Pavel Tchelitchew
Pavel Tchelitchew was a Russian and American painter, choreographer, draftsperson, designer and artist (1898–1957). He was born at Dubrovka and died at Grottaferrata.
Also recorded as Pavel Chelishchev; Pawel Tschelitscheff; Paul Tchelitcheff; Pavel Tchelitchev; Pawel Tschelischtschew; Pavel Chelichev.
Pavel Tchelitchew in brief
- Born
- 1898
- Died
- 1957
- Known for
- painter, choreographer, draftsperson, designer, artist, illustrator and scenographer
- Place of birth
- Dubrovka
Contents
Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Pavel Chelishchev, Pawel Tschelitscheff, Paul Tchelitcheff, Pavel Tchelitchev and Pawel Tschelischtschew. His recorded language was Russian.
Career and activity
Pavel Tchelitchew worked in painting, visual arts, illustration and scenography. His work is associated with Neo-romanticism.
Catalogued works
54 works under this name are catalogued by Wikidata Query Service, Open Library, The Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Art Institute of Chicago. Their recorded dates run from 1921 to 2019.
Hide-and-Seek, dated 1942, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 344.1942. Natalie Paley, dated 1931, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 253.1954. Madame Bonjean, dated 1931, held by Museum of Modern Art, inventory 1253.1979. Allen Tanner, dated 1925, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 68.22. Green Venus, dated 1928, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1975.429. The Whirlwind, dated 1939, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 50.38. The Mirror (Circus Dressing Room), dated 1932, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1979.135.25. The Fish Bowl (Study for "Phenomena"), dated 1938, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1974.372. Itinerary for an Aerial Journey (Anatomical Head), dated 1945, held by Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 52.6. Still Life, Clown, dated 1930, held by Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1965.244. Genesi, dated 1954, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1968.50.4. Horse, dated 1921, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1976.103.2. Egg, dated 1925, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1984.27.2. Le Zouave (The Sleeping Spahi), dated 1931, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1954.24.1. Two Seated Male Figure, dated 1927, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1977.173.1. Portrait of Princess Nathalie Paley as Ophelia, dated 1932, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1979.14.100. Natalie Glasko, dated 1926, held by Yale University Art Gallery, inventory 1961.4. Anatomical Painting, dated 1946, held by Whitney Museum of American Art, inventory 62.26. Fatma, dated 1956, held by The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, inventory 57-31. George Platt Lynes, dated 1937, held by Q214867, inventory 1978.35.1. Mrs. Oliver Jennings, dated 1937, held by Q214867, inventory 1978.36.4. Les Pêcheurs, dated 1931, held by Q214867, inventory 1991.150.71. Tete VIII, dated 1947, held by Q214867, inventory 2004.140.29. Two Bareback Circus Riders, dated 1930, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.231. Calla Lilies (recto), dated 1927, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.232.a. Tree into Double Hand (Study for Hide-and-Seek), dated 1939, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.233. Landscape with Bare Trees, dated 1940, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.234. Masked Heads and a Figure (verso), dated 1927, held by Q214867, inventory 2009.70.232.b. Study for Phenomena, dated 1936, held by Museum of Modern Art. Probable Portrait of Henri Laugier (1888-1973), Scientist, held by National Gallery of Ireland, inventory NGI.4088. Les Chanteurs, dated 1932, held by Princeton Art Museum, inventory y1988-13. Noel Murphy, dated 1933, held by Fogg Museum, inventory 1971.25. Still Life with Pears, dated 1927, held by Courtauld Gallery, inventory P.1948.SC.427. Pavel Tchelitchew, drawings, dated 1970. Tchelitchew: paintings, drawings, dated 1942. Yesterday's children;. yesterdays children. Pavel Tchelitchew, dated 1947. On our way. Pavel Chelishchev. A selection of gouaches, drawings and paintings, dated 1974. Yesterday's children, dated 1944. Drawings, dated 1947. Pavel Tchelitchew drawings, dated 1947. Pavel Tchelitchew, 1898-1957, dated 1976. Study for "The Whirlwind", dated 1939, brush and pen and black ink and ink wash on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1982.130. Sketch for "The Mirror", dated 1932, pen and black in on paper, held by The Metropolitan Museum of Art, inventory 1979.135.26. Untitled, dated 1948, pen and black ink, with brush and gray wash, incising, and rubbing, on ivory wove paper., held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1980.753. Gertrude Stein, dated 1930, brush and black ink on cream wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1947.792. Girl Kneeling Against Tree, dated 1934, pen and brown ink, with brush and brown wash, on ivory wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1947.864. Alice Roullier, dated 1935, pen and brush and red ink on buff board, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1976.647. Interior Landscape, dated 1949, crayon with stumping on blue wove paper, held by The Art Institute of Chicago, inventory 1992.270. Head IV, dated 1950, pink and white chalk, held by The Cleveland Museum of Art, inventory 1961.99. The young and evil : queer modernism in New York, 1930-1955 / edited by Jarrett Earnest., dated [2019], held by Wellcome Collection.
