Bruni, Lev Alexandrovich

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Bruni, Lev Alexandrovich

(1894-1948)

BRUNI Lev 20 July 1894 (Malaya Vishera Novgorod Province) - February 26, 1948 (Moscow) Graphic artist, painter, muralist. Born to a family of artists, the artist's father, A. Bruni, was an architect, his great-grandfather FA Bruni - a painter, another great-grandfather, PF Sokolov - renowned master of watercolor portrait. Art education has received in St. Petersburg in a private studio, AI Titov and B. M. Schulz (1904-1909), then in the Superior Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts - in the battle for the class of FA Roubaud, H . Samokisha S. and J. F. Tsionglinskogo (1909-1912). The course is not finished.

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In 1912 he went to Paris, stayed there for about a year, visiting the Academy R. Julien, where he studied with M-P. Laurent. Upon his return to St. Petersburg entered the circle of young artists (N. Altman, N. Tyrsa, PV Miturich, PI Lvov), which includes an interest in constructivism VE Tatlin. Graphic works Bruni in 1913-1915 were published in the journals "Voice of Life," New magazine for all. Since 1915 member and exhibitor association "World of Art". Got carried away by the art of Japan and China. In 1916 he worked with Tatlin. I created kontrrelefy who exhibited at "Store" in Moscow. In 1916 he drafted for military service. In 1917, painted with other artists interiors Cafe Pittoresk "in Moscow. In the same year joined the association "Jack of Diamonds". In 1919 he married the daughter of the poet KD Balmont Nina Balmont. For some time he lived in the southern Urals. In 1920 he returned to Petrograd. Created a number of non-objective compositions. He took part in a festive decoration of streets and squares of the city. In 1920-1921 he taught at the Higher workshops of arts and crafts (formerly School of Technical Drawing of Baron Alexander Stieglitz). In 1923 he moved to Moscow. In 1923-1927 he taught at the Faculty of graphic VKhUTEMAS (from 1924 - professor), and in 1927-1930 - VHUTEINa. In the 1924-1925 term and the exponential association "Makovets", in 1925-1926 - "4 Art. In the 1930's while he taught at several institutions: in 1930-1933 - at the Moscow Textile Institute, in 1931-1938 - at the Moscow Institute of Fine Arts, in 1935-1938 - at the Moscow Polygraphic Institute. In 1935-1938 also led the studio of monumental painting at the Moscow Architectural Institute. Summer months in the 1920's - 1930's carried out in Optina Kaluga. These visits were for Bruni, an extremely fruitful in the creative respect: it was there was done much of the drawings and watercolors 1920 - 1930. In 1930 a lot of work in the field of monumental art, creating murals and paintings in the Central House of the pioneers in Moscow (1935), pavilions VSHV (1938-1939), Soviet pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris (1937), the Central Red Army Theater in Moscow (1939-1940). Since the late 1910-s has been active in book illustration, designed many books, including book NS Gumilev "Mick and Louis" (1915), VV Khlebnikov's poem "Error death" (1917-1920), "Stories children "I. Potapenko (1910)," Fairy Tales "by R. Kipling (1929), the book" The guys on зверятах "O. Perovskoj (1933)," The Algerian Captive O. profitable, "Lyrics" Nizami, Shah -Name "Ferdowsi (all - 1930) and others. During the Second World War, was evacuated to Kazakhstan. In 1944 he returned to Moscow. In 2000, the State Tretyakov Gallery held a retrospective exhibition of works by the artist. Bruni entered the history of Soviet art primarily as a first-class master of drawing, watercolors and book illustrator. At the beginning of his career he turned to painting and sculpture: creating portraits, paintings of mythological character, kontrrelefy, but since the early 1920's worked almost exclusively on graphics: easel painting and book illustration. Instead of painting came watercolor. In 1930, along with graphics, he worked as a master of monumental painting. He created his own style of illustration, the formation of which had a significant influence French drawings late XIX - early XX century, he had seen during their stay in Paris in 1912, Japanese and Chinese watercolors, as well as avant-garde experiments in which he actively participated in 1910 -e. The artistic heritage Bruni is great. His works are in many Russian museums and private collections. Significant collections of graphics masters have GMII im. Pushkin, the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum.