painter, graphic artist arts and crafts, set designer. born in a family of merchants. Since 1900 the primary school attended the Central School of Technical Drawing of Baron Alexander Stieglitz, then studied at the Secondary School. In 1911 joined the economic department of the Polytechnic Institute in St. Petersburg. At the same time continued to art education, worked in the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts at the NP Himono and Ivan Bilibin (1911-1912), then - in private workshops Ya.F. Tsionglinskogo (1912) and M. Bernstein (1913-1915). In 1911-1912 attended the lectures of Professor N. Pokrovsky in the Archaeological Institute, carried away by ancient Russian art and creativity Markov, whose works were seen at the exhibition "One Hundred Years of French Art" in St. Petersburg. Since 1914 has participated in exhibitions and has exhibited his works at the exhibition of the Futurists, radiant and primitives «№ 4" in Moscow. Created murals cinema "Announcement" in Petrograd (1915). In 1915, drafted into the army, he served in Galicia. In 1916 he was wounded and wounded in the leg and evacuated to Petrograd. Took part in the publication of the Futurist magazine "bloodless murder, issued the numbers 14 and 15. Transferred to the Grenadiers as a decorative painter, creating designs for mobile productions. Together with VM Ermolayeva designed the staging IM Zdanevich "Janko Krul Albanian". He is known in literary and artistic circle "Flat number 5, whose members gathered in the apartment curator of the Academy of Fine Arts. in 1917-1918 participated in the design of Petrograd to the day of the opening of the Constituent Assembly, as well as the first anniversary of the October Revolution. In 1917-1918 he served in noncombatant 171 Reserve Infantry Regiment, discharged. He worked in the publishing department of the State of free art workshops in St. Petersburg. In 1918-1921 created a series of Cubist watercolors "Petrograd." Together with AA Ouspensky taught drawing at the Art School of the Moscow-Narva District of Petrograd. Since 1921 - Professor of decorative painting VKhUTEMAS. In 1921-1923 he worked in the beautiful studio of the State Porcelain Factory, established a production plant for a number of sketches, including the sketch of the service "White with pink, award a gold medal at the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts and the art industry in Paris (1925). In 1921-1924 worked with the Museum of Art Culture. In 1922 he joined "The combination of new trends in art," led by VE Tatlin. In 1923 he settled in an apartment on the waterfront embankment. Views from the windows of the apartment were sealed for the most part landscapes 1930 - 1940. In 1924 sent abroad, visited the Reval, Riga, Berlin, Prague. In 1924-1925 - member of the Society of Artists, individualists. In 1925-1928 performed sketches of Prague, Leningrad and Pavlovsk, Peterhof, Oranienbaum for postcards. In 1927 he took part in the 3rd Monza-Milan exhibition of decorative art in 1928 - in the exhibition association "4 Art in Leningrad. In 1932 joined LOSH (since 1939 was a board member of the organization). Together with Assumption engaged in registration of Leningrad to the 15 th anniversary of the October Revolution. In 1933, appealed to the technique of lithography. In 1934-1935 worked as an artist-designer at the Leningrad Porcelain Factory im. Lomonosov. In 1935 participated in the First Exhibition of Leningrad artists in the State Russian Museum. In 1936 the designer was "Little Tragedies" and "Floridsdorf" at the Bolshoi Drama Theater. Gorky. In 1936, together with A. Vedernikov traveled along the Volga and Kama, and in 1937 traveled to Karelia. actively engaged in teaching activities. From 1926 he lectured at the Institute for Art History, in 1929-1933 he taught graphics and printing technique in Polygraphic College, in 1931-1933 - a picture in Civil Engineering College at the Leningrad Institute of Industrial Construction, in 1933-1937 - painting and drawing at the architectural department Institute of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the All-Russia Academy of Arts, in 1933-1940 - painting and drawing at the Leningrad Institute of Engineers public works, from 1935 led the studio painting at the Leningrad House of the architect. In the 1920-1930's worked a lot in the field of book and magazine graphics. Collaborated with the magazines "Amanita" (1922-1923), "Life is art» (1922-1930), Oras (1923-1926), «Behemoth" (1924), "The new Robinson" (1925), "Campfire" (1936) and others. In 1928-1931 was the art editor of the magazines "Siskin" and "hedgehog". Since 1925, cooperated with the Department of Children and Young People's Literature Publishing House of the State. He has designed the book: "Clock" EG Polonskaya (1926), "Balloon" BS Zhitkova (1926), "Devil" Zoshchenko (1928), "Surprising holiday "NM Oleinikova (1928)," Chinese secret "E. Ya Dan'ko (1929)," Marco Polo "(1933, was awarded the first prize at the contest announced by the New York publishing The Limited Edition Club), «Golden Pot" by ETA Hoffmann (1936, for The Limited Edition Club), «Small Tragedies" by A. Pushkin (1936 ), "Japanese Fairy Tales" (1936), "The Stone Guest, The Miserly Knight" Alexander Pushkin (1937, for "Hudlitizdata"). Created illustrations for a series of popular science books Ilyina. participated in many group exhibitions. Exhibitors decorative arts: the International exhibition "The Art Book" at the Museum of Fine Arts in Leipzig (1927), the exhibition "Artists of the RSFSR XV Years" at the State Museum of Fine Arts (1932), the exhibition of Soviet graphic in the gallery "Bloomsbury, London (1934 ) exhibition autolithography Leningrad artists in Leningrad, and many others. died in early 1942 in besieged Leningrad. Lapshin - belongs to a small group of artists (NA Tyrsa, Lapshin, Assumption, Vedernikov), which is traditionally called Leningrad school of landscape. In early work was close to cubism and futurism. In mid-1920's under the influence of art Marche developed its own recognizable style. In easel paintings sought not so much to the accurate reproduction of nature, how to transfer the impression from what is seen, mood, state of nature. Landscapes Lapshina always built on the subtle nuances of color, the effects raying one layer of paint over another. This artist works in oil, even sought sensation of lightness and filled with air. Favorite is his technique was watercolor. Extremely large contribution Lapshina well as books and decorative arts of his time. artistic heritage of the master is very large: Lapshin worked in painting, drawing (often creating a whole series of watercolors), lithography, linocut, magazine and book graphics (he performed design for more than seventy books), creating sketches for cards and sketches for porcelain. Lapshina works are in many museum collections, including the State Russian Museum, State Tretyakov Gallery, Pushkin Museum im. Pushkin.