- Paul Mansouroff
Paul Andréevitch Mansouroff (Павел Мансуров) (Born in
Saint-Petersburg in1896 – died in Nice, France,2 February 1983 ) was an understated painter of theRussian avant-garde movement of the 1920s. Mansouroff's unique contribution to the avant-garde in Russia was a wholly non-objective art that used elongated vertical surfaces to explore questions of space and spacial correlations.« My works have no subject and are exclusively abstract, and if something can be identified, it is only the result of pure coincidence.» "Mansouroff", Galerie Daniel Gervis, 1968.
Influenced by his friends,
Malevich andTatlin , Mansouroff makes his first public exhibit of his abstract work in 1918 atWinter Palace inLeningrad . However, Mansouroff, quickly moved away from the influence of his entourage and developed a more personal and instinctive style.Mansouroff is known for his paintings on wood referred to as “Pictural formulae”.
From the 1950s, he starts making frequent trips to
Nice andSaint-Paul de Vence . He will settle there 1975 and dies in Nice on 2nd February 1983.References
* "The Avant-Garde in Russia, 1910-1930: New Perspectives" Los Angeles County Museum, 1980. ISBN 0-262-20040-6
External links
* [http://www.mansouroff.org Mansouroff.org]
* [http://galvest-fine-arts.com/paul-mansouroff.htm Galvest Fine Arts]
* [http://www.saponegalerie.com/artistes/mansouroff/mansouroff.html Galerie Sapone (French only)]
* [http://www.lorenzelliarte.com/index.html?lang=en&pg=2&id=86&pos=&step=48 lorenzelli arte]
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