on December 26, 1883.

He graduated in 1907 from the Stroganov School in Moscow. (studied with V.A. Serov, K.A. Korovin and M.A. Vrubel, architects I.V. Zholtovsky, F.O. Shekhtel), taught composition there.

In 1907 he came to the Bolshoi Theater, at the same time he began performing as a theater artist at the Zimin Private Opera (he designed the performances Carmen, Demon, Snow Maiden, Enchantress, Life for the Tsar).

In 1913-14 he designed opera performances of the Russian seasons in Paris (Khovanshchina) and London (May Night).

In 1917-19 he worked in the theater of the Moscow Council of Workers, Peasants and Red Army Deputies, was an active participant and organizer of the art section in the art and educational department of the Moscow Council. For the celebration of May 1, 1918, they first decorated Red Square.

Since 1921 - head of the production part of the Bolshoi Theater. In 1927-29 and 1947-53, the chief artist of Bolshoi.

Designed ballets: "The Dance of Salome" (to music from the opera "Salome," 1921), "Martial Dance" (to music from the ballet "Daphnis and Chloe," 1921), "Giselle" (1922), "Trinkets" (1922), "Forever Living Flowers" (1922), "Futile Precaution" (1923), "Grotto Venus" (1923), "Spanish Capriccio" (1923), "Dances of Peoples";

and operas: "The Barber of Seville" (1922), "Bohemia" (1922), "Rigoletto" (1922), "Carmen" (1922), "Lohengrin" (1923), "Faust" (1923), "Boris Godunov" (1927, 1946, 1948), "The Tsar's Bride" (1927, 1955), "Nuremberg Maistersingers" (1929), "Rusalka" (1931, 1937, 1944), 1934, "Golden Techist," "Igor ur, 1932"

Costumes for Bizet's opera Carmen (1922) at the Bolshoi Theater

Set of the night city for Wagner's opera "Nuremberg Maistersingers" (1929) at the Bolshoi Theater

Production of scenery for Rimsky-Korsakov's opera Sadko

The artist's name is associated with the creation of a mock-up workshop, a chemical-dyeing laboratory, a fake, spinning and other workshops at the Bolshoi Theater.

Fedor Fedorovsky in the workshops of the Bolshoi Theater, 1930s

In 1936, Fedorovsky made drawings and models of ruby stars installed on the tops of the towers of the Moscow Kremlin.

He was a full member (since 1947) and vice president (in 1947-53) of the USSR Academy of Arts.

He died in Moscow on September 7, 1955 at the age of 71.