Vasyl Yermylov

Biography

• Vasyl Yermylov was born 22 March 1894 in the city of Kharkiv, Ukraine.
• In 1910 he studied at the School for Applied Art in Kharkiv, and had lessons in the studio of Eduard Steinberg, having an interest in fresco painting and mosaic work.
• From 1911 to 1912 he was a member of the Golubaya Liliya in Kharkiv.
• In 1912 he attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In the same year he met Vladimir Mayakovsky and David Burliuk.
• In 1913 he had training in the studios of Ilya Mashkov and Pyotr Konchalovsky in Moscow.
• In 1913–1914 he was a member of the group Budiak, Kharkiv.
• In 1914 Yermylov returned to the School for Applied Art where he graduated with a Diploma in Decorative Painting.
• In 1918 he founded the group League of Seven, together with the artist Maria Sinyakova. In the same year he had an exhibition with the group League of Seven.
• In 1919 he founded the Industrial Teacher Workshop.
• In 1920 Yermylov became head of the Ukrainian Telegraph Agency for Propaganda Purpose project.
• In 1920 he became decorator for the agitprop movement Red Ukraine and the Club of the Red Army.
• In 1922 he was a co-founder of the Technical Art Institute in Kharkiv.
• In 1925 Vasyl Yermylov became the member of the Association of the Revolutionary Art of the Ukraine, together with David Burliuk, Vadim Meller, Alexander Bogomazov, Victor Palmov and others.
• In 1928 Yermylov participated in the International Press Exhibition Pressa, Cologne, together with Lissitzky, Meller and Aleksandr Tyshler.
• In 1928–1929 he was the artistic director of the magazine Avantgarde, and also made designs for book covers, illustrations for Ukrainian magazines, and designs for interiors.
• From 1944 to 1947 he was the teacher at the National Art Institute in Kharkiv.
• From 1963 to 1967 Yermylov continued to teach at the National Art Institute.
• Vasyl Yermylov died 6 January 1968 in Kharkiv.

Selected works

• posters and decoration for May Day 1919–1920
• design for the Red Ukraine agit-train 1921
• worked on the design of the Ukrainian stand at the World Exhibition of Graphic Art 1928
• Interior design of Pioneers Palace, Kharkiv 1933-1934
• Interior design of Defence Building, Kiev 1935-1936

  Exhibitions

• 2012, Vasil Yermilov. 1894-1968 , Multimedia Art Museum, Moscow