Alexander Nikolayevich Volkov

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Alexander Nikolaevich Volkov ( Russian Александр Николаевич Волков * August 19 . Jul / 31 August  1886 greg. In Fergana ; † 17th December 1957 in Tashkent ) was a Russian artist, one of the pioneers of modern art in Central Asia .

life and work

Wolkow studied from 1908 to 1911 natural sciences at the University of Saint Petersburg and art at the local art academy with Alexander Makowski . From 1910 he completed an art education at the private schools of Bernstein and Nicholas Roerich , and from 1912 to 1916 at the art school of Kiev . He was influenced by the painting of the Russian symbolist Michail Wrubel (1856-1910).

In 1916 Volkov moved to Tashkent , where he first worked as a teacher at the local art institute and then in 1922 became director of the local Proletkult Theater . The First Russian Art Exhibition in Berlin in 1922 showed his watercolor Street at Night .

The picture Six Female Figures , created between 1917 and 1918, shows his very personal style, which takes up the tradition of Russian Orthodox icons, oriental art, Wrubel's painting and medieval stained glass art and combines it with elements of Cubism and Suprematism .

In 1924 Volkov took part in the First Discussion Exhibition of the Associations of Active Revolutionary Artists in Moscow. In 1928 he became a member of the AChRR ( Russian Ассоциация художников революционной России , Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia ).

Volkov was named an Honored Artist of the Uzbek SSR .

Works (selection)

  • 1917–18 Six female figures , tempera on canvas, 27.5 × 44.9 cm, estate - 1985 Ludwig Collection, Cologne, Inv. ML 1414
  • 1920 caravan ("caravan")
  • 1924 Granatowaja Tschaichana (" Pomegranate Tea Room"), Tretyakov Gallery ( picture )

Exhibitions

  • May 11, 1924 – June 1924 First discussion exhibition of the associations of active revolutionary artists , in an exhibition room of WChUTEMAS , Moscow
  • 1924 First Russian art exhibition , Van Diemen Gallery, Berlin
  • 1986 Russian avant-garde 1910-1930 Collection Ludwig Cologne , Kunsthalle Cologne

Collections

literature

  • Book for the exhibition 16. Russian Avantgarde 1910-1930 Collection Ludwig, Cologne , in the Kunsthalle Cologne, April 16 - May 11, 1986 (edited and with an introduction by Evelyn Weiss )

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personal data
SURNAME Volkov, Alexander Nikolayevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Волков, Александр Николаевич; Volkov, Alexander Nikolaevich (full name); Volkov, Alexander; Volkov, Alexander
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 31, 1886
PLACE OF BIRTH Fergana
DATE OF DEATH 17th December 1957
Place of death Tashkent