Artur Fonvizin
Artur Vladimirovich Fonvizin | |
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Born | Artur Vladimirovich Fonvizin 11 January 1883 Honoured Artist of the Russian Federation[1] |
Artur Vladimirovich Fonvizin (
Biography
Artur Fonvizin was born on 11 January 1883 in
Studies
After finishing high school in 1901, he went to study at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His early works were signed von Wiesen.[2] His teachers were K. N. Gorski, V. N. Baksheev, and P. I. Klodt.[3]
There he met Mikhail Larionov, the leader of the Union of Youth, ready to "subvert the old art." When the Union arranged an exhibition without the permission of the school authorities, he was expelled from the school, along with Mikhail Larionov and Sergei Sudeikin.[4]
In 1904, he moved to Munich, where he continued his studies at private art studios.
In 1906, he returned to Russia, to live for a time with his parents in their village.
Shows
From 1907 until the Great War, as a member of Larionov's group, Fonvizin was a notable participant in the exhibitions
When the First World War started, Fonvizin moved to the province of Tambov, where he painted a great deal from nature. In 1918, he headed the art studio at the Proletarian Culture artistic organisation in Tambov. In 1922, he became a member of the creative organization Makovets [5] and participated in its exhibitions. In 1923, he taught at the Art College of Nizhny Novgorod. In 1926, he returned to the Tambov studio of illustrative art.
A World of Watercolors
In 1927, he went to Moscow, where the following year he joined the Society of Artists of Moscow and the
His first solo exhibition was held at the Pushkin Museum in 1936.[6]
In 1937, during a Communist campaign against formalism in art, the Soviet press lumped him with The Gang of Formalists (which comprised The Three F's: Falk, Favorsky, and Fonvizin).[2]
From the beginning of the 1940s to his death, the main themes of the artist's works were portraits of theatre actresses in stage costume, sketches of the circus, pictures of pre-revolutionary life, images of flowers, and landscapes.[1] Fonvizin's distinguishing characteristic is that he painted directly, without the use of preparatory sketches in pencil.[2]
Exiled
In 1943, because of his German descent, Fonvizin was exiled to Kazakhstan. There he began his cycles Karaganda and The Cabmen.
From 1958 to 1960, the artist lived in the village of Pirogovo, where he painted landscapes.
He continued to exhibit his works after the
In 1970, he received the title of
He died on 19 August 1973 in Moscow.
Sketches and watercolor portraits of actors and artists, landscapes and still lifes by Fonvizin are kept in the
References
Note: This article has been translated from its Russian version
- ^ a b c Фонвизин Артур Владимирович, Great Soviet Encyclopedia (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Artur V. Fonvizin Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine - three biographies on artru.info (in Russian)
- ^ Most sources Archived 2012-05-24 at the Wayback Machine cite M. P. Klodt as Fonvizin's teacher, but that Klodt lived in St. Petersburg, whereas the school was located in Moscow
- ^ S. A. Fonvizin (editor): Visible Absence - Exhibition Catalogue of A. V. Fonvizin, Central House of Artists, Moscow. 1998.
- ISBN 978-1859956786.
- ^ Roman Gretsky, Giddy Autist: Artur Fonvizin at the Museum of Private Collections[permanent dead link], «Kultura», № 6 (7365), 13–19 February 2003 (in Russian).