March Sun, 1915

Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (Russian: Константин Фёдорович Юон October 24 [O.S. October 12] 1875 - April 11, 1958) was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva. Later, he co-founded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Image File history File links Download high resolution version (956x700, 80 KB) March sun, 1915, oil Downloaded from http://staratel. ... Image File history File links Download high resolution version (956x700, 80 KB) March sun, 1915, oil Downloaded from http://staratel. ... 1915 (MCMXV) was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... October 24 is the 297th day of the year (298th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 68 days remaining. ... In Britain and countries of the British Empire, Old Style or O.S. after a date means that the date is in the Julian calendar, in use in those countries until 1752; New Style or N.S. means that the date is in the Gregorian calendar, adopted on 14 September... 1875 was a common year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Miriskusniki tended to idealize the 18th century as the quintessential Age of Art. ... Miriskusniki tended to idealize the 18th century as the quintessential Age of Art. ...

Biography

Yuon was born in Moscow to a family of a banking clerk of Swiss-Russian origin. His brother Paul Juon was a notable composer. Paul Juon (Russian: March 6, 1872–August 21, 1940) was a Moscow-born composer and student of Anton Arensky, Sergei Taneyev and Woldemar Bargiel. ...

From 1892 to 1898 he studied at the Moscow Art School where Konstantin Savitsky and Konstantin Korovin were among his distinguished teachers. After graduating from the Moscow Art School he took private lessons from Valentin Serov (1898-1900). During several trips to Western Europe he became acquainted with the cityscapes of Camille Pissarro and other Impressionists, but retained his own distinctive style. 1892 (MDCCCXCII) was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... School of painting, sculpturing and architecture - the Moscow school of painting, sculpturing and the architecture, the largest alongside with St. ... Repairing the Railroad by Konstantin Savitsky Konstantin Apollonovich Savitsky (Russian: , 1844-1905) was born in the city of Taganrog in the village Frankovka or Baronovka, named after former Mayor Baron Otto Frank. ... Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin (Russian: Константин Алексеевич Коровин) (November 23 (N.S. December 5), 1861, Moscow - September 11, 1939, Paris) was a Russian painter. ... Self-portrait, 1880ies Valentin Alexandrovich Serov (Russian: Валентин Александрович Серов) (1865 - 1911) was a Russian painter. ... 1898 (MDCCCXCVIII) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Monday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ... 1900 (MCM) was an exceptional common year starting on Monday. ... The garden at Pontoise, painted 1877. ... See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ...

In 1900 he opened the first private painting and drawing school in Moscow. Later he taught in Leningrad Academy of Arts and the Surikov Art Institute in Moscow. His studio in Moscow was widely used by other painters. He designed sets for plays at the Moscow Art Theatre and the Maly Theater, becoming the official designer for this theater in 1945 - 1947. He also contributed sets for operas. The edifice for the academy was built in 1764-89 to a design by Jean-Baptiste Vallin de la Mothe and Alexander F. Kokorinov. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... The Moscow Art Theatre is a theatre company in Moscow, Russia, founded in 1897 by Konstantin Stanislavsky and Vladimir Nemirovich-Danchenko. ... 1945 (MCMXLV) was a common year starting on Monday (the link is to a full 1945 calendar). ... 1947 (MCMXLVII) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1947 calendar). ...

In Soviet era, Yuon was the director of the Research Institute of the Academy of Arts (1948-1950) and the First Secretary of the Union of Soviet Artists (1956-1958). He won a Stalin Prize (1943), received the Order of Lenin and other orders and medals. He died in Moscow on April 11, 1958. 1948 (MCMXLVIII) was a leap year starting on Thursday (the link is to a full 1948 calendar). ... 1950 (MCML) was a common year starting on Sunday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1956 (MCMLVI) was a leap year starting on Sunday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... The USSR State Prize (Russian:Госуда́рственная пре́мия СССР) was the Soviet Unions highest civilian honour. ... 1943 (MCMXLIII) is a common year starting on Friday. ... The Order of Lenin (ru: Орден Ленина), named after the leader of the Russian Revolution, was the second highest national order of the Soviet Union (Highest was the Order of Victory). ... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... April 11 is the 101st day of the year in the Gregorian calendar (102nd in leap years). ... 1958 (MCMLVIII) was a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ...

Selected works

Konstantin Yuon started as an Impressionist landscape and genre painter with a Symbolist note. The most Symbolist of his works are the cycle of engravings Creation of the World on the theme of Genesis (1908-1912) and the painting New Planet that shows the October Revolution as a Cosmic Catastrophe. See also Impressionist (entertainment): A girl with a watering can by Renoir, 1876 Impressionism was a 19th century art movement, which began as a private association of Paris-based artists who exhibited publicly in 1874. ... La mort du fossoyeur (The death of the gravedigger) by Carlos Schwabe is a visual compendium of Symbolist motifs. ... Genesis (Greek: Γένεσις, having the meanings of birth, creation, cause, beginning, source and origin), also called The First Book of Moses, is the first book of Torah (five books of Moses), and is the first book of the Tanakh, part of the Hebrew Bible; it is also the first book of... 1908 (MCMVIII) was a leap year starting on Wednesday (link will take you to calendar). ... 1912 (MCMXII) was a leap year starting on Monday in the Gregorian calendar (or a leap year starting on Tuesday in the 13-day-slower Julian calendar). ... The October Revolution, also known as the Bolshevik Revolution, was the second phase of the Russian Revolution of 1917, the first having been instigated by the events around the February Revolution. ...

