Pavel Filonov


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Name
Pavel Filonov
Life Dates
1883 - 1941
Country
Russia
Movement
Analytical Art

Pavel Filonov Biography

Pavel Filonov at Artprice. To look at auction records, find Filonov's works in upcoming auctions, check price levels and indexes for his works, read his biography and view his signature, access the Artprice database. Pavel Nikolaevich Filonov was born on January 8, 1883 in Moscow, the sixth child of a cabman. His father died in 1887, and his mother became a laundress to support her large family. The children worked too, even Pavel, the youngest, helped his sisters to embroider towels and sell them in the marketplace.

At the age of 6 Pavel began to dance in the corps de ballet in small Moscow theatres to earn a living. In 1896, his mother died. By this time Pavel’s elder sister, Alexandra, was married to a well-to-do engineer. Her husband took all his in-laws to St. Petersburg and gave them all a decent education.

Pavel, who had shown interest in painting already at the age of 3-4 years old, began to study art and crafts at the School of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts. As his main trade, he studied house decoration, to become an ornament and stucco molding painter, while also attending evening drawing classes. In 1901, Filonov graduated from the school with the diploma of master-painter and worked at different jobs, from wall coloring to the restoration of plafonds in the Hermitage. In 1903 Filonov tried to enter the Academy of Arts but failed at the entrance examinations.


Pavel Filonov 99 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

  • Pavel Filonov. Landscape. Wind.
    Landscape. Wind.

    1907. Oil on cardboard. 20.5 x 30.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. A Small House in Moscow.
    A Small House In Moscow.

    1894. Watercolor, graphite pencil on paper. 8.3 x 16.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Landscape with Two Animals.
    Landscape With Two Animals.

    1910s. Indian ink, brush, graphite pencil on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Peasant Family.
    Peasant Family.

    1910. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather. 6.2 x 17.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Heads.
    Heads.

    1910. Oil on cardboard. 28.5 x 47.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. St. Catherine.
    St. Catherine.

    1908-1910. Tempera on canvas mounted on wood. 27 x 18 cm. Private collection, Paris. Read Note.

  • Pavel Filonov. Musicians.
    Musicians.

    1912. Indian ink, brush, graphite pencil on paper. 10.6 x 13.1 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Execution.
    Execution.

    1912. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman.
    Man And Woman.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman. Detail.
    Man And Woman. Detail.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman. Detail.
    Man And Woman. Detail.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman. Detail.
    Man And Woman. Detail.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman. Detail.
    Man And Woman. Detail.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Man and Woman. Detail.
    Man And Woman. Detail.

    1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper. 31 x 23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. West and East.
    West And East.

    1912-1913. Oil on canvas. 39.5 x 46 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. East and West.
    East And West.

    1912-1913. Oil, tempera, gouache on paper. 38.5 x 42 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Bourgeois in a Carriage.
    Bourgeois In A Carriage.

    1912-13. Oil on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. At the Table.
    At The Table.

    1912-13. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. They Who Have Nothing to Lose.
    They Who Have Nothing To Lose.

    1912-12. Oil on paper. 96.5 x 76.2 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

  • Pavel Filonov. Untitled (Three Figures).
    Untitled (Three Figures).

    1912-13. Oil on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

Pavel Filonov Bibliography

Filonov: by Pavel Nikolaevich Filonov. Centre Georges Pompidou, 1990.

Pavel Filonov: A Hero and His Fate: Collected Writings on Art and Revolution, 1914-1940 by Pavel Nikolaevich Filonov. Silvergirl Books, 1984.

Pawel Filonow und seine Schule. DuMont, 1990.

The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.

A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.

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