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Vasily Kandinsky and the Formal method
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 1016-1023
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Author:
Bowlt, John E. (Bowlt, John E.)
Subjects
art literature:
Punin, Nikolay / Tarabukin, Nikolay
artists:
Kandinsky, Wassily / Popova, Liubov / Rodchenko, Aleksander / Stepanova, Varvara / Malevich, Kazimir / Tatlin, Vladimir / Gan, Aleksey / Burlyuk, David / Kulbin, Nikolay
dates:
1900-1949 / 1910-1919 / 1920-1929
media:
Paintings
museums and institutions:
RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences), Moscow, Russia
places:
Russia
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / Russian Revolution, Russia / Communism / Marxism / Formalism / Formal analysis / Art theory / Criticism / Art criticism / Art critics / Artists' writings / Literature / Language / Music / Mysticism / Occultism / Spirituality / Science / Composition (artistic arrangement) / Colour / Constructivist / Abstract art / Aesthetics / Taste (aesthetics) / Perception / Study and teaching / Engineering
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Elementary life of the primary colour and its dependence on the simplest locale, by Vasily Kandinsky. Illustration to the lecture ‘On the Spiritual in Art’ delivered by Nikolai Kul’bin on Kandinsky’s behalf at the All-Russian Congress of Artists, St Petersburg, 29th and 31st December 1911. Published in Russian in I. Repin et al.: Trudy Vserossiiskogo s’ezda khudozhnikov (Transactions of the All-Russian Congress of artists), Petrograd 1914, I, pp.76–77.
Attributed works:
2. Improvisation 10, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1910. Canvas, 120 by 140 cm. (Fondation Beyeler, Basel; photograph courtesy Peter Schibli).
Attributed works:
3. Tsikl lektsii (Cycle of lectures), by Nikolay Punin. Petrograd 1920. Cover designed by Kazimir Malevich. (Photograph courtesy Museum of Modern Art, New York).
Attributed works:
5. Black lines, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1913. 129.4 by 131.1 cm. (Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York; Bridgeman Images).
Attributed works:
6. Painting with the red spot, by Vasily Kandinsky. 1914. Canvas, 130 by 130 cm. (Centre Georges Pompidou, Paris; Bridgeman Images).
Non-western art unattributed:
4. Members of RAKhN (Russian Academy of Artistic Sciences) in the building of Svomas (Free State Art Studios), Moscow, June 1921. From left to right: Robert Fal’k, Evsei Shor, Nikolai Uspensky, Vasily Kandinsky, Evgenii Pavlov and Aleksandr Shenshin. Reproduced in C. Derouet and J. Boissel, eds.: exh. cat. Œuvres de Vassily Kandinsky (1866–1944), Paris (Centre Georges Pompidou) 1984, p.156.
Article
Russia, Rome and the tricky business of disaster painting
12/2018 | 1389 | 160
Pages: 996-1005
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Author:
Blakesley, Rosalind P. (Blakesley, Rosalind P.)
Subjects
art literature:
Gogol, Nikolay / Pushkin, Alexander
artists:
Kiprensky, Orest / Bryullov, Karl / Martin, John, 1789-1854 / Basin, Petr / Gagarin, Grigory / Bruni, Fyodor / Markov, Aleksei / Raev, Vasily / Surikov, Vasily / Repin, Ilya
dates:
1800-1849 / 1830-1839 / 1840-1849
media:
Paintings / Drawings / Sketches
museums and institutions:
Russian Academy of Arts, Saint Petersburg, Russia
patrons:
Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796
places:
Russia / Saint Petersburg / Italy / Rome
subjects:
Russian painting / Russian School / History paintings / Genre paintings / Landscapes (visual works) / Style / Academic art / Neo-classicism / Sublime / Natural disasters / Earthquakes / Portraits / Influence / Formal analysis / Nationalism / Travel / Grand tours / Academies / Study and teaching / Students / Salons (art exhibitions) / Commissions / Patronage / Awards / Critical Reception / Iconography / Christian iconography
Illustrations
Attributed works:
1. Last day of Pompeii, by Karl Bryullov. 1830–33. Canvas, 456.5 by 651 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
10. Ivan the Terrible and his son Ivan. 16th November 1581, by Ilya Repin. 1885. Canvas, 199.5 by 254 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
2. Destruction of Pompeii and Herculaneum, by John Martin. 1822. Canvas, 161.6 by 253 cm. (Tate, London).
Attributed works:
3. Earthquake in Rocca di Papa, near Rome, by Petr Basin. 1830. Canvas, 84 by 99 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
4. Sketch for ‘Genseric’s invasion of Rome’, by Karl Bryullov. 1835–36. Canvas, 88 by 117.9 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
5. Siege of Pskov by King Stefan Batory of Poland in 1581, by Karl Bryullov. 1839–43. Canvas, 482 by 675 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
6. Death of Camilla, sister of Horatius, by Fedor Bruni. 1824. Canvas, 350 by 526.5 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
7. The brazen serpent, by Fedor Bruni. 1834–41. Canvas, 565 by 852 cm. (State Russian Museum, St Petersburg).
Attributed works:
8. Sketch for ‘St Eustace Placidus in the Colosseum’, by Aleksei Markov. 1836–42. Canvas, 98 by 136.5 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).
Attributed works:
9. Morning of the execution of the Streltsy, by Vasily Surikov. 1881. Canvas, 218 by 375 cm. (State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow).