Schoolboy Solomonovich Joseph (1883-1926)

Joseph Solomonovich Schoolboy (1883, Balta, Kherson Province - 1926) - Russian graphic artist and stage designer.

He was born into a Jewish family. He studied at the Odessa Art School. One of the founders and members of the St. Petersburg Art Association "Union of Youth" (1910-1918).

B 1913 jointly with the artist Pavel Filonov designed the production of "Vladimir Mayakovsky" and together with Kazimir Malevich - the staging of "Victory over the Sun" by V. Khlebnikov and Velimira Kruchenykh.

In 1917 he participated in the design of revolutionary festivities. Since 1918 - the artist-designer submissions to the "Luna Park". Decorator Trinity Theatre (1913-1917), the Maly Theater (1918-1919) in St. Petersburg. Member of the board of the Department of Fine Arts of the People's Commissariat of Education and Director of the Institute of Decorative Petrograd.