Unique Kuindzhi!

[eva777]

Today, 25 January, 167 years ago was born unique Kuindzhi!


Arkhip Kuinji (1842-1910) - Russian and Ukrainian artist, a master of landscape painting.
Biography
Arkhip Kuindzhi born in January 1842 in Mariupol in the family of a poor shoemaker-Greek. Early lost his parents and lived in great poverty, tending geese, served as the contractor for the construction of the church, then at hlebotorgovtsa; learned from the teacher-Greek literacy in Greek, then some time attended the town school.
From an early age Kuindzhi fond of painting and drawing at any suitable material - on walls, fences and scraps of paper. He worked as a retoucher for photographers in Mariupol, Odessa and St. Petersburg. Finally, it creates a big picture "Tatar hut in the Crimea, which was exhibited at the Academic Fair in 1868 As a result Kuindzhi becoming a volunteer academy. For now "Autumn thaw" in 1872, he received the title of the class artist. In 1873 Kuindzhi exhibited in the Society of Promotion of the Arts painting "Snow", for which in 1874 at the International Exhibition in London receives a bronze medal. Also in 1873 he exhibited in Vienna, his painting "View of the island of Valaam" in St. Petersburg - Lake Ladoga. In 1874, the exhibition of the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions Kuindzhi exposes the "Forgotten Village", in 1875 - "The Steppe" and "Chumatski tract, in 1876 - the famous" Ukrainian night ".

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In 1877 Kuindzhi becomes a member of the Association of the Wanderers, in 1878, exposes the "Forest" and "Evening in the Ukraine", aroused a lot of disputes and created a lot of imitators.
In 1879, he exposes the "North", "birch grove", "After the Storm", in the same year Kuindzhi left the exhibition of the partnership. In 1880, he was satisfied with the Society of Encouragement of Arts exhibition of one of his paintings: "Night on the Dnieper; this exhibition was a huge success.
In 1881, as a "solo" mode, Kuindzhi exhibited "birch grove", which had an equally resounding success, and in 1882 introduced the Dnepr in the morning "with the Birch Grove" and "Night on the Dnieper. After this exhibition, until his death Kuindzhi anywhere else did not put their pictures, and before 1900-ies to anyone and no-shows.
From 1894 to 1897 Kuindzhi was a professor of senior art school at the Academy of Arts. In 1904 he brought a gift to the Academy of 100 000 rubles for the issuance of 24 annual awards, in 1909, sacrificed his own behalf Art Society 150 000 rubles, and his estate in Crimea, as a society to promote the Arts 11 700 rubles for the prize for landscape painting.
Arkhip Kuinji died on 11 July (July 24) in 1910 in St. Petersburg.


The illusion of the world was his god, and there was an artist equal to him in achieving this miracle of painting
- Ilya Repin


Powerful Kuindzhi was not only a great artist, but also was a great teacher of life. His private life was unusual, solitary, and only the coming of his students knew the depth of his soul. At midday he went up to the roof of his house, and as soon as the noon thunder fortress cannon, thousands of birds gathered around him. He fed them out of their hands, those of countless of his friends: pigeons, sparrows, crows, crows, swallows. It seemed that all the birds of the capital flocked to him and covered his shoulders, arms and head. He told me: "Come closer, I tell them that they were not afraid of you." Unforgettable was the sight of the gray-haired, smiling man, covered with chirping birds, it remains among the most precious memories ... One of the joys of ordinary Kuindzhi was to help the poor so that they do not know where it is a blessing. Uniquely was his whole life ...
- Nicholas Roerich, a student AIKuindzhi

[Сергеич]

«moonlit night on the Dnieper" wanted to buy Soldatenkov, but it turned out that she no longer belonged Arkhip Ivanovich, was sold more smelling of fresh paint, straight into the studio. One Sunday about its price asked a naval officer. "But why do you - shrugged Kuindzhi .-

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It still does not buy it dear. - "Still" - "Yes five thousand" - named Arkhip I. unbelievable in those days, almost fantastic amount. And suddenly he heard in response to "Good. I leave for themselves. " And only after the officer found an artist that he had visited the Grand Duke Constantine.
Repin laughed "tick off a loud, all crusts Kuindzhi, opponents could not refrain from imitation and vied with each other, with passion, tried to jump ahead with their fakes, passing them off as their own personal pictures." Could not resist a well-known landscape painter, as Lagorio. He recreated the "effect Kuindzhi" in the landscape "Night on the Neva. But instead of glory waited only that it began to point the finger.

