1883-1941
Pavel Filonov Locations
Russian painter, graphic artist and poet. He came from a working-class background; orphaned in childhood, he moved to St Petersburg, where he earned money through embroidery, house painting, restoring buildings and icons, and other tasks such as retouching photographs and making posters and wrappers for goods (a practical apprenticeship he never forgot). His interest in drawing and painting developed through copying, making portraits and the close study of human and animal anatomy. He entered the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg (1908) with difficulty but he left without graduating; his only important teacher was L. E. Dmitriyev-Kavkazsky (1849-1916), with whom he studied privately. Largely self-taught, he was a man of considerable intellectual powers.
A Peasant Family (The Holy Family), 1914, oil on canvas, 159x128 cm, Russian Museum.
A Peasant Family (The Holy Family), 1914, oil on canvas, 159x128 cm, Russian Museum.
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Dimensions and material of painting
Painting ID:: 76664
Dimensions and material of painting: Oil on canvas, 171.5 x 156 cm
Date 1914-1915
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Dimensions and material of painting: Oil on canvas, 171.5 x 156 cm
Date 1914-1915
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1930(1930)
Medium oil on paper
Dimensions 67.5 x 91 cm (26.6 x 35.8 in)
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1930(1930)
Medium oil on paper
Dimensions 67.5 x 91 cm (26.6 x 35.8 in)
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1883-1941
Pavel Filonov Locations
Russian painter, graphic artist and poet. He came from a working-class background; orphaned in childhood, he moved to St Petersburg, where he earned money through embroidery, house painting, restoring buildings and icons, and other tasks such as retouching photographs and making posters and wrappers for goods (a practical apprenticeship he never forgot). His interest in drawing and painting developed through copying, making portraits and the close study of human and animal anatomy. He entered the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg (1908) with difficulty but he left without graduating; his only important teacher was L. E. Dmitriyev-Kavkazsky (1849-1916), with whom he studied privately. Largely self-taught, he was a man of considerable intellectual powers.