Ivan Albertovich Puni , in French Jean Puni ( fr. Jean Pougny ; 1892 , Kuokkala - 1956 , Paris ) - a Russian-French artist who, over the course of his creative development, radically changed his artistic style several times from avant-garde , cubism , futurism and suprematism to lyrical primitivism in line with the direction in which Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard also worked. [1] [2] [3] [4]
| Ivan Puni | |
|---|---|
 self portrait, 1919 | |
| Date of Birth | February 20 ( March 4 ) 1892 |
| Place of Birth | Kuokkala , Russian Empire |
| Date of death | December 28, 1956 ( 64) |
| Place of death | Paris , France |
| Citizenship |  Russian Empire → RSFSR France |
| Genre | landscape , still life , portrait |
| Study | |
| Style | avant-garde , cubism , futurism , suprematism , lyrical primitivism |
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Biography
Ivan Puni was born in a family cottage in the village of Kuokkala on the Karelian Isthmus (at that time the territory of the Grand Duchy of Finland as part of the Russian Empire , now the village of Repino in the Kurortny district of St. Petersburg ). His paternal grandfather Caesar Pugni is a native of Italy , who settled in Russia in 1851, the famous ballet composer; paternal grandmother is an Englishwoman. [4] Artist's father, Albert (after the adoption of Orthodoxy - Andrei) Pugni - cellist of the Mariinsky Theater .
He received his primary art education at home, took lessons from I. E. Repin , under whose influence he chose the path of the artist. His father dreamed of a military career for his son, so he was forced to study in 1900-1908 in the Nikolaev Cadet Corps .
In 1910-1911 he made his first trip to Paris, where he studied at the academy of R. Julian , Colarossi and others. [4] In Paris, Pugni discovered the work of Cezanne , Nabid , Cubists and Fauvists .
In 1912, having returned through Italy to Petersburg, he met N.I. Kulbin , D.D. Burliuk , V.V. Mayakovsky , V.V. Khlebnikov , K.S. Malevich , participated in the exhibition "Union of Youth".
In 1913 he married Ksenia Boguslavskaya [4] , who was also an artist, as well as a designer and poet.
In 1914, together with his young wife, he again went to Paris, where for the first time he exhibited his works in the Salon of Independents. [3] [4] Returning to Petrograd just before the outbreak of World War I , Pugni became the organizer and main sponsor of the scandalous futuristic exhibitions of 1915 "Tram B" and " 0.10 ".
His apartment in parental home 1 on Gatchina Street in St. Petersburg from 1913 to 1915 [5] was a meeting place for artists and poets, avant-garde artists and futurists .
In 1918, he participated in the festive decoration of Petrograd for revolutionary holidays. [four]
In 1919, Ivan Puni taught at the Art Institute in Vitebsk , where he arrived in January at the invitation of Marc Chagall . In October 1919 he returned to Petrograd, and in January 1920 the Pugni couple emigrated - through Finland to Germany (1920), then to France (1924). [four]
In 1921, at the Sturm-Galerie in Berlin, its owner Herwart Walden held a solo exhibition of Pugni. [3] In 1923, a programmatic text by Pugni, "Modern Painting" [6] , was published in Berlin, in which he reduced his scores to non-objective art.
After the final relocation to France in 1924, Pugni's style gradually approached lyrical primitivism - a similar spirit, in which Pierre Bonnard and Edouard Vuillard also worked. [2]
In 1946, Ivan Puni adopted French citizenship. He died in Paris on December 28, 1956 .
Between 1921 and 1956, Pugni held 12 solo exhibitions in Berlin, Paris, New York, and London and participated in more than one hundred group exhibitions. [2]
Rewards: Commander of the Legion of Honor - 1952.
Bibliography, sources
- Berninger, Herman & Cartier, Jean-Albert . Pougny. Jean Pougny (Iwan Puni) 1892 - 1956. Catalog de l` oeuvre. Tome 1: Les Années d`avant-garde, Russie - Berlin, 1910 - 1923. Tübingen, Éditions Ernst Wasmuth, 1972.
- Berninger, Herman. Pougny. Jean Pougny (Iwan Puni) 1892 - 1956. Catalog de l` oeuvre. Tome 2: Paris-Cote d'Azur, 1924 - 1956, Peintures. Tübingen, Éditions Ernst Wasmuth, 1992.
- Iwan Puni. 1892 - 1956. Katalog zur Ausstellung des Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris und der Berlinischen Galerie. Bearb. v. Jean-Louis Andral, Jean-Claude Marcadé und Marie-Anne Chambost. Stuttgart, Hatje, 1993.
- Sarabyanov, D.V. Ivan Puni, 1892-1956 (series "Artists of the Russian Emigration"). M .: Art-XXI century, 2007.
- Shishanov V.A. Vitebsk Museum of Modern Art : the history of creation and collection. 1918-1941. - Minsk: Medisont, 2007 .-- 144 p.
- Vera Lurie . Memories // Studio 2006, No. 10
- Livshits B. Half-eyed Sagittarius: Poems, translations, memoirs. - L .: Owls. writer, 1989. - p. 309-546
- Likhachev, D. S. Memoirs. - Ed. 2nd - St. Petersburg: "LOGOS", 1999.
- Shishanov, V.A. The controversy surrounding "futurism" (contemporary art) in the press of Vitebsk 1918-1924. / V.A. Shishanov // Collection of materials of the First International Scientific Congress of Belarusian Culture. Minsk, 2016. S.135–138.
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Notes
- ↑ Berninger, Herman & Cartier, Jean-Albert . Pougny. Jean Pougny (Iwan Puni) 1892 - 1956. Catalog de l` oeuvre. Tome 1: Les Années d`avant-garde, Russie - Berlin, 1910 - 1923. Tübingen, Éditions Ernst Wasmuth, 1972.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Berninger, Herman. Pougny. Jean Pougny (Iwan Puni) 1892 - 1956. Catalog de l` oeuvre. Tome 2: Paris-Cote d'Azur, 1924 - 1956, Peintures. Tübingen, Éditions Ernst Wasmuth, 1992.
- ↑ 1 2 3 Iwan Puni. 1892 - 1956. Katalog zur Ausstellung des Musée d'Art Moderne de la Ville de Paris und der Berlinischen Galerie. Bearb. v. Jean-Louis Andral, Jean-Claude Marcadé und Marie-Anne Chambost. Stuttgart, Hatje, 1993.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 Sarabyanov, D.V. Ivan Puni, 1892-1956 (series "Artists of the Russian Emigration"). M .: Art-XXI century, 2007.
- ↑ Since August 1915, Pugni lived on Petrozavodskaya : “We are now moving to a new apartment, and therefore my mouth is full of trouble. The new address from August 1 is Petrogradskaya side, Petrozavodskaya street d. No. 3, apt. 11. "(From a letter to Puni Malevich , July 1915 [1] .
- ↑ Puni, Ivan . Contemporary painting. Berlin, ed. L.D. Frenkel. 1923.