Akim Alekseevich Sgibnev

Akim Alekseevich Sgibnev

(1912-1986)
Graphic artist. Born on September 8, 1912, in the village of Cherepanovka, Pokrovsky District, Chkalov Region.

Since 1948 - member of the Union of Artists of the USSR.

A. Sgibnev's works are original, direct, and sincere. The heroes of his paintings are simple people of Kyrgyzstan - shepherds, collective farmers, rural women, and children, whose lives he observed during numerous trips across the republic. Sgibnev mastered the expressive possibilities of black-and-white and color lithography, linocut, and etching.

Participant in republican and all-Union exhibitions. His best works are housed in the Kyrgyz National Museum of Fine Arts named after G. Aitiev.

MAIN WORKS

In the Elbrus Mountains. Iran. 1945 Paper, ink. 13x17.
Portrait of Cholponbay Tuleberdiev. 1948 Linocut. 17x21.
New in the Mountains of Kyrgyzstan. 1949 Linocut. 31x20.5.
Children of the Livestock Breeder. 1950 Etching. 37x25.
With a Dombra in an Alpine Meadow. 1957 Color linocut. 32x22.
Orto-Tokoy Reservoir. 1957 Linocut. 23.5x32.
Naryn Mountain River. From the series "In the South of Kyrgyzstan." 1958 Color linocut. 19.6x32.
Road to the Drilling Shifts. 1958 Color linocut. 23x33.5.
Naryn in a New Channel. 1961 Color linocut. 30x42.
By the Old City of Osh. 1942 Color linocut. 27x75.
Elik (Roebuck). Kok-Torpok. 1964 Linocut. 20.3x19.6.
In Such Steppe. From the cycle "Kenes-Anarkhai Studies." 1966 Linocut. 33x27.
The Spillway Dam. From the series "Naryn Hydroelectric Power Station." 1966 Color linocut. 30.5x49.5.
Young Fisherman. 1966 Color linocut. 30.5x49.5.