Artyom Lebedev
Moscow, Russia
Calligrapher, type designer
Calligraphy
Calligraphy is a great art, the art of depicting a word.
This is both a drawing and a letter. Calligraphy brings real aesthetic enjoyment, be it a greeting inscription or children’s soul-stirring inscription of “mommy”. Let’s take an example of a postcard. Most postcards cannot do without a beautiful greeting inscription. And we can observe whole semantic inscriptions and drawings being derived from a beautiful calligraphic inscription. We can observe flowers, hearts, anniversary figures appearing from letters. In this sense, calligraphy is not just art but a multi-purpose art, which delivers not only aesthetic enjoyment but also bringing a certain sense.
Calligraphy art will live forever —so long as letters exist and it is necessary to write, even on the computer. Paper, brushes and pens will reach back. Nothing can be done with progress. But even now calligraphy can be done in a digital form. New directions of digital calligraphy appear. The method changes but calligraphy remains. The striving for the beauty remains. Perhaps, this is the greatness of calligraphy. To bring the beauty always…
Layout of the script based on ribbon half-uncial Cyrilic book hand
Tinted paper, ink, gouache, golden ink, brush, broad-nib pen, 30х42 cm, 2010
Application to become a member of the National Union of Calligraphers
Paper, watercolor, ink, metal pen, brush, 21.1x29.7 cm, 2009
Type composition "Russian writing"
Paper, watercolour, ink, pen, brush, 30x21 cm, 2009
Type composition "Strip half-unicial"
Paper, watercolor, ink, pen, brush, 30x21 cm, 2009
Type composition "Monogram"
Paper, watercolor, colour pencil, ink, pen, brush, 30x42 cm, 2009
Type Composition
Paper, ink, nib, 30x42 cm, 2009
Inauguration Speech and Oath of the President of the Russian Federation D. A. Medvedev
Paper, Chinese ink, pen, 62x93 cm, 2008
Sketch for a playbill of the Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre
Paper, watercolor, color pencil, ink, pen, 29x21 cm, 2000
Vita Brevis Ars Longa
Paper, ink, pen, 21x29 cm, 2008
Sketch for a website “Popular Calligraphy”
Paper, ink, pen, 29x21 cm, 2008
Sketch for a website “Popular Calligraphy”
Paper, ink, pen, 29x21 cm, 2008
Thoughts About Beauty
Paper, ink, pen, 21x29 cm, 2008
Monogram for the Samara Opera and Ballet Theatre
Paper, watercolor, color pencil, ink, pen, 29x21 cm, 2000.
Mission of the International Exhibition of Calligraphy
Paper, watercolor, color pencil, ink, pen, 21x29 cm, 2008
Writing utensils used for the inaugural address of the President of the Russian Federation
4 elements: 2 bird quills and 2 wooden nib holders with metal pens
A Project on the New Year's Font
Watercolor paper, broad-nib pen, Indian ink, 42x30 cm, 2010
Chess Alphabet
Paper, ink, pen, brush, 50x65 cm, 2012
Rus
Coloured cardboard, white ink, flat pointed pen, 29.7x21 cm, 2014.
Winter
Coloured cardboard, white ink, flat pointed pen, 29.7x21 cm, 2014
“Annual Festivals” polyptych. Spring
Lettering. Freehand sketch digitalized using a computer and graphic software. 350 x 400 mm, 2017
“Annual Festivals” polyptych. For All Occasions
Lettering. For All Occasions. Freehand sketch digitalized using a computer and graphic software. 350 x 400 mm, 2017
“Annual Festivals” polyptych. Birthdays
Lettering. Freehand sketch digitalized using a computer and graphic software. 350 x 400 mm, 2017
“Annual Festivals” polyptych. The New Year
Lettering. 1. Freehand sketch digitalized using a computer and graphic software. 350 x 400 mm, 2017
Strokes of the Epoch (diptych)
Calligraphy. Designer cardboard, white ink, Indian ink, pointed nib; cursive uncial, copperplate, 420 x 640 mm, 2017.
