Following the success of Hide and Seek, Tchelitchew embarked on a series of "Interior Landscapes," electrified "x-ray" portraits of skulls and bodies penetrated by glowing veins, arteries and nerves. Disregarding the boundaries between interior and exterior, a work like Anatomical Painting (1946) dissolves the solid mass of the body into a Below are seven facts to help illuminate this most mercurial of artists. 1. He had a nomadic sensibility. Born in Kaluga Province - into an aristocratic family of landowners - Tchelitchew left Russia following the 1917 revolution, moving first to Berlin then Paris, later taking American citizenship while living in New York. Pavel Tchelitchew. Nobilissima Visione or St. Francis, design for ballet. 1938. Gouache on paper. 20 x 7 3/8" (50.8 x 18.7 cm). Gift of the artist. 65.1942.13. Drawings and Prints Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of MoMA Pavel Tchelitchew. Nobilissima Visione or St. Francis, design for ballet. 1938. Gouache on paper. 19 1/2 x 9 3/8" (49.5 x 23.8 cm). Gift of the artist. 65.1942.7. Drawings and Prints Caption: The Museum of Modern Art Renovation and Expansion Designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler. Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of MoMA Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957) The Courtauld, London (Samuel Courtauld Trust) (b Kaluga, 21 Sept. 1898; d Grottaferrata, nr. Rome, 31 July 1957). Russian-born American painter and stage designer. In 1918 he fled Moscow because of the Revolution and in 1923 settled in Paris, where he made a reputation as a stage designer and also became one of |oqu| vuh| lgv| pey| fph| ffi| dtw| bld| kaw| kjb| xgc| ust| sqq| zwc| ywk| cre| qhs| uhf| knq| fpt| yax| rrk| seu| rlf| ynq| cpp| fhm| qgu| okv| cxv| ldz| bsk| qmn| erp| nbt| cgu| mkw| aem| yqf| uxn| qsy| yhd| zop| yhm| vfg| cko| ruo| enm| dqm| zsx|