Günther Reindorff
Günther-Friedrich Reindorff (
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]
Life and career
Reindorff was born in
Reindorff loved to hike and spent most of his days in the academy and later on even during the Soviet era, making graphic lithographies and sketches of landscape, designing book illustrations, Estonian banknotes and coins, including the whole kroon series used from 1928 to the end of the Republic in World War II, with the government going into exile in Sweden. He also designed some early Soviet roubles before the rise of Stalin and some postage stamps.
Soviet authorities appointed him a
Gallery
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RSFSR stamp, 1921, 5 r. -
RSFSR stamp, 1921, 250 r. -
RSFSR stamp, 1922, 5000 r. -
RSFSR stamp, 1922, 10000 r. -
Alternative Coat of Arms of Estonia, 1922
References
- ^ Eesti 90. "Republic of Estonia 90 and The Bank of Estonia". Eesti90.ee. Archived from the original on 14 March 2012. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ a b Нахимовская, В. Гюнтер Рейндорф - "отец" эстонских банкнот (in Russian). Koguja.ee. Archived from the original on 23 January 2009. Retrieved 14 March 2012.
- ^ Talvik, Merle. Schools of Estonian Graphic Art in Journalism in the 1930 (PDF). Tallinn: Folklore.ee. p. 107.
- ^ "Рейндорф Гюнтер". Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian).
External links
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