Voldemārs Matvejs
Illustration — Voldemārs Matvejs c. 1912 Voldemārs Matvejs (1877–1914) was a Latvian artist and art theorist. Despite dying in 1914, he was to have a significant impact on the development of Soviet art.
Also recorded as Vladimirs Markovs · Vladimir Ivanovich Markov · Vladimir. Markov · Voldemārs Hans Matvejs
Voldemārs Matvejs
Voldemārs Matvejs (1877–1914) · Public domain
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- 1877 · Riga.
- Died
- 1914 · Saint Petersburg.
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- Russian Empire
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages
- Russian · English
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Illustration — Voldemārs Matvejs c. 1912 Voldemārs Matvejs (1877–1914) was a Latvian artist and art theorist. Despite dying in 1914, he was to have a significant impact on the development of Soviet art.
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Nikolay Punin remarked: "If he had not died so early he would have been the first among us: he knew what was necessary for art better than the others: he saw and understood better than the rest." He was one of the founders of the Union of Youth in 1908. He had a particular interest in African art and his writing in this area has been compared with that of Carl Einstein.
Matvejs was the art theorist who pioneered the concept of Faktura.
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• Illustration — Red Roofs, Visby (ca. 1909) • Illustration — Ancient Times (ca. 1910) • Illustration — Yellow Square (1911) • Illustration — View of Paris (1912) • Illustration — Red and Black (1913)
Study. Italian Motive. Yellow Square
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