Serge Youriévitch

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Serge Youriévitch Russian Сергей Александрович Юрьевич , (born March 31, 1876 in Paris , † December 18, 1969 there ) was a French sculptor of Russian noble descent, politician , author and chamberlain of Tsar Nicholas II. The newspaper Brooklyn Daily Eagle described Yourié Eagle a "gentleman farmer in Russia, a scientist in France, a diplomat in the Foreign Office of the Russian Empire, a painter, graphic artist and sculptor".

family

Youriévitch's father's crypt in Lopukhovka, Saratov, Russia.

Youriévitch was born in 1876 in the 8th arrondissement of Paris into a family of lower Belarusian nobility.

His grandfather Semyon Yurievich (1798–1865) came from a noble family in Mogilyov and in 1825 was appointed tutor of the future Tsar Alexander II . Serge's parents were Alexander Semyonovich Yurievich and Yelizaveta Andreyevna Yurievich. His Russian name Sergei Alexandrovich Yurevich was translated into French as Serge Youriévitch. He had two older brothers, Simon (* 1870) and Alexander (* 1871).

Youriévitch married Princess Helene Lipovatz, the daughter of Prince Jovan Popović-Lipovac, a Montenegrin aristocrat and general in the Imperial Russian Army . Helene was a cousin of Princess Elena of Serbia . The connection had two daughters, Hélène and Nika (born August 2, 1916).

In the course of the October Revolution of 1917, the Yurievich family lost their lands in the Saratov Governorate . Youriévitch had traveled there when the news of the collapse of the monarchy reached him, but had to leave without having achieved anything after his wife Helene had almost become a victim of the overthrow.

Helene died on May 16, 1957. Serge Youriévitch died in 1969 at the age of 93. He was buried with his family in the Russian cemetery in Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois (Essonne) .

Life

Political career

Youriévitch studied politics at the imperial lyceum Tsarskoje Selo in Petrograd (today Saint Petersburg ). In 1895 he came to the   Institut d'études politiques de Paris , where he worked as secretary to the Russian ambassador, later as cultural attaché . In Sankt Peterburg he worked as a State Councilor . He was chamberlain to Tsar Nicholas II.

As a sculptor

In 1903 Youriévitch became a student of the sculptor Auguste Rodin , who exerted a strong influence on him. In 1909 Youriévitch resigned from his political offices and began exhibiting his work at the Salon of the Société des Artistes Indépendants in Paris. Youriévitch described his entry into sculpture with these words: “I had little or nothing to do with art until 1903 when my health deteriorated. I had taken on all of the institute's organizational and secretarial work, but the burden had become too great. I went to Switzerland and started painting to relax. I have worked in oil, watercolor, pastel and etching and have achieved some success at exhibitions with them. I have a studio in Rome. One day I was trying to master the anatomy of a foot for a painting. I decided to sculpt this out of clay. The impression that I had this thing round and firmly in my hand - instead of flat on a canvas - was so strong that I wondered why I hadn't actually made a sculpture beforehand. I immediately turned to sculpture and when I returned to Paris I got a studio in the Hôtel Biron just one floor above Rodin. "

Youriévitch also contributed to British art, particularly sporting arts and modern sculpture. In the 1950s Youriévitch taught sculpture at the Guildford School of Art , where he also counted the sculptor Lorne McKean (* 1939) among his students.

In psychology

Youriévitch was Vice President of the Institut Général Psychologique in Paris and wrote some psychological papers, including Concerning some Manifestations of Psychic Entities . He was the founder of the Institut Psychologique International, founded in 1900 .

In 1930, an article from the American Society for Psychical Research stated that "Youriévitch had for many years been intimately acquainted with the leading scientists and psychologists of Paris and was able to participate in many of their experiments." He was a member of the Sociological Society in Paris.

Honors

In 1913 the French Legion of Honor accepted him as an officer. In 1933 he received French citizenship. His family's art collection is now exhibited in the Saratov State Museum .

Works (selection)

Youriévitch was an accomplished sculptor whose work mainly focused on exhibits for gardens and fountains. In 1923 he exhibited his bronze La danseuse Nattowa at the Salon of the Société du Salon d'Automne . He also made busts of well-known personalities and representatives of the nobility of the time, so in 1928 he made a bust modeled on the Duchess of Atholl, Katharine Stewart-Murray, on the occasion of her silver wedding to John Stewart-Murray, 8th Duke of Atholl . In 1930 Youriévitch created a bust of Franklin D. Roosevelt , who was then still governor of New York . His wife Helene presented the work after Roosevelt was elected president. Another bust of Youriévitch showed the English poet Thomas Hardy .

