Vladimir Alexandrovich Maksimov
Graphic artist. Born in 1939 in the state farm No. 2 of the Chui region of the Frunze region, Kyrgyz SSR.
In 1959, he graduated from the Frunze Art College, and in 1975 - from the Moscow Polygraphic Institute.
He worked as a drawing and drafting teacher in a secondary school, as an artist for the Osh regional newspaper "Lenin's Path" and the newspaper "Komsomolets of Kyrgyzstan." Since 1966, he collaborated with the publishing houses "Kyrgyzstan" and "Mektep," designing book products. In 1969, he began working in the field of typography.
Vladimir Maksimov created dozens of anniversary addresses in a drawn font. He mainly works in the field of typography, creating new typefaces. In his typographic works of various kinds and purposes, he demonstrates high artistic taste and skill. He is a participant in republican and all-union exhibitions.
Maksimov's works are housed in the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after G. Aitiev.
He has been awarded a Certificate of Honor from the Chamber of Commerce and Industry of the USSR and the VDNH USSR Prize.
Since 1972, he has been a member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.
MAIN WORKS
Artistic design of the book by A. Abakirov and A. Komarov "Symphony of the Mountains." Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan." 1968.
Trademarks for the Frunze Champagne Factory, Frunze Furniture Factory, Tokmak Cardboard Factory. 1968.
Design of the souvenir edition "Song of Lenin" by Toktogul. Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan," 1970.
Project for a typeset font for fiction. 1972.
Project for a typeset font for technical literature and textbooks. 1972.
Illustrations, cover, font for the book "Artists of the Kyrgyz Book." Publisher: "Mektep," 1972.
Design of the photo album "Soviet Kyrgyzstan" (co-authored with A. Ostashev). Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan," 1974.
Project for the typeset font "Ala-Too." 1975.
Cover, font for the book by A. Abakirov "50 Years of the Kyrgyz Book." Publisher: "Kyrgyzstan," 1976.
Honorary address to K. Moldobasanov. Medium: gouache, 45x55. 1979.
