- Boris Grigoriev
Boris Grigoriev (
11 July ,1886 –7 February ,1939 ) was a Russian painter and graphic artist. [http://www.artnet.com/library/03/0349/T034920.asp Biography at artnet] ] [http://www.staratel.com/pictures/ruspaint/189.htm Grigoriev in Staratel Linrary] ru icon ]Grigoriev was born in
Rybinsk and studied at theStroganov Art School from 1903 to 1907. Grigoriev went on to study at theImperial Academy of Arts inSaint Petersburg underAleksandr Kiselyov ,Dmitry Kardovsky andAbram Arkhipov from 1907 to 1912. He began exhibiting his work in 1909 as a member of "Union of Impressionists" group, and became a member of the World of Art movement in 1913. At that time he also was interesting in literature, writing novel "Young Rays" [http://magazines.russ.ru/nj/2003/231/grig.html "America" by Boris Grigoriev" publication by A Klevitsky] «Новый Журнал» 2003, №231 ru icon ]Grigoriev lived for a time in
Paris , where he attended theAcadémie de la Grande Chaumière . In Paris he was strongly influenced byPaul Cézanne . [http://www.synnegoria.com/tsvetaeva/WIN/silverage/painter/grigoriev.html Grigoriev on site "World of Marina Tsvetaeva"] ru icon ]After his return to Saint Petersburg in 1913 he became part of the Bohemian scene in St. Petersburg and was close to many artists and
writer s of the time, such as Sergey Sudeykin,Velimir Khlebnikov and thepoet Anna Akhmatova , often painting their portraits.Grigoriev was also interested in the Russian countryside, its
peasant s and village life. From 1916 to 1918 he created a series of paintings and graphic works, "Russia" (Raseja, _ru. Расея), depicting the poverty and strength of theRussia n peasantry and village life. The alboum was started by a Grigoriev's poem "To her stepsons". The alboum won a praise from influential art-criticAlexandre Benois . According to Benois Grigoriev had shown the very essence of Russia in the period before the revolutionary upheaval.From 1919, Grigoriev travelled and lived abroad in many countries including
Finland ,Germany ,France ,USA , Central and South Americas. In 1934 he published his poem "Russia" (Расея) in American Russian-language newspaperNovoye Russkoye Slovo . The poem was a poetic reflection of his famous "Russia" series of paintings. He also wrote poem "America" published only in 2003.Grigoriev died in
Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1939.ome works
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* [http://magazines.russ.ru/nj/2003/231/grig.html Poem "America" and letters by Grigoriev (published by A. Klevitsky)] ru icon
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