Pierre Grimm
1898 — 1979

Painter, graphic artist, scene designer and photographer. Pierre Grimm was born in Russia in a family of a German nobleman. He studied in the studio of J.Tsionglinsky in Saint Petersburg and for several months attended the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

In 1915 Grimm took part in an ethnographic expedition to the Russian part of the Central Asia as artist and photographer. In 1917 he lived in Moscow working as scene designer and illustrating newspapers. He became fascinated with photography. After a term in prison he relocated to the Crimea.

In 1920 he emigrated to Constantinople and later to Zagreb, Vienna, Berlin. In 1923 he settled in Paris. Since 1927 he lived...