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Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky (''also trans.'' Petr; russian: Пётр Петрович Кончаловский; 21 February 1876 – 2 February 1956) was a Russian and Soviet
painter Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...
, a member of the Knave of Diamonds group.


Biography


Early life

Pyotr Konchalovsky was born in the village of Slavianka,
Izyumsky Uyezd Izyumsky Uyezd (; uk, Ізюмський повіт) was one of the subdivisions of the Kharkov Governorate of the Russian Empire. It was situated in the southeastern part of the governorate. Its administrative centre was Izium (Izyum). Demograp ...
,
Kharkov Governorate The Kharkov Governorate ( pre-reform Russian: , tr. ''Khárkovskaya gubérniya'', IPA: xarʲkəfskəjə ɡʊˈbʲernʲɪjə ) was a governorate of the Russian Empire founded in 1835. It embraced the historical region of Sloboda Ukraine. From ...
(present-day
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) on 21 February 1876. His father was a translator and art publisher, with connections to many of the artists active in Russia during the late 19th century. In 1889, the Konchalovskys moved to Moscow and their house became a part of the Moscow art scene of the 1890s. Their house was often visited by
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. During his gymnasium years Konchalovsky attended classes of
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (russian: Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) also known by the acronym MUZHZV, was one of the largest educational insti ...
. In 1896-1898 he traveled to Paris and studied at the
Académie Julian The Académie Julian () was a private art school for painting and sculpture founded in Paris, France, in 1867 by French painter and teacher Rodolphe Julian (1839–1907) that was active from 1868 through 1968. It remained famous for the number a ...
. In 1899, he returned to Russia and entered the
Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...
in
Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...
, graduating in 1907. At the academy, he studied under Savinsky, Zaleman and Kovalevsky.


Career


Breakout days in the Moskow avant-guard

His public debut was at the
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exhibition in Paris, 1908, but Konchalovsky soon returned to Moscow, bringing with him new ideas (elements of his work from this period have been identified as "
Fauvist Fauvism /ˈfoʊvɪzm̩/ is the style of ''les Fauves'' (French for "the wild beasts"), a group of early 20th-century modern artists whose works emphasized painterly qualities and strong colour over the representational or realistic values retai ...
"), as well as his more respectable Salon training. By 1909, he was exhibiting frequently, participating in the Golden Fleece, Fraternity,
Mir Iskusstva ''Mir iskusstva'' ( rus, «Мир искусства», p=ˈmʲir ɪˈskustvə, ''World of Art'') was a Russian magazine and the artistic movement it inspired and embodied, which was a major influence on the Russians who helped revolutionize Eur ...
, and New Society of Artists. He was a founding member of the society Knave of Diamonds in 1909, a rebellious, avant-guard group seeking to synthesize the modern art breakthroughs of French and German styles with Russian primitivism. Where Western European looked to primitive African sculptures for artistic refreshment and inspiration, these Russian painters imagined they could turn to "indigenous" Russian works. Konchalovsky was elected as the group's chairman in 1911.


Post WWI advancements

After serving in the Russian army 1914–1916, Konchalovsky returned to his art with moderated intentions. Beginning in 1918 he taught art. In 1922, he had his first solo exhibition at the
Tretyakov Gallery The State Tretyakov Gallery (russian: Государственная Третьяковская Галерея, ''Gosudarstvennaya Tretyâkovskaya Galereya''; abbreviated ГТГ, ''GTG'') is an art gallery in Moscow, Russia, which is considered th ...
. During that period, he mostly drew
still life A still life (plural: still lifes) is a work of art depicting mostly wikt:inanimate, inanimate subject matter, typically commonplace objects which are either natural (food, flowers, dead animals, plants, rocks, shells, etc.) or artificiality, m ...
s and landscapes. His paintings—as of all other Jacks of Diamond—remained strongly influenced by
Paul Cézanne Paul Cézanne ( , , ; ; 19 January 1839 – 22 October 1906) was a French artist and Post-Impressionism, Post-Impressionist painter whose work laid the foundations of the transition from the 19th-century conception of artistic endeavour to a ...
. But he started to paint portraits (often Ceremonial Portraits) that are considered examples of
socialist realism Socialist realism is a style of idealized realistic art that was developed in the Soviet Union and was the official style in that country between 1932 and 1988, as well as in other socialist countries after World War II. Socialist realism is ch ...
style.


Personal life

Pyotr married a daughter of painter Vasily Surikov, who always praised the art of his son-in-law.


Work

Konchalovsky was a very prolific painter, and is known to have created more than five thousand works over the course of his long creative life. His work demonstrates a "complex evolution" of styles. The influence of Paul Cezanne was "clearly visible" in Konchalovsky's paintings in the pre-WWI period. Heralded as a member of Russia's avante guard, post war he became a Member of the U.S.S.R. Academy of Fine Arts and a People's Artist of the R.S.F.S.R. His paintings are considered to have made a significant contribution to "the development of Soviet realistic art."


Legacy

Many of his descendants remained active in the world of art. His son Mikhail Petrovich Konchalovsky (b. 1906) was a notable painter. His daughter
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(1903–1988) was a notable children's writer and her husband
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a notable poet, the author of children's poetry and two versions of the
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. They have two sons:
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, a film writer, director and a painter (whose son
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is also a notable film director) and
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, also a movie director who, in 1994, won the Best Foreign Language Film Oscar for his film ''
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''. In 2006, his heirs established the Petr Konchalovsky Foundation, a non-commercial beneficial organization created to consolidate Konchalovsky's legacy. In addition to organizing exhibitions and presentations of Konchalovsky's artworks, the foundation is dedicated to conservation and authentication of the artist's work.


Galleries

File:Pyotr Konchalovsky natasha-on-a-chair-portrait-of-n-p-konchalovskaya-in-childhood-1910.jpg, alt=, Natasha Konchalovskaya on a chair (1910) Pyotr Konchalovsky File:Pyotr Konchalovsky matador-manuel-gartha-1910.jpg, alt=, Matador Manuel Gartha (1910) File:Bull fighting by Petr Konchalovsky (1910) 01.jpg, alt=, ''Bullfight'' (1910) File:Pyotr Konchalovsky bridge-1911.jpg, alt=, Bridge (1911) File:Pyotr Konchalovsky cassis-the-view-from-the-window-1913.jpg, alt=, ''Cassis, the view from the window'' (1913) File:Pyotr Konchalovsky house-in-abramtsevo-1911.jpg, alt=, House in Abramtsevo (1911) File:Pyotr Konchalovsky agave-1916.jpg, alt=, ''Agave'' (1916) File:TREE AGAINST THE SKY 208l19115.jpg, alt=, ''Tree against the sky'' (1923) File:Russian Museum Collection Hammond Slides 10.jpg, alt=, ''Portrait of Vsevolod Meyerhold'' (1938) File:P-P-Konchalovskij-Avtoportret-1943-g--ic1976 4564.jpg, alt=, ''Self-portrait'' (1943) Soviet Stamp from 1976 File:WINTER LANDSCAPE. BIRCH TREES 027l19115.jpg, alt=, ''Winter Landscape, birch trees'' (1947) File:Roses by Pyotr Konchalovsky 1979 USSR Stamp.jpg, alt=, ''Rose'' (1955) Soviet Stamp from 1979


References


External links


Official Website of the Petr Konchalovsky FoundationArt of Konchalovsky
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