Interestingly, for some of them laughed.

- Moonlight on the Neva 1898 Lev Lagorio
- Neva night 1878 Lev Lagorio

[Tana]

Sergeyitch I think for the first ridiculed,
such history was not only Lagorio, but with Sudkovskim RG painting "clear water" from 1879-1885 and Kuindzhi AI "Lake Ladoga for 1873 artists were neighbors and showed his picture Kuindzhi Sudkovskomu, after that Sudkovskogo born" clear water ":

"The experience of the artistic representation of lake bottom, shines through the water, presented in Russian painting of the first, which caused numerous gossip. After 13 years Sudkovsky artist, who saw the work of" Ladoga "Kuindzhi, decided to repeat this experience in their work, and was named critic, discoverer of the admission. The truth was reinstated after the publication in the magazine "New Times" article Kramskoy, Repin, Maksimova and Volkova, defending AIKuindzhi. "
1 Sudkovsky RG "Clear water" 1879-1885
2 - Kuindzhi AI "Ladoga Lake 1873
many of his forged not only well-known contemporaries.
About Kuindzhi can talk endlessly ... love it!

[Артём]

"From the very first things," Balaam "his small images evoked much controversy, attracted by the mass public, and separated from all that has happened to them while at the shows, such a strong, unique impression, that it seemed the whole show went off somewhere far away, and Some pictures were Kuindzhi central phenomenon. The whole audience was standing at his pictures and could not have seen anything interesting after these unexpected, varied and intense moments. "
                                               IERepin

[dedulya37]

And who knows whether the author's repetition of "Night on the Dnieper River"? And if so, how much?

[Артём]

Сообщение от dedulya37

And who knows whether the author's repetition of "Night on the Dnieper River"? And if so, how much?

    In Simferopol hud.muzee copyright repeated in 1880 in full size - that's for sure.

[Tana]

Сообщение от dedulya37

And who knows whether the author's repetition of "Night on the Dnieper River"? And if so, how much?

dedulya37 remember, you already asked about Kuindzhi and its repetitions (my favorite artist, so remember the question), the fact that, after successful exhibitions, trips abroad Kuindzhi past 10 years have not exhibited, and no one showed his works (probably very close friends), just read that he recently used to repeat their work copied especially successful and famous, I am also interested in the topic, his work, studies in recent years, it never found ... .. this period of his life is not very lit ...
In about painting "Night on the Dnieper" found that "Night on the Dnieper" (1880-1882; variations in the Tretyakov Gallery, as well as in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg)
from the biography on the site: http://www.art-catalog.ru/artist.php?id_artist=2
so I think that the options were few and not only this work.

[dedulya37]

Tana,
Thank you very much. Still, it would be interesting to calculate purely from the point of view of art criticism.

[Кирилл Сызранский]

dedulya37, except the State Tretyakov Gallery and RM, there is repetition-options "Night on the Dnieper river", because artist repeated on several occasions, and varied this picture.
In AGKG;
the Simferopol hudmuzee;
and (very funny), entitled "Night at the Don" in KMRI. There seems to believe that the Dnieper River is not very similar.
There is a smaller version, in the State Tretyakov Gallery and in the RM.

[Евгений]

One of the best works of the artist., 165h115sm.Holst, oil.
Sold at SodBi 2008g.za 3 mln.u.e.
http://www.sothebys.com/app/live/lot...t_id=159447266
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In 1881. this picture AIKuindzhi exhibited in the Society of the Encouragement of Arts (St. Petersburg). The picture was a great success.
Over 7 t.rub.ee acquired FA Tereshchenko (1832-1894) for his gallery in Kieve.Zhena collector, NV Tereshchenko, in 1918 emigrated to Angliyu.Vozmozhno as one of the best works of AI Kuindzhi was abroad.