In addition to sculpture, Youriévitch was also active as a painter and draftsman. His work includes:

  • La divine danseuse Nattova (1923)
  • First nations female (1920-1929)
  • Portrait d'homme barbu (1926)
  • Portrait de femme au fond bleu (1929)
  • India Iroquois (1929-1930)
  • Morning dew (1929)
  • Portrait de Sa'ad Zaghlul (1926)
  • Buste de Franklin D Roosevelt (1930)
  • Buste de femme aux his nus
  • Tete de Pierrot
  • Paysage de neige
  • Thomas Hardy (1924)
  • Femme nue assise
  • Jeune femme à genoux (1931)
  • Symphony humaine (1920)
  • Polish (1922)
  • Femme et enfants
  • Le printemps

In a by the auction house Christie's conducted in 2007 auction his bronze sculpture scored Morning Dew ( German  morning ) after a valuation of $ 40,000 to $ 60,000 a retail price of $ 60,000.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ B. Brower: Unruly Spirits. The Science of Psychic Phenomena in Modern France. University of Illinois Press, 2010, ISBN 978-0-252-09005-9 .
  2. ↑ a b c d e The Amazing Serge Yourievitch . In: Brooklyn Daily Eagle, March 22, 1925.
  3. ↑ a b Yourivitch In: Ministry of Culture, France.
  4. ↑ a b Памятник-мемориал семье Юрьевичей In: atkarsk24.ru
  5. ↑ Sergei Aleksandrovich Yurevich . In: Blouin Art Info
  6. ↑ a b Serge Youriévitch (French, 1876–1969) . In: artnet
  7. ↑ a b Serge Youriévitch . ( Memento of October 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) In: Hickmet Fine Arts
  8. ↑ Westley FC: The Spectator . 1953.
  9. ↑ Mariages . In: Le Figaro of September 24, 1932.
  10. ↑ Who was who. A Companion to Who's Who, Containing the Biographies of Those Who Died. Issue 8, A. & C. Black, 1981, p. 373.
  11. ↑ L'Intermediaire des Chercheurs et Curieux . Volume 7. 1957, p. 339.
  12. ↑ Sergey Alexandrovich Yourievitch. In: findagrave.com
  13. ↑ Hereward Carrington: Eusapia Palladino and Her Phenomena. BW Dodge & Co., 1909, p. 129.
  14. ^ A b Henri F. Ellenberger: The Discovery of the Unconscious. The History and Evolution of Dynamic Psychiatry. Basic Books, 2008, ISBN 978-0-78672-480-2 , p. 342.
  15. ↑ Kelly's Handbook to the Titled, Landed and Official Classes Volume 95, Kelly's Directories, 1969, p. 1049
  16. ^ Correspondance à trois. 1944-1953. Gallimard - promeneur, 2008, p. 507.
  17. ^ Original text in English: "I had little or nothing to do with art until my health broke down in 1903. I had been doing all the organizing and secretarial work of the institute and the strain was too heavy. I went to Switzerland and began to paint as a relaxation. I worked in oil, water color, pastel and etching and made some success at exhibitions. I got a studio in Rome. And one day while I was trying to master the anatomy of a foot for a painting, I decided to make it, first in clay. The impression I received on having the thing round and solid in my hand instead of flat on a canvas was so strong that I wondered why I had done no sculpture before. I immediately took up sculpture, and on coming back to Paris I got a studio in the Hotel Biron upstairs over Rodin. "
  18. ^ Stella A. Walker: British sporting art in the twentieth century . Sportsman's Press, 1989, ISBN 978-0-94825-336-2 , p. 224.
  19. ^ Herbert Maryon: Modern Sculpture. Its Methods and Ideals. Sir I. Pitman & Sons, 1933, p. XIII.
  20. ^ Christopher Payne: Animals in Bronze. Reference and Price Guide. Antique Collectors' Club, 1986, ISBN 978-0-90746-245-3 , p. 412.
  21. ^ The Journal of the American Society for Psychical Research . Volume 15. American Society for Psychical Research, 1921, p. 550.
  22. ↑ Original text: "Youriévitch enjoyed for many years an intimate acquaintance with the leading scientists and psychic researchers of Paris and was able to take part in many of their experiments." In: Psychic Research . 24. American Society for Psychical Research, 1930, p. 240.
  23. ↑ Address by the Right Hon. James Bryce on the Aims & Program of the Sociological Society. With First Annual Report and List of Members. The Society, 1905, p. 47.
  24. ^ Robert E. Dechant, Filipp Goldscheider: Goldscheider. Company history and catalog raisonné. Historicism, Art Nouveau, Art Deco, 1950s. Arnold, Stuttgart 2007. ISBN 978-3-89790-216-9 , 640 pp.
  25. ↑ Duchess's portrait . In: Aberdeen Journal of January 18, 1927.
  26. ↑ Gifts to Duchess of Atholl. In: Dundee Courier, January 18, 1927.
  27. ↑ Serge Yourievitch . In: Smithsonian American Art Museum
  28. ↑ Lot: 322  ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) In: amazonaws.com@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / s3.amazonaws.com
  29. ↑ Le Bulletin de l'art ancien et modern. 1919, p. 56.
  30. ↑ Russian Paintings and Works of Art. April 18, 2007. In: christies.com
personal data
SURNAME Youriévitch, Serge
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Yurevich, Sergei Alexandrovich (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French sculptor, politician and author
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH Paris
DATE OF DEATH 18th December 1969
Place of death Paris