Viktor Andreyevich Simov (Russian: Виктор Андреевич Симов, 14 April 1858, Moscow - 21 August 1935, Moscow) was a Russian painter and

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He graduated from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1882. From 1885 to 1886, he worked as a decorator for Savva Mamontov, at his Private Opera. He also created some paintings and

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s. In 1896, he held a joint exhibition, with Isaac Levitan and , in

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In 1898, he decided to devote his career to working with the newly founded

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; russian: Московский Художественный академический театр (МХАТ), ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ)) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was f ...

, where he would create designs for fifty-one performances and earn the admiration of the iconic actor,

Konstantin Stanislavski Konstantin Sergeyevich Stanislavski ( Alekseyev; russian: Константин Сергеевич Станиславский, p=kənstɐnʲˈtʲin sʲɪrˈgʲejɪvʲɪtɕ stənʲɪˈslafskʲɪj; 7 August 1938) was a seminal Russian Soviet Fe ...

.''Большая советская энциклопедия'' ( Great Soviet Encyclopedia). B. A. Vvedensky (Ed.) 2nd ed., Vol.39. Сигишоара — Соки. 1956. Simov not only created a new aesthetic for set design, he was also involved with ideological interpretations of the material, and the directing process. Together with Stanislavski, he began the practice of doing field research. He expanded his activities in 1909, by designing a dacha in collaboration with the architect,

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.A. G. Chinyakov, ''Братья Веснины'' (The Vesnin Brothers), Стройиздат, 1970 In 1912, for unknown reasons, he left the Art Theatre; working instead at the , the

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, and the Opera Theatre at Stanislavski's acting studios. Simov-Khovanshchina

In 1924, he designed sets depicting Mars, for the groundbreaking science-fiction film, '' Aelita'', by Yakov Protazanov. The following year, he also served as an artist, under the direction of Ivan Stepanov, for '' The Stationmaster'', a dramatic film based on a story by Alexander Pushkin. Later that same year, he returned to the Art Theatre, where he would stay until his death in 1935, aged seventy-seven.

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''Aelita: Queen of Mars''
(complete film) @ YouTube {{DEFAULTSORT:Simov, Viktor Andreievich 1858 births 1935 deaths Russian scenic designers 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 20th-century Russian painters 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian male artists Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni

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