Pavel Filonov
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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. Continued...
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Landscape. Wind. 1907. Oil on cardboard, 20.5x30.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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A Small House in Moscow. 1894. Watercolor, graphite pencil on paper, 8.3x16.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Landscape with Two Animals. 1910s. Indian ink, brush, graphite pencil on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Peasant Family. 1910. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, 6.2x17.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Heads. 1910. Oil on cardboard. 28.5 x 47.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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St. Catherine. 1908-1910. Tempera on canvas mounted on wood, 27x18 cm. Private collection, Paris. More. |
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Musicians. 1912. Indian ink, brush, graphite pencil on paper. 10.6 x 13.1 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Execution. 1912. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. Detail. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. Detail. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. Detail. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. Detail. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Man and Woman. Detail. 1912-13. Watercolor, brown ink, Indian ink, feather, brush on paper, 31x23.3 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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West and East. 1912-1913.Oil on canvas. 39.5 x 46 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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East and West. 1912-1913. Oil, tempera, gouache on paper, 38.5 x 42 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Bourgeois in a Carriage. 1912-13. Oil on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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At the Table. 1912-13. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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They Who Have Nothing to Lose. 1912-13. Oil on paper. 96.5 x 76.2 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |
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Untitled (Three Figures). 1912-13. Oil on cardboard. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. |