Biography

Baranov Yuri (07.04.1949, Vitebsk). Being a pupil, occupy himself with going in graphic studio. Yury  has no professional art education. He worked as a graphic designer at the enterprises of our town, contributed to the works «Dvina». Since 1988 he is a member of the Belarusian Union of Artists. He lives in Vitebsk.

Works in linocuts, xylography, etchings, bookplate, occupies himself with jewelry art. Since 1970 Yuri Anatolyevich is a participant of art exhibitions. He took part in the international, national, regional exhibitions.

Major works are: the illustrations for the books: «The Stories About the Theater, «N. Abalkin, «Lyric Poetry» P. Yavorov, «Hot Snow» Yu. Bondarev, graphic series «Cultural and Architectural Heritage of Vitebsk».

Yuri Baranov was busy with design of the books of Moscow publishing houses «Young Guard», «Soviet Russia», «Contemporary», «Fiction», as well as several works of Belarussian writers and poets, made a large number of bookplates.

LITERATURE

Баранаў Юрый Анатольевіч // Беларускі саюз мастакоў : 1938—1998 : энцыкл. даведнік / аўт.-склад. Б. А. Крэпак [і інш.]. — Мн. : ВТАА «Кавалер Паблішэрс», 1998. — С. 76. — На беларус. і англ. мовах.

Юрый Баранаў // Саюз творцаў [Выяўленчы матэрыял] = A Union of creators : фотаальбом / уклад. і аўт. тэксту М. Цыбульскі ; аўт. уступ. У. Андрэйчанка ; фат. В. Балоціна, М. Цыбульскага. — Мн. : Беларусь, 2005. — С. 20. — На беларус. і англ. мовах.