Konstantin Andrejewitsch Somow

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Self-Portrait (1921)

Konstantin Somov ( Russian Константин Андреевич Сомов ; born November 18 . Jul / the 30th November  1869 greg. In St. Petersburg , Russian Empire , died 6. May 1939 in Paris ) was a Russian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Born as the son of the art scholar and later senior curator of the Hermitage Andrei Ivanovich Somow (1830-1909), he grew up with two siblings in Saint Petersburg. His brother Alexander (1867-1903) was an art scholar and worked on museum affairs in the Ministry of Finance. Like Constantine, his sister Anna (1873–1945) was an artist .

In the period from 1888 to 1897 Somow studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Art . After graduating, he went to Paris , where he studied at a private academy for the next two years. After returning from Paris, he settled in Saint Petersburg in 1899. At an early age, Somow made the acquaintance of Alexander Benois ( Benua ), Walter Nouvelle ( Nuwel ) and Dmitri Filossofow , with whom he helped found the Mir Iskusstwa association. At the same time he was a co-founder of the magazine of the same name ("Kunstwelt").

In 1913 he became a full member of the Petersburg Art Academy. In 1918 he became a professor at the Petrograd State Art School . Somov left Russia in 1923. Two years later he settled in France , where he died in Paris in 1939. He found his final resting place in a southern Paris suburb in the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois .

Exhibitions and art trade

His works, mainly portraits and landscape paintings , are exhibited today in the Tretyakov Gallery and the Russian Museum . The portrait of the composer Sergei Wassiljewitsch Rachmaninov , who also emigrated to the USA and who had left Russia in 1917 , also hangs there.

In 2007, an extensive collection of Somov pictures, photographs and objects from the artist's possession came up for auction at Christie's auction house: The "Somov Collection" comprised around 50 works by the artist. The picture The boxer rescued - including the gloves of the portrayed shirtless boxer - the sum of 580,500 pounds sterling, the rest of the vagabond ( The stroller's rest ) 972,500 pounds and the romantic chase scene The romantic pursuit , even the record sum of 1,588,500 British Pound. The 1936 portrait in profile of Boris Snejkowsky , signed by the artist as a gift for the person portrayed, was also auctioned at Christie's in 2018 and sold for 72,500 pounds. On the same day, several portraits of this artist's favorite model came up for sale at the auction.

The pianist and composer Vladimir Shinov dedicated a piece to Somow on his album Heart of Wayfaring - Piano Music 2001-2002 , released in 2003, entitled To Constantin Somov .

Works (selection)

Portrait of Andrei Somow (father)
Portrait of the father Andrei Ivanovich Somow (1897)
  • Portrait of Anna Petrovna Ostroumowa-Lebedeva (1901)
  • Portrait of Alexander Blok (1907)
  • Portrait of Mikhail Kuzmin (1910)
  • Portrait of M. Dobuschinski (1910)
  • Portrait by J. Lansere (1907)
  • Portrait of W. Ivanov (1909)
  • Portrait of W. Nuwel (1914)
  • Walk after the Rain (Прогулка после дождя) (1896)
  • Evening (Вечер) (1902)
  • Sleeping young woman (Спящая молодая женщина) (1909)
  • Lady in a Sky Blue Coat (Дама в голубом платье) (1897–1900)
  • Book cover for Cor Ardens by Vyacheslav Iwanowitsch Iwanow (1907)
  • Portrait of Sergei Vasilyevich Rachmaninoff (1925)
  • Self-Portrait (1928)
  • Portrait of Boris Nolde, oil on canvas, 41 × 33.2 cm (1932)
  • Portrait of Boris Snejkovsky in a Pink Shirt (1933).
  • Portrait of a Naked Young Man ( The Boxer , 1933)
  • Portrait in profile of Boris Snejkovsky, oil on canvas, 55 x 46.5 cm (1936) - gift from the artist to Boris Sneijkovsky (1910–1978).

literature

Web links

Commons : Konstantin Somov  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Christie's auction house: The Somov Collection. Christie's, November 28, 2007, accessed July 3, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Christie's: Russian Art. June 4, 2018, accessed on July 3, 2020 (English).
  3. ↑ amazon: Heart of Wayfaring Piano Music. In: Label: CD Baby.Com/Indys. amazon music, September 30, 2003, accessed July 3, 2020 .
  4. ↑ Wikiart: Symbolism. In: self-portrait. WikiArt, accessed on July 3, 2020 .
  5. ↑ (project) Arthive: Portrait Of Boris Nolde. Arthive, accessed July 3, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Christie's auction house: Boris Snejkovsky in a pink shirt. In: Christie's Sale 15499. Christie's, June 4, 2018, accessed July 3, 2020 .
  7. ↑ The Pinterest: The Boxer. Retrieved July 3, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Christie's: The Somov Collection. In: Profile of Boris Snejkovsky. Christie's, June 4, 2018, accessed July 3, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Somow, Konstantin Andreevich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Сомов, Константин Андреевич (Russian)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH November 30, 1869
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH May 6, 1939
Place of death Paris