Bendel Petr Emilievich
Definition: Soviet artist, portrait painter, graphic artist, creator of many USSR postage stamps, theater artist, poster artist. Member of the Union of Artists (US).
Years of life: 1905-1989
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Genus. in 1905 in the family of the artist. After leaving school, until 1924 he studied philosophy at the University of Friborg in Switzerland and took private painting lessons. After returning to Moscow in 1925, he studied at the painting department at the State Academy of Arts VKHUTEMAS, in 1925-1928 - in the studio of F. I. Rerberg in 1929-1930. - in the studio of D. N. Kardovsky. Since 1933 he was engaged in painting. He was a member and, from 1940, chairman of the association of Moscow artists.He was interested in photography, so at the beginning of the Great Patriotic War he asked to go to the front as a photojournalist. In 1942, near Vyazma, he was captured. There he painted German officers - that’s why he wasn’t shot in the German camp. After the end of the war in 1945, he was arrested by the NKVD and on April 16, 1945, on charges of anti-Soviet agitation and espionage, under Art. 58, sentenced to 10 years in prison and 5 years in exile. Sent to Vorkuta to Vorkutlag.
He survived in Vorkuta thanks to the fact that he drew portraits of fellow prisoners and guards on scraps of paper, for which the latter paid him with bread. In the camp, the director of the Vorkuta Drama Theater found out about him and contributed to his almost free settlement. He painted costumes and scenery for all theater productions. In 1945-1952 designed the performances of the Musical Drama Theater in Vorkuta (“Maria Stuart” by F. Schiller, “Cio-Cio-San” by G. Puccini, “Son of a Clown” by I. Dunaevsky, etc.). He was its main artist. Since 1953 he has participated in exhibitions.
Amnestied in 1953.
After his release in 1955, he was forbidden to live in Moscow and Bendel went to Syktyvkar to the local theater. Later he settled in Serpukhov. Since 1956, he made drawings for the magazines “Theater” and “Theater Life”, worked in the magazine “Ogonyok” and the newspaper “Izvestia”. Actively participated in exhibitions.
Only at the end of his life was he allowed to come to Moscow. In the late 1970s, they were allowed to visit Leipzig (GDR).
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Gulag Theater
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Fund 08 / Inventory 1 / Case Маркова (Иванова) Елена Владимировна
2. Interview with E.V. Markova, recorded by I. Suslova on December 13, 2010.
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Adamov B.,
Eingorn Esfir Abramovna,
Alexandrova Claudia Mikhailovna,
Antonov-Ovseenko Anton Vladimirovich,
Baskov Boris Sokratovich,
Bendel Petr Emilievich,
Broker Leonid Vladimirovich,
Volkov Yuri Ilyich,
Volkova (Molodtsova) Alexandra Yakovlevna,
Voloshina Elena Konstantinovna,
Wunder Yakov Yakovlevich,
Gaidarov Nikolay Germanovich,
Geise-Platonov Anatoly Adolfovich,
Glebova Natalya Ivanovna,
Gromova Tatyana Petrovna,
Deineka Boris Stepanovich,
Drogalina Zhanna Alexandrovna,
Kartotina,
Kozin Boris Alekseevich,
Korchagin,
Koshkin,
Kravtsova Lelya,
Lavrova (Reizvih) Margarita Arturovna,
Litinsky Grigory,
Lunev (Lunev) Vsevolod Nikolaevich,
Maltsev Mikhail Mitrofanovich,
Markov Alexey Alekseevich,
Markova (Ivanova) Elena Vladimirovna,
Markova Inna Alekseevna,
Mikosho Vladimir Vladimirovich,
Upland,
Nalimov Vasily Vasilievich,
Nosyrev Mikhail Iosifovich,
Petkevich Tamara Vladislavovna,
Rogachev Mikhail Borisovich,
Romanov Roman,
Roslyakova,
Sadnor Wanda,
Stoyano A.K.,
Tarasova,
Tuganova (Reizvih) Ariadna Arturovna,
Fomin Nikolay,
Kharlamov Boris Valerianovich,
Shtyrtskober Edgar Wilhelmovich,
Shchekotova Inna Andreevna,
Yasny Vadim Kononovich
2010
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