Yury Annenkov
Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov (Russian Юрий Павлович Анненков, also:. . Georges Annenkov; scientific transliteration Yuri Pavlovich Annenkov; * 11.jul / July 23 1889greg in Petropavlovsk, Kazakhstan today, † 12 July 1974 in Paris) was a Russian artist which has become known for his book illustrations and portraits. He also worked as a stage designer and designer for film and theater.
Life
Yuri Annenkov came from a family well known in Russia. Among his ancestors was Pavel Annenkov, the publisher of Pushkin. His father was involved in subversive activities, which is why the family was exiled to Siberia. In 1892 it was able to return to Saint Petersburg.
1908 Annenkov began his studies at the St. Petersburg University and attended together with Marc Chagall teaching in the studio Savely silk mountain. From 1909 Annenkov met with Jan Ciągliński (Russian January Franzevich Zjonglinski ). Between 1909 and 1911 he attended the Central College for Technical character of Baron Stieglitz.
On the advice Ciąglińskis Annenkov 1911 goes to Paris, where he worked in the studios of Maurice Denis and Felix Vallotton. Upon his return to St. Petersburg Annenkov acts on magazines such as Satyricon, Teatr i Iskusstwo ("Theater and Art" ) and Otetschestwo with ( "Fatherland" ), and has worked for various theaters. Annenkov was a member of Bühnenbildnergewerkschaft (1917 ) Art ( 1922) Art Association and the World panel painter Society ( 1925).
Maxim Gorky's storybook samovar, which was released in 1917, was the first book, worked as an illustrator for the Annenkov. Larger awareness of this part of his work he obtained a year later with his illustration of Alexander Blok's poem The Twelve, published three editions of the in a year. In the following years Annenkov worked on publications by different authors Petrograd (eg Mikhail Kuzmin and Alexei Remizov ). 1919 brought Annenkov a comedy Tolstoy for performance, for which he designed the stage.
Annenkov also worked for mass political events on behalf of the Soviet Government, such as on the Petrograd Palace Square to mark the second anniversary of the October Revolution. In the years 1919 and 1920 he created influenced by the Dada movement, a series of abstract sculptural ensembles.
In 1922 he published a volume of portraits with 80 images of the most important personalities of Soviet art from the years 1906 to 1921, including Maxim Gorky, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Alexei Remizov, Fyodor Sologub, Alexander Blok and Anna Akhmatova. The book also contained essays by Yevgeny Zamyatin and Mikhail Kuzmin. Annenkov was a member of the Artists' Association I Iskusstwa. The First Russian Art Exhibition in Berlin in 1922 showed his paintings and drawings Forest Man reading.
In July 1924, he emigrated to Germany.
Works (selection)
- Portrait of A.N. Avdieva platform with Rose, 1917
- Portrait of a Man, circa 1920
Literature / Sources
- Борисовская, Н. А. / Гордон, Е. С. (Ed.): Русские художники от А до Я. Москва: Слово 2000 ISBN 5850502319 p 10 (in Russian ). .
- Вострецова, Л. Н. Живопись 1920-1930. Москва: Советский художник 1988 ISBN 5269002221 (in Russian ). .
- Iozef Kiblickij (ed.): Futurism in Russia and David Burliuk, the "father of Russian Futurism ": catalog of the exhibition "Russian Futurism ", 17 September-26 November 2000 Von-der- Heydt - Museum Wuppertal / State Russian Museum. Palace Editions, [ Wetzlar ] 2000, ISBN 3930775913th