Nikolai Nikolaevich Kupreyanov (1894–1933) was a Soviet graphic artist.
He was born in the Polish town of Włocławek. In 1912, he graduated from the Tenishev School and then studied for four years at the Faculty of Law at Saint Petersburg University, while also attending the workshops of the Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1922, Kupreyanov moved to Moscow, where he quickly became known as a successful engraver. He later focused on drawing, working mainly from life and using pencil, ink, and black watercolor.
Kupreyanov died tragically on July 29, 1933, drowning while swimming in the Ucha River near Moscow.
“The Tale of Petya, the Fat Child, and Sima, the Thin One” was published by Moskovsky Rabochy in 1925 and became Vladimir Mayakovsky’s first children’s book. The poem tells the story of Petya, the repulsive son of a bourgeois, and Sima, the virtuous child of a proletarian blacksmith. It spans […]
