Günther Reindorff

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Günther-Friedrich Reindorff (Russian: Гю́нтер-Фри́дрих Ге́рманович Рейндорф, b. 26 January 1899, Saint Petersburg – d. 14 March 1974, Tallinn) was an Estonian graphic designer, book illustrator, and educator. He designed many postage stamps series, a large number of military insignia and bookplates, diplomas, various advertising sheets and currency in the late 1920s and early 1930s.[1] His artistic style evolved under the influence of Art Nouveau and Art Deco works by Sergey Chekhonin, Ivan Bilibin,[2] and other members of the Russian group Mir iskusstva.[3]

Reindorff was born in Saint Petersburg and moved to Tallinn with his family in 1897. In 1905, he enrolled in the von Stieglitz Art School in Saint Petersburg. He graduated from the art school in 1913.[4]

He designed many Estonian banknotes and coins, including the whole kroon series used beginning in 1928.

Soviet authorities appointed him a National Artist of the USSR (1969), and he was elected a corresponding member of the USSR Academy of Fine Arts (1958), during the period when Estonia was part of the Soviet Union.[2]

Gallery

  • RSFSR stamp, 1921, 250 r.

  • RSFSR stamp, 1922, 5000 r.

  • RSFSR stamp, 1922, 10000 r.

References

  1. ↑ Eesti 90. "Republic of Estonia 90 and The Bank of Estonia". Eesti90.ee. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 (Russian) Нахимовская, В. "Гюнтер Рейндорф - "отец" эстонских банкнот". Koguja.ee. Retrieved 14 March 2012. 
  3. ↑ Talvik, Merle. Schools of Estonian Graphic Art in Journalism in the 1930. Tallinn: Folklore.ee. p. 107. 
  4. ↑ Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian). 

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