Pavel Filonov
(1883-1941)

Pavel Filonov was born in Moscow. Orphaned early moved to St. Petersburg, where he took painting lessons. Since 1908. Pavel Filonov studied at the Academy of Arts, where he was expelled in 1910. In 1911. He contacted contacted the Youth Union and uchuvstvovat in their exhibitions. The following year, traveled to Italy and France.

The first important works of Pavel Filonov, usually written in mixed media on paper (man and woman, Feast of Kings, the East and the West, East and West, and all the work - 1912-1913, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg), directly adjacent to the symbolism and modernity - with their allegorical figures, avatars and a passionate interest in the "eternal themes of" being.

As they develop a distinctive style of the artist to build a picture of the crystal color cell - as firmly "do" thing. But (unlike V.E.Tatlina ), he dwells as a "conservative futurist," and does not go to the design, while remaining within the framework of a clean, sparkling, colorful scenic beauty.

In 1913, developed the scenery on the stage for the tragedy of Vladimir Mayakovsky "Vladimir Mayakovsky" The next two years Pavel Filonov worked as an illustrator futuristic booklets, published his poem trans-rational "Sermon on the shoots of the world," and began to develop a theory of art: "Ideology of Analytical Art" and "Principles of madeness" . In 1919. the artist's paintings were exhibited at the first public free exhibition of arts workers in Petrograd.

In 1923. Pavel Filonov became a professor at the Academy of Arts and a member of the Institute of Artistic Culture (INKhUK). In those same years, is the "Declaration of World overgrown" Pavel Filonov in "Living Art". Two years later, Pavel Filonov collects analytical team masters painting (now known as the School of Filonov).

Because of continuing strong criticism and attacks against Filonov, his exhibition, planned for 1929, 1930. The Russian Museum has failed. In 1932. His life and work was interrupted by the war. He died of pneumonia at the time of the siege of Leningrad in 1941. In 1967. was held posthumous exhibition of Filonov Pavlv in Novosibirsk.

Only in recent years the art of Filonov received worldwide recognition. Images created by his thought gave a huge boost to the avant-garde in the Soviet Union. He found his artistic style, thanks to the uncompromising ideals in which he believed.

Already in his early works can clearly be seen the failure of ideology of the Academy of Painting in St. Petersburg. Filonov left the academy in 1910 and made the choice of ignoring the basic direction in painting for the further development of his style.

In his painting Pavel Filonov observed and realized the forces that comprise the existence of mankind. His goal was to achieve a systematic knowledge of the world and its human population.

Filonov's paintings were the result not just of sense images. His painting - a statement of the principles of intelligent, some of which are taken from the theory and ideology of the artist. In painting Filonov visible "design intelligence" in the image.

After the revolution of 1917. Pavel Filonov worked on the completion of their work, "Analytical painting." Social changes in Russia voodushivili artists - Futurists. Pavel Filonov devoted a lot of time and effort for artistic inventions and creative ideas. He worked 18 hours a day.

In 1925., Having found many followers and supporters of his style of expression, he founded a school in Petrograd. The school was closed by the government in 1928. together with all private artistic and cultural organizations.