Pyatkin Dmitry Ivanovich

Painter, graphic artist, illustrator, poster artist. Member of the Union of Artists and the Union of Journalists of the USSR. Author of landscapes, portraits, graphic and pictorial cycles, a series of social posters. He graduated from four courses at the Moscow Regional Art School in memory of 1905. In the 1950s–1960s, Dmitry Pyatkin visited Armenia, Georgia, Khakassia, and Romania on working trips. Based on the collected artistic material, he created thematic graphic cycles, which are called: “Armenia”, “Georgia”, “Khakassia”. The artist also has cycles dedicated to the capital - “Moscow and Muscovites”, “My Moscow Region”, “Moscow Metro”. He collaborated with the publishing houses “Iskusstvo”, “Plakat”, “Planet”, “Pravda”, and is the author of illustrations for more than 50 books of the publishing house “Khudozhestvennaya Literatura”. He worked at Agitplakat, a creative and production association of the USSR Union of Artists. Author of posters: “We are a winged people!” (1949; together with V.G. Kalyabin), “Glory to our free fatherland, a reliable stronghold of friendship among peoples!” (1950), “Long live the Soviet artillery!” (1952), “For mass participation, for sportsmanship in alpine skiing!” (1952), “Train all year round”, “Fly the highest, the farthest, the fastest”, “Train all year round!” (all –1954), “Our working day will be the shortest in the world. In 1960, the transfer of all workers and employees to a six- to seven-hour working day will be completed" (1960), "We will complete the chemical construction projects ahead of schedule" (1963), "Twentieth century rockets are rushing to the stars, trains are leaving for the land of exploits" (1964), "For you, girlfriends!" (1971; together with M. Kh. Ishmametov), ​​“Our people are growing, the state is becoming prettier, glory to the new citizen!” (1974), “Father Sergius” (1978), “The Trial” (1979), “The People and the Party are United” (1980; together with Koretsky V.B.), “The Shore” (1984), “The Crew of a Combat Vehicle” (1984). The author's works are in private collections and museums in Russia, as well as in private collections abroad.