REMIZOV Alexei Mikhailovich

June 24, 1877 (Moscow) - November 26, 1957 (Paris)

graph, writer

place of the Moscow merchant family with the ancient artistic traditions: many of his ancestors were famous masters of applied art. From childhood independently studied drawing. He studied at the 4-th Moscow school and the Alexander Commercial College, a natural branch of Moscow University. For participation in the student unrest was expelled from Moscow, within six years he lived in Penza, Vologda, Ust-Sysolskoe. Systematic arts education is not received.

As novelist made his debut in 1897, the first book "Posolon" was published in 1907. Was close to the Symbolists, was influenced by A. Blok. He was one of the most famous and prolific writers in Russia in 1900 - 1910-X published 37 books of prose, poetry and drama, in which the retelling of legends, apocrypha, and fantastic dreams, combined with the restoration of the language of ancient Russian traditions.

Art Activity Remizova long time remained in the shadow of literary and perceived as "eccentric writer." I created a series of paintings inspired by folklore, abstract collages, pencil sