Aristarkh Lentulov
Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (15 April 1943) was a major Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation who also worked on set designs for the theatre.
Also recorded as Aristarh Vasil'evič Lentulov · Aristarkh Vasilevich Lentulov · Aristarkh Vasil'yevich Lentulov · Aristarque Lentouloff
Aristarkh Lentulov

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- Name
- Aristarkh Lentulov
- Birthplace
- Nizhny Lomov, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire
- Died
- 15 April 1943
- Place of death
- Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union
- Field
- Painter
- Movement
- Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Orphism, Cubo-Futurism
- Born
- 1882. · Novaya Pyatina.
- Nationality
- Russian Empire and Soviet Union.
- Occupation
- painter, scenographer and graphic artist.
- Fields
- painting, graphics and scenography.
- Movements
- Post-impressionism.
- Education
- Kyiv Art School and Académie de La Palette.
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Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (15 April 1943) was a major Russian avant-garde artist of Cubist orientation who also worked on set designs for the theatre.
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Biography
Biography
Aristarkh Lentulov studied at Kyiv Art School and Académie de La Palette. Isaak Rabichev and Osip Avsiyan are recorded as having studied under Aristarkh Lentulov. The field of work recorded is painting, graphics and scenography. Employment is recorded with Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. Work by Aristarkh Lentulov is recorded in the collections of National Gallery Prague, Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts, Samara Art Museum, Tretyakov Gallery and Russian Museum.
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Key facts
• Name — Aristarkh Lentulov • Birthplace — Nizhny Lomov, Penza Governorate, Russian Empire • Died — 15 April 1943 • Place of death — Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union • Field — Painter • Movement — Post-Impressionism, Fauvism, Cubism, Orphism, Cubo-Futurism • Illustration — Saint Basil's Cathedral, 1913, Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Biography
Biography
Aristarkh Lentulov was born in the town of Nizhny Lomov in Penza Governorate, Russia, into the family of a rural priest. He studied art in Penza from 1898 to 1900 and Kiev Art School from 1903 to 1905, and then in the private studio of Dmitry Kardovsky in Saint Petersburg in 1906. He lived in Moscow 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 Henri Le Fauconnier and Jean Metzinger and the Académie de La Palette, and painted as independent artist in France and Italy. The 1910s were for Lentulov a period of creative productivity and experimentation. He was drawn to Orphism influenced by the French artist Robert Delaunay. Whilst there, he became acquainted with contemporary French painters such as Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Fernand Léger and Robert Delaunay 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 Russian futurism and in particular Cubo-Futurism. Wassily Kandinsky and Kazimir Malevich were both influenced by him. Lentulov also formed another group, with Vladimir Mayakovsky and Kazimir Malevich, called Today's Lubock (Segodnyashnii Lubok). They produced satire art that was anti-Austria and anti-Germany. The art pulled inspiration from Russian folklore and lubok art. Lentulov's own art was heavily inspired by traditional and folk Russian architecture. From pre-revolutionary times, Lentulov was actively involved in various theatrical projects, designing for plays in the Kamerny Theatre (The Merry Wives of Windsor, 1916) and contributing sets for a production of Scriabin's Prometheus in the Bolshoi Theatre 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 Vagankovo Cemetery.
Selected works
Selected works
• Saint Basil's Cathedral, 1913, Tretyakov Gallery, 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; • Illustration — Skybell (Nebozvon), 1915 • Illustration — Woman with Guitar, 1913 • Illustration — Portrait of Artist's Wife and Daughter, 1915 • Illustration — Tverskoi Boulevard, 1917 • Illustration — Aleksandra Khokhlova, 1919
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Aristarkh Lentulov is recorded as painter, scenographer and graphic artist.
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1882
Aristarkh Lentulov born at Novaya Pyatina.
1943
Aristarkh Lentulov died at Moscow.
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Novaya Pyatina.
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scholarly publication
- Image of Moscow in the scenography of Aristarkh Lentulov, Искусство Евразии, 2020
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- “Aristarkh Lentulov”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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- 1.Sarabianov, Andrei D. Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov. Encyclopædia Britannica. 2021-04-11.
- 2.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
- 3.The Austrians Surrendered Lvov to the Russians, Like Rabbits Defeated by Lions. World Digital Library. 1914.
Bibliography printed in the source article · 2
- Lentulova M., Khudozhnik A. Lentulov. Recollections. M., 1969.
- Aristarkh Lentulov. Catalog of exhibition, M., 1968
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Aristarkh Lentulov studied at Kyiv Art School and Académie de La Palette. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style.
The authorities additionally record the headings Aristarh Vasil'evič Lentulov, Aristarkh Vasilevich Lentulov, Aristarkh Vasil'yevich Lentulov, Aristarque Lentouloff and Aristarch Lentuloff. Lentulov worked in painting, graphics and scenography. His work is associated with Post-impressionism. He was employed by Surikov State Academic Institute of Fine Arts. He belonged to Jack of Diamonds.
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National Gallery Prague, Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts, Samara Art Museum and Tretyakov Gallery
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