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'''Nikolai Nikolaevich Sapunov''' ([[1880]]-[[1912]]) was a [[Russia]]n painter.
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'''Nikolai Nikolaevich Sapunov''' (1880–1912) was a Russian Empire painter and known as an artist in the Symbolist style.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Chuchvaha |first=Hanna |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=2G7sCgAAQBAJ&dq=%22Nikolai+Sapunov%22&pg=PA182 |title=Art Periodical Culture in Late Imperial Russia (1898-1917): Print Modernism in Transition |date=2015-10-27 |publisher=BRILL |isbn=978-90-04-30140-5 |language=en}}</ref>


== Biography ==
He was born in Moskow and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under [[Isaac Levitan]] ([[1893]]-[[1901]]), and at the Academy of Arts ([[1898]]-[[1901]]) under [[Kiseliov]].
He was born in Moscow and studied at the [[Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture]] under [[Isaac Levitan]] (1893–1901), and at the [[Imperial Academy of Arts]] in St. Petersburg (1898–1901) under [[Alexander Kiselyov (painter)|Kiseliov]].


He painted sets for Bolshoi Theatre, Moscow based on designs by [[Korovin]] (1901-1902), as well as for Moscow Art Theatre (from 1904), the sets and costumes for [[Meyerhold]]'s 1906 production of [[Alexander Blok]]'s The Puppet Show, and theatres of Vera Komissarzhevskaya and experimental Theatre of [[Alexandr Tairov]]. His best known paintings are the magnificent stills with flowers and china.
He painted sets for the [[Bolshoi Theatre]] in Moscow based on the designs by [[Korovin]] (1901–1902), as well as for Moscow Art Theatre (from 1904), the sets and costumes for [[Meyerhold]]'s 1906 production of [[Alexander Blok]]'s ''The Puppet Show'', and theatres of Vera Komissarzhevskaya and experimental Theatre of [[Alexandr Tairov]]. His best known paintings are [[still life]]s with flowers and china.


At the end of his life he began a series of ironic genre pictures, which he left left unfinished, as was his wish to go abroad. Nikolai Sapunov drowned in a boating accident in Terioki, Finland at the age of 32.
At the end of his life he began a series of ironic [[Genre painting|genre pictures]], which he left unfinished, as he wished to go abroad. Nikolai Sapunov drowned in a boating accident in Terioki, Finland (now [[Zelenogorsk, Saint Petersburg|Zelenogorsk]]) at the age of 32.


[[File:Сапунов - Цветы и фарфор (1912).jpg|thumb|''Flowers and Porcelain'', still life, 1912]]
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Latest revision as of 11:08, 31 July 2024

Nikolai Nikolaevich Sapunov (1880–1912) was a Russian Empire painter and known as an artist in the Symbolist style.[1]

Biography

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He was born in Moscow and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture under Isaac Levitan (1893–1901), and at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg (1898–1901) under Kiseliov.

He painted sets for the Bolshoi Theatre in Moscow based on the designs by Korovin (1901–1902), as well as for Moscow Art Theatre (from 1904), the sets and costumes for Meyerhold's 1906 production of Alexander Blok's The Puppet Show, and theatres of Vera Komissarzhevskaya and experimental Theatre of Alexandr Tairov. His best known paintings are still lifes with flowers and china.

At the end of his life he began a series of ironic genre pictures, which he left unfinished, as he wished to go abroad. Nikolai Sapunov drowned in a boating accident in Terioki, Finland (now Zelenogorsk) at the age of 32.

Flowers and Porcelain, still life, 1912

References

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  1. ^ Chuchvaha, Hanna (2015-10-27). Art Periodical Culture in Late Imperial Russia (1898-1917): Print Modernism in Transition. BRILL. ISBN 978-90-04-30140-5.