Aristarkh Lentulov - Artist Info

About Aristarkh Lentulov

Name variants

Aristarkh Vassilevitch Lentoulov, Lentulov Aristarch Vassilievich
  • Biography

    Aristarkh Lentulov was a major Russian avant-garde* artist who also worked on set designs for the theatre. His work shows strong influences of Fauvism* and Cubism*. He was born near Penza, 625 kilometers (388 mi) southeast of Moscow, into the family of a country priest. He studied art in the Penza and Kiev art schools from 1897 to 1905. Then he went to the private studio of Dmitry Kardovsky in St Petersburg in 1906.

    He lived in Moscow from 1909, and he was one of the founders of the avant-garde Jack of Diamonds group.
    From 1910 to 1911 Lentulov studied at the Le Fauconnier studio and the La Palette Academy in Paris. While there, he met contemporary French painters such as Albert Gleizes, Jean Metzinger, Fernand Lé...

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