Pavel Filonov
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A Russian painter and graphic artist, who officially called himself an artist-researcher. He was one of the famous leaders of the avant-garde in his country, a theorist and founder, as well as a practitioner and teacher of &#;analytical art&#;, a unique reforming movement that had a significant impact on the artistic mindsets of many creators of the first half of the 20th century.
Filonov brought elements of scientific knowledge into the vanguard movement and was engaged in combining different ways of knowing the world, relying on intuition. In fact, the artist, who had phenomenal abilities in abstracted thinking, developed a symbolic understanding of painting, the aim of which was to depict not only the object but also thoughts about it and the way of its transmission, that is, added self-reflection to symbolism.
Filonov had many followers and imitators, but the strength of his original “accomplishment” was difficult to achieve. Filonov’s “analytical art”, which formed the symbolist branch in the Russian avant-garde, was in opposition to constructivism and suprematism and came close to the surrealistic motives of European moder
Pavel Filonov &#; famous Russian artist
Pavel Filonov. Self-portrait.
Pavel Filonov was a famous Russian artist, inventor of the analytical method of painting. You know, he was one of the most enigmatic artists of the XX century. He was called a genius and a charlatan, a rebel and a prophet, a hypnotist and a crazy man. All his life he lived in poverty and died of hunger, knowing that his pictures cost a lot of money. His work influenced the development of national and world art and was hidden for many years.
Pavel was born in into a peasant family. His parents moved to Moscow three years before their son&#;s birth. The boy&#;s father worked as a coachman in the capital and his mother was a washerwoman. There were five children in the family.
Filonov didn&#;t like to talk about his childhood. After the death of his father little Pavel helped his mother, he embroidered tablecloths and towels and sold them at the Sukharev Square. In , the artist&#;s mother died of tuberculosis. And in the same year Filonov moved to St. Petersburg, where he entered pictorial workshops and since he worked in academician L.E. Dmitriev-Kavkazsky&#;s private studio.
He tried to enter the Academ
by guest contributor Audrey Borowski
The imperial red hits you as soon as you enter the Royal Academy’s latest exhibition, &#;Revolution: Russian Art ,&#; which sets out to explore the frenzy that gripped the Russian artistic scene between and
The artistic avant-garde initially enthusiastically extolled the ideals of the new Bolshevik regime. A new age had dawned on Russia, and its artists embraced their roles as apostles of this new vision. This exhibit explores the remarkable vitality and versatility of Russian art during that short but turbulent window, often presenting the viewers with lesser-known artists. From Isaak Brodsky’s studious portraits of its leaders Lenin and Stalin to Boris Kustodiev’s depiction of enthused masses, many artists set out to capture the euphoria that followed the revolution and the hope that it would be extended to the whole world.
At the heart of their endeavor lay the desire to create innovative paintings, sculptures, ceramics, crockery, textiles, and even architectural designs that would reach a mass, and for the most part illiterate, audience. New technologies were enlisted to convey these political messages and aestheticize the experienc
Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov (January 8, – December 3, ) was a Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet.
Filonov was born in Moscow on January 8, (Gregorian calendar) or December 27, (Julian calendar). In , he moved to St. Petersburg where he took art lessons. In , he entered St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, from which, he was expelled in
In –, he took part in the arts group Soyuz Molodyozhi created by artists Elena Guro and Mikhail Matyushin. In , he wrote the article The Canon and the Law, in which, he formulated the principles of analytical realism, or "anti-Cubism". According to Filonov, Cubism represents objects using elements of their surface geometry but "analytical realists" should represent objects using elements of their inner soul. He was faithful to these principles for the remainder of his life.
During the years to , Filonov was close to Vladimir Mayakovsky, Velimir Khlebnikov, and other futurists. He co-illustrated Khlebnikov's Selected Poems with Postscript, – alongside Kazimir Malevich during this time. In the autumn of , he enlisted for service in World War I, and served on the Romanian front. Filonov participated actively in the Russian Revolut
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