LATRI Michael Pelopidovich

1875 (Odessa) - 1941 (Paris)

painter, graphic artist arts and crafts

grandson Ivan Aivazovsky, the son of his eldest daughter Helen and Pelopidas Savich Latri - a doctor in Odessa city hospital. He spent his childhood in Yalta. Rishelevsky graduated from high school.

Starting skills in drawing and painting was led by his grandfather. He studied at the Higher Art School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture at IAH (1896-1902, with interruptions) in landscape class at AIKuindzhi. After leaving Kuindzhi (1897) interrupted training. Traveled to Greece, Turkey, Italy (1897). For some time he lived in Munich, where he studied in school Sh Holloshi and Ferry-Schmidt. In 1899 he returned to St. Petersburg, resumed his studies at VHU as an auditor. In 1902 received the title of the artist's painting "Autumn wind».

lived in St. Petersburg in 1906 - the estate of Eli Baran in the Crimea near Feodosia. Wrote architectural and seascapes, still life with ceramic and vegetables. Worked in the techniques of oil, tempera, watercolors. In the early period was influenced by Aivazovsky. Salient features of the picturesque manners Latri is a broad smear free, bright palette, the accurate transmission of light and air, the desire to generalizations, however illusory. Central place work occupies in the kinds of Crimea ( "Cape Alchak", "Court in the roads", "Bakhchisaray", "Sudak fortress", "Unquiet Day"). The works of the artist reproduced in magazines "World of Art", "Ogonyok and others.

addition to painting, in the Crimea was engaged in agriculture, but also equipped with a ceramic studio. In 1910-s was the social director Feodosia art gallery.

Since 1902 participated in the Spring exhibition in the halls of IAH, exhibitions of the Vienna Secession. Founding member (1904) and the exponents of the New Society of Artists in St Petersburg (1905-1915, with interruptions). Exhibited his works at exhibitions "World of Art" (1912-1913), Salon VA Izdebsky (1909-1910), avant-garde exhibition "1915 Year" in Moscow and elsewhere.

about 1920 he emigrated to Greece. Supervised ceramic factory in Athens. He participated in archaeological excavations, organized by the French Academy on the island of Delos.

In 1924, he moved to France, lived in Paris. Organized decorative art studio which is produced vases, ceramics, lacquer screens, table decorations with Greek motifs and ornaments. In 1930 he wrote decorative panels for interiors. Easel painting worked sporadically. Held a solo exhibition at Reims (1935).

exhibition of paintings held in Feodosia (1962, 1975).

Latri works are in many museum collections, among them - the State Tretyakov Gallery, State Russian Museum, the Louvre, the most representative collection of works has Feodosiyskaya Picture Gallery. IKAivazovsky.