Aristarkh lentulov biography sample

LENTULOV, Aristarkh Vasilyevich was born in 1882, Voronye village, near Penza; died 1943, Moscow. Studied in art schools in Penza (1898-1900, 1905-06) and Kiev (1901-05), in the private studio of Dmitry Kardovsky in St. Petersburg (1906) and at the Academie de la Palette in Paris (1911). Member of the Knave of Diamonds (from 1911) and the World of Art (from 1917), participant in exhibitions from 1906: Wreath (1908), Link (1908), Wreath-Stefanos (1909), Salons of Vladimir Izdebsky (1909-10), Knave of Diamonds (1910-14, 1916, 1927), World of Art (1911-12, 1917-22), AKhRR (1926, 1928), Society of Moscow Artists (1928-29) etc. Lived in Moscow, from 1915 working for Moscow theaters. From 1919 taught at the Svomas and VKhUTEMAS. In a parody-like self portrait A. Lentulov depicted himself as a party Bogatyr (1913), which in general confirmed to his lifestyle. One of organizers of the Jack of Diamonds union (1910), he represented the "naive" and "nationalistic" wing of the art organization. He was also very consistent in cubofuturism. Lentulov was considered very left wing even during his years of study. Under D.N. Kardovskiy he began displaying his art at various exhibitions: "Stefanos" (1907), "Garland" (1908). (He also studied in the Penza and Kiev art schools: 1898-1905) Later, during the "diamonds" period, his leftism gained a system. While studying in Paris under A. Le Fokonie, the artist became acquainted with the theoretics of cubism: A.Glesome and J. Metsenge. Their method of painting was incorporated by the young artist to his natural fascination with open, somewhat lyubok-like colors, to large painting format and to the "noise" of art in general. Paintings by Lentulov of this period are composed of dynamically colliding, loudly colored planes - dimension gravitates towards the plane, flat planes are decorated with designs and applied stickers. Example - the urban landscape of Moscow ("Saint Basils" (1913), "Bell Toll" (1915), "At the Iverskaya" (1916

Recently I showed you views of typical wintery Russia by Korovin, which you can see here. Today we’ll see instead something out-of-ordinary. Although it’s always the same country, this time it’s seen in an avant-garde lens. I’m very curious which one you prefer: Korovin’s typical, or Lentulov’s Cubist Russia?

Lentulov was one of the foremost representatives of the Moscow School of Art, who first studied in Kyiv (now in Ukraine) and St. Petersburg, to then move to Paris in winter of 1911. There he studied Académie de la Palette and began working for the studio ran by one of the most important French Cubists of the time: Henri Le Fauconnier. Drawn to Orphism founded by Robert Delaunay, and naturally to Cubism, he hung out mostly with avant-garde artists such as Jean Metzinger, Albert Gleizes, or Fernand Léger.

Before travelling to Paris, though, in 1910 he became one of the founders of an avant-garde group called Jack of Diamonds, which exhibited artists expelled from the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture due to their “leftist tendencies” and foreign painters, mostly French Cubists. Other members of the group included, for example, Mikhail Larionov, Natalya Goncharova, or Pyotr Konchalovsky. The group functioned until 1916.

As you can see, Lentulov’s personal style combines the Cubist concept of space with the colours of Fauvism. Moreover, the added patterning drawns on ornaments of Russian folk art and it perfectly fits his depictions of various buildings in Moscow, which makes them appear fairy-tale-like and extraordinary. He had a great impact on the Russian Futurism and Cubo-Futurism, influencing such artists as Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich, with whom he founded another group called Today’s Lubock (Segodnyashnii Lubok), which produced art satirizing Austria and Germany and basing its style on Russian folk prints- lub

Aristarkh Lentulov was born in 1882 in the town of Nizhny Lomov, near Penza. His father, a rural priest, died just two years later, survived by his wife and four children. Lentulov was educated first at the religious school at Penza (where drawing became his favorite hobby) and, later, at the local seminary. Although the family struggled financially, when Penza Art College opened in 1898, he enrolled. After two years of study, he moved nearly 750 miles west to study at the Kiev School of Art, where he took a particular interest in the portrayal of light and color in painting. He later left the school with a group of like-minded student artists who wanted to find a better way to develop their styles away from traditional techniques and styles.

Lentulov failed to pass his entrance exams at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1907, but his bold style and his confidence in his work caught the attention of others, including artist, illustrator, and stage designer Dmitry Kardovsky. For two years, Lentulov studied in Kardovsky’s private studio in St. Petersburg. He went on to study at the Académie de la Palette and at the studio of Henri Le Fauconnier in Paris. Although he experimented with Fauvism, Post-Impressionism, and Cubism, Lentulov developed his own distinctive, colorful, Futurist-influenced style that earned the nickname “Futurist a la Russe” (The Russian Futurist) amongst his Parisian contemporaries. He is often credited with initiating the Russian art movement of Cubo-Futurism.

He returned to Russia in 1909, but traveled extensively for the next few years, touring the popular art destinations of Italy, France, and Crimea. Between travels, he became intensely involved in the artistic life of Moscow—especially in the life of the avant-garde movement. In 1910, he co-founded the Jack of Diamonds group. Mikhail Larinov, another founding member, chose the name, which the group agreed upon as “a symbol of young enthu