Among the impressionist landscapes are The Tverskoy Boulevard and To the Trinity (both from 1903). Later he toyed with the ideas of lyrical landscape mixed with the imitations of Palekh miniature and Icon arts. To the end of his life he became a strict social realism artist, producing paintings like Parade on the Red Square on November 7, 1941. Village of Palekh Palekh miniature (Палехская миниатюра in Russian) is a Russian folk handicraft of miniature painting, which is done with tempera paints on varnished articles made of papier-mâché (small boxes, cigarette and powder cases etc. ... The Savior (1410s, by Andrei Rublev) For other senses of this word, see icon (disambiguation). ... Social Realism is an artistic movement, expressed in the visual and other realist arts, which depicts working class activities as heroic. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ...

Tverskoy boulevard, 1903 Image File history File links Yuon_tver_bul. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...	To the Trinity, 1903 Image File history File links Yuon_To_the_Trinity. ... 1903 (MCMIII) was a common year starting on Thursday (see link for calendar). ...	Rostov the Great in winter 1906 Image File history File links Yuon_Rostov_Winter-.jpg Konstantin Yuon. ... Rostov (Russian: Росто́в; Old Norse: Rostofa) is one of the oldest towns in Russia and an important tourist centre of the so called Golden ring. ... 1906 (MCMVI) was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...	Creation of Light 1910 from the cycle Creation of the World Image File history File links Yuon_CreationofLight. ... -1...
Sunset 1911 Image File history File links Yuon_Sunset. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...	View of the Troitse-Sergiyeva Lavra from Vokzalnaya Street, 1911 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x614, 86 KB) Rostov the Great, 1906 Downloaded from http://staratel. ... View of the lavra in the 1890s. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...	A Bridge across the Moskva River, 1911 Image File history File links Yuon_Moskvoretsky_Bridge. ... Moskva River near the Moscow Kremlin in 19th century. ... 1911 (MCMXI) was a common year starting on Sunday (click on link for calendar). ...	Palm Sunday bazaar on Red Square, 1916 Image File history File links Yuon_Red_Square_Bazaar. ... Palm Sunday is a moveable feast in the church calendar observed by Catholic, Orthodox, and Protestant Christians. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...
View of Lubyanka Square in 1895 View of the Lubyanka Square in 1895. ... Stalin ordered all the historic Lubyanka churches to be demolished in order to make way for the KGB headquarters Lubyanka Square in Moscow is not far from Red Square. ... 1895 (MDCCCXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (see link for calendar) of the Gregorian calendar (or a common year starting on Thursday of the 12-day-slower Julian calendar). ...	View of Lubyanka Square in 1916 View of the Lubyanka Square in 1916, as painted by Yuon. ... Lubyanka may refer to Lubyanka Square, Moscow Lubyanka prison, Moscow Lubyanka -- an informal reference to the former headquarters of KGB, at Lubyanka Square, Moscow. ... 1916 (MCMXVI) is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar) // Events January-February January 1 - The Royal Army Medical Corps first successful blood transfusion using blood that had been stored and cooled. ...	New Planet 1921 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (1000x650, 75 KB) Summary New Planet, 1921 Downloaded from [http://staratel. ... 1921 (MCMXXI) was a common year starting on Saturday (see link for calendar). ...	Komsomol girls. Youth of Moscow suburbia. 1926 Image File history File links Download high resolution version (804x700, 70 KB) Косомолки. Подмосковный молодняк. 1926 Komsomol girls. ... Komsomol (Комсомол) is a syllabic abbreviation word, from the Russian Kommunisticheski Soyuz Molodiozhi (Коммунистический союз молодёжи), or Communist Union of Youth. The organisation served as the youth wing of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union ( CPSU), the youngest members being fourteen years old, the upper limit for an age... Moscow (Russian: Москва́, Moskva, IPA: (help· info)) is the capital of Russia and the countrys principal political, economic, financial, educational and transportation center, located on the river Moskva. ... 1926 (MCMXXVI) was a common year starting on Friday (link will take you to calendar). ...
Parade on the Red Square on November 7, 1941, painted in 1949 Image File history File links Yuon_RedSquare_Parade_1941. ... Saint Basils Cathedral and Spasskaya Tower of Moscow Kremlin at Red Square in Moscow. ... November 7 is the 311th day of the year (312th in leap years) in the Gregorian Calendar, with 54 days remaining. ... For the movie, see 1941 (film) 1941 (MCMXLI) was a common year starting on Wednesday (the link is to a full 1941 calendar). ... 1949 (MCMXLIX) is a common year starting on Saturday. ...

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