In public collections
Work associated with this heading is recorded in 14 named public collections.
Q214867: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. drawings in the National Gallery of Art: 9 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Yale University Art Gallery: 7 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Metropolitan Museum of Art: 6 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Modern Art: 4 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Art Institute of Chicago: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Museum of Fine Arts Boston: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Whitney Museum of American Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. National Gallery of Ireland: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Metropolitan Museum of Art: 47 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Art Institute of Chicago: 8 recorded objects, read from the institution's own published catalogue. The Cleveland Museum of Art: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue. Wellcome Collection: 1 recorded object, read from the institution's own published catalogue.
Literature
6 scholarly publications naming this subject were located in the registry of record.
Tchelitchew, Pavel, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011. Tchelitchew [Tchelitcheff; Chelichev], Pavel, Oxford Art Online, 2003. Tchelitchew, Pavel (1898-1957), painter and stage designer, American National Biography Online, 2000. ‘Cher Magus’ – Pavel Tchelitchew, Edgar Wind and Modern Art, 2020. Pavel Tchelitchew and Jean Giraudoux’s Ondine, Experiment, 2017. Última etapa de creación artística del pintor Pavel Tchelitchew, Art&Sensorium: Revista Interdisciplinar Internacional de Artes Visuais, 2021.
Digitised editions and texts
1 digitised item associated with this heading is catalogued by Internet Archive.
yesterdays children (1944) — Internet Archive.
Scholarly footprint
Bibliographic registers publish measured figures for this heading: 11 language editions of the general reference literature carrying an article (Wikimedia (language editions)). A count of publications is evidence of attention, not of standing, and is given here only as a measure.
Evidence base
This article draws on 9 independent source lineages. Copies and mirrors of the same underlying record were collapsed into a single witness, so 9 means 9 genuinely separate publishers of record. 9 further registers were consulted and returned nothing for this heading.
In detail
the recorded working language is Russian.
The field of work recorded is painting, visual arts and illustration. The authority associates the name with Neo-romanticism.
Works named in the authority record are Hide-and-Seek.
Work by Pavel Tchelitchew is recorded in the collections of Art Institute of Chicago, The Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Museum of Modern Art, Tate and Metropolitan Museum of Art.
Chronology
- 1898Pavel Tchelitchew born at Dubrovka.
- 1925Allen Tanner (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1928Green Venus (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1931Natalie Paley (Museum of Modern Art).
- 1931Madame Bonjean (Museum of Modern Art).
- 1939The Whirlwind (Metropolitan Museum of Art).
- 1942Hide-and-Seek (Museum of Modern Art).
- 1944yesterdays children digitised by Internet Archive.
- 1957Pavel Tchelitchew died at Grottaferrata.
Sources
Each source is named with the standing the house places on it, so the evidence can be weighed rather than taken on trust.
- 1.
‘Cher Magus’ – Pavel Tchelitchew, Edgar Wind and Modern Art, 2020
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 2.
Open Library author record for Pavel Tchelitchew (Internet Archive), 13 catalogued works.
Institutional database · Scholarly · Internet Archive
Consult the source - 3.
Pavel Tchelitchew and Jean Giraudoux’s Ondine, Experiment, 2017
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 4.
Tchelitchew [Tchelitcheff; Chelichev], Pavel, Oxford Art Online, 2003
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 5.
Tchelitchew, Pavel (1898-1957), painter and stage designer, American National Biography Online, 2000
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 6.
Tchelitchew, Pavel, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
scholarly publication · Scholarly
Consult the source - 7.
Directory of Open Access Journals lists 1 article naming Pavel Tchelitchew.
open access index · Unverified
Consult the source - 8.
Gemeinsame Normdatei 1243916-2, Exhibition Metamorphoses by Pavel Tchelitchew (1942 : New York, NY).
authority file · Unverified · Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
Consult the source - 9.
Internet Archive, 1 digitised item catalogued under Pavel Tchelitchew as creator.
digital repository · Unverified
Consult the source - 10.
The Art Institute of Chicago, collection records associated with Pavel Tchelitchew.
museum collection · Unverified · The Art Institute of Chicago
Consult the source - 11.
The Cleveland Museum of Art, open access collection records associated with Pavel Tchelitchew.
museum collection · Unverified · The Cleveland Museum of Art
Consult the source - 12.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, collection records associated with Pavel Tchelitchew (47 objects).
museum collection · Unverified · The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Consult the source - 13.
Wellcome Collection catalogue records 1 work naming Pavel Tchelitchew.
museum collection · Unverified · Wellcome Collection
Consult the source - 14.
Wikidata, structured authority record Q2361741: Pavel Tchelitchew
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikimedia Foundation
Consult the source - 15.
“Pavel Tchelitchew”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
reference work · Reputable secondary · Wikipedia
Consult the source
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