Nick Stahl von Holstein, or Nicolas de Stael

[LCR]

Here is another artist of my most-most-most (those who saw my albums, could this guess).
He entered the world of art, like the dazzling meteor, and painting after de Stael could no longer be what it was before him. Perhaps my life without his pictures would also be somewhat different.

I think he had all the qualities, except for one - moderation. To create what he has created over ten years, another would have required no less than half a century.
I spread his brief biography, play his works - most importantly, the translation of a letter he had three months before his death he sent his gallerist, and a few photographs of him, because he was extraordinarily handsome.

• 1914 - Born in 1914 in St. Petersburg in the family of Baron Vladimir Stahl von Holstein, the chamberlain, the general of the Russian army, the last commandant of the fortress. His father came from Ostsee kind. When Nicholas was born his father was over sixty, mother, nee Berednikovoy - over forty.
  
• 1919 - after the revolution, the family emigrated to Poland
  
• 1922 - parents de Stael had died. Eight of Nicholas and his two sisters took over the education Visero family, who lived in Brussels.
  
• 1924-1932 - Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Saint-Gilles-de-Brussels, then at the Royal Academy of Fine Arts.
  
• 1934 - a trip to the south of France, has eclipsed Paris, where he discovered Cezanne, Matisse, Braque, Soutine.
  
• 1936 - first exhibition in Gedera Dietrich in Brussels. Trip to Morocco.
  
• 1937 - in Marrakech familiarity with Jeannine Giyu, who became his girlfriend.
  
• 1939 - In September, enlisted in the Foreign Legion.
  
• 1940 - Demobilization. Steel was in the "free zone". Meetings with Delaunay, Arp, Manelli, Jean Klein, Le Corbusier. Images coal.
  
• 1942 - Getting serious work. Inclined to abstractions.
  
• 1943 - Steel and his wife, Jeannine moved to Paris. Jeanne Buchez been enthusiastic about his painting.
  
• 1944 - Joan Buchez organized in his gallery in Montparnasse exhibition of Kandinsky, Domela and steel. After the Liberation collectors have become interested in his work. Getting Started with George and Marcel marriages.
  
• 1945 - Personal exhibition at the Joan Buchez.
  
• 1946 - The wife Steel Jeannine died in February. Started with the gallery of Louis Karre. In December, his marriage to Françoise Shaputon.
  
• 1947 - began to settle in a large workshop in the 14 district of Paris. Friendship with Braque, who introduced him to an American art dealer Theodore Shempffom. Shempff is started painting steel and gradually opened the doors of the American market.
  
• 1948 - The famous gallery owner Jacques Dyubur offers began to work with him. His paintings hang next to Corot, Delacroix, Gericault. Getting French citizenship. The exhibition in Montevideo (Uruguay).
  
• 1949 - A trip to the Netherlands, where he studied Frans Halsya and Rembrendta.
  
• 1950 - State Museum of Modern Art bought and put a lot of work in 1949, Jacques Dyubur opened his gallery on Boulevard Haussmann several contemporary artists, and in particular, have become.
  
• 1951 - Exhibition in New York at Shempffa. Friendship with the poet Rene ball and joint book "Poems Rene Shara - woodcuts, Nicolas de Stael." Exhibition of graphics by Dyubura. Introducing fSyuzannoy Tezna, which held the salon, where Sioran, Boulez, Messiaen, Michaud, Chingria were regulars.
  
• 1952 - Steel began writing landscapes from life in the suburbs of Paris. At the May Salon, he exhibited his great work "Stadium Park DE Prens. Project exhibition in New York at Knedlera. Hard work.
• Project Ballet Rene ball, then with Pierre Lekyuirom not implemented.
  
• 1953 - a trip to Italy with his wife and Pierre Lekyuirom, Trip to New York for the hanging of his works have Knedlera. All the time in New York held in the museums of Manhattan and Philadelphia, and in private collections. Shocked Barnes collection, especially the "Grands kpalschitsami" Cezanne. Return to Paris. Paul Rosenberg offered him a lucrative contract, and Steel signed it. This contract marked the end of material difficulties. Travel to Italy and Sicily. Upon his return to Paris he settled in Deer one. Joan Mathieu became his "model". Buying a home in the Mediterranean Sea, in Menerbe. Getting Started with Douglas Cooper, the British collector and historian, who lived in the south in the department of Gard. His collection includes works by Leger, Gris, Picasso, Braque.
  
• 1954 - Exhibition in New York in Rosenberg was a great success. Exhibition in Paridzhe have Dyubura. Autumn, he settled in Antibes. Intensive work.
  
• 1955 - Steel preparing a new exhibition at Dyubura, scheduled for June. He is an incredible lot of work. Was present in Paris for two concerts, performing music Schoenberg and Webern. I started writing under her influence now "Concert".
• Committed suicide by jumping from the terrace of his house in Antibes 16 March.