Théodore Stravinsky

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Théodore Stravinsky (born March 24, 1907 in Saint Petersburg , † May 16, 1989 in Geneva ) was a Russian painter.

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Théodore Stravinsky was born in Saint Petersburg in 1907 as the son of the composer Igor Stravinsky . In 1913 he came to Switzerland with the family and later lived in France . During the Second World War , the German occupying forces took him to a distribution center. With the help of various friends, including the patron Werner Reinhart , he came to Geneva in Switzerland in 1943 .

His wife was the daughter of the Geneva painter and student of Hodler , Stéphanie Guerzoni (1887–1970). Théodore Stravinsky was a portraitist , created mosaics , church windows (e.g. Christ the King's Church in Friborg) and frescoes . He carried out assignments in Switzerland, Italy , France, Belgium and the Netherlands . His pictures, watercolors, pastels and oil paintings have been shown in many solo exhibitions in different countries. Stravinsky had to give up painting because he was blind. He died in Geneva in 1989 and found his final resting place in the Russian cemetery of Sainte-Geneviève-des-Bois near Paris.

Two years later, his widow, Denise Stravinsky, founded the Théodore Stravinsky Foundation, which had already been planned, based in Geneva, in order to preserve and exhibit his oeuvre.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • Musée de Carouge , November 27, 2014 to March 22, 2015
  • Song of silence. Art Museum Appenzell , November 2015 to March 2016.
  • Théodore Stravinsky. Poetry of the moment . Kunsthaus Stade , June 4 to August 28, 2016

literature

  • Roland Scotti (Ed.): Théodore Stravinski - Song of Silence . Steidl, Göttingen 2015, ISBN 978-3-95829-128-7 . (Catalog for the exhibitions 2015 and 2016)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Exposition au musée de Carouge: Théodore Stravinsky (1907–1989) ( Memento of December 8, 2015 in the Internet Archive )
  2. ↑ Laurence Chauvy: La peinture chaude de Théodore Stravinsky. In: Le Temps , January 5, 2015, accessed December 5, 2015.
  3. ^ Théodore Stravinsky. Poetry of the moment ( memento of July 13, 2016 in the Internet Archive ), museen-stade.de, accessed on July 13, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Stravinsky, Théodore
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Стравинский, Теодор Игоревич (Russian); Stravinsky, Théodore
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 24, 1907
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH May 16, 1989
Place of death Geneva