Efim Semyonovich Minin (1897 - 1937)

Efim Semyonovich Minin

Efim Semyonovich Minin (Russian: Ефим Семёнович Минин) was a Belarusian artist of the first half of the twentieth century. He is known as a painter, graphic artist and teacher.

Efim Minin created portraits, worked in woodblock printing technique, was engaged in exlibris. One of the leading themes of the artist's work was the cityscapes of his native Vitebsk, which he used for many exlibris. His artistic legacy includes several series of woodcuts dedicated, in particular, to Vitebsk and the monuments of the wooden civilization of Belarus.