Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (; 15 April 1943) was a major

Russian avant-garde The Russian avant-garde was a large, influential wave of avant-garde modern art that flourished in the Russian Empire and the Soviet Union, approximately from 1890 to 1930—although some have placed its beginning as early as 1850 and its e ...

artist of

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orientation who also worked on set designs for the theatre.

Biography

Aristarkh Lentulov was born in the town of Nizhny Lomov in

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, Russia, into the family of a rural priest. He studied art in

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from 1898 to 1900 and Kiev Art School from 1903 to 1905, and then in the private studio of Dmitry Kardovsky in

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in 1906. He lived in

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from 1909, and he was one of the founders of the avant-garde exhibiting association of artists, the Jack of Diamonds group. This group remained active until its dissolution in 1916. From 1910 to 1911, Lentulov went to Paris to study at the studios of

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and

Jean Metzinger Jean Dominique Antony Metzinger (; 24 June 1883 – 3 November 1956) was a major 20th-century French painter, theorist, writer, critic and poet, who along with Albert Gleizes wrote the first theoretical work on Cubism. His earliest works, from 1 ...

and the Académie de La Palette, and painted as independent artist in France and Italy Северюхин Д.Я., Лейкинд О.Л. Золотой век художественных объединений в России и СССР (1820-1932). Справочник. Санкт-Петербург, издательство «Чернышев», 1992. ISBN 5-85555-004-4. (Severyukhin D.Ya., Leykind O.L. The Golden Age of Artistic Associations in Russia and the USSR (1820-1932). Handbook. St. Petersburg, Chernyshev Publishing House, 1992. ISBN 5-85555-004-4), pp. 30-31. The 1910s were for Lentulov a period of creative productivity and experimentation. He was drawn to

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influenced by the French artist

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. Whilst there, he became acquainted with contemporary French painters such as

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and

and after absorbing fauvists' and cubists' principles, developed his own unique colorful style of painting. Later, after his return to Russia in 1912 he became a major influence on what to become the

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and in particular Cubo-Futurism.

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and

Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (

were both influenced by him. Lentulov also formed another group, with

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and

Kazimir Malevich Kazimir Severinovich Malevich (

, called ''Today's Lubock'' (''Segodnyashnii Lubok''). They produced

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art that was anti-Austria and anti-Germany. The art pulled inspiration from

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and

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art. Lentulov's own art was heavily inspired by traditional and folk

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. From pre-revolutionary times, Lentulov was actively involved in various theatrical projects, designing for plays in the Kamerny Theatre (''

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'', 1916) and contributing sets for a production of

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's ''

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'' in the

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in 1919. In 1928, Lentulov entered into the Society of Moscow artists, which included artists formerly associated with the Jack of Diamonds group. He became chairman of the Society and also started teaching at the Russian state art and technical school ( VKhUTEMAS). Lentulov died in Moscow and is buried in the

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Selected works

* ''Saint Basil's Cathedral'', 1913,

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, Moscow. * ''Ringing'', 1913, GTG * ''Moscow'', 1913, GTG; * ''In The iverskoy'', 1916, GTG; * ''View with the red house'', 1917; * ''Churches. New Jerusalem '', 1917; * '' Aleksandra Khokhlova'', 1919 * ''Self-portrait with the violin'' * Portrait A. 4. Tairova. 1920; * The ''cracking of petroleum refinery'', 1931, GTG; * ''Night on the patriarch ponds'', 1928, GTG; * ''Passionate area at night'', 1928, GRM * ''Sunset in the Volga'', 1928; * ''The sun above the roofs. Rise'', 1928; * ''Vegetables'', 1933, GTG * ''Building of the metro over the Lubyanka area'', 1936, GTG; File:Lentulov Nebozvon.jpg, ''Skybell (Nebozvon)'', 1915 File:Lentulov Woman Guitar.jpg, ''Woman with Guitar'', 1913 File:Lentulov Wife Daughter.jpg, ''Portrait of Artist's Wife and Daughter'', 1915 File:Lentulov-tverskoy.jpg, ''Tverskoi Boulevard'', 1917 File:Aleksandra Khokhlova by Aristarkh Lentulov 1919.jpg, Aleksandra Khokhlova, 1919

Bibliography

* Lentulova M., Khudozhnik A. Lentulov. ''Recollections. M.'', 1969. * Aristarkh Lentulov. Catalog of exhibition, M., 1968

References

External links

Artcyclopedia
Links to Lentulov's works
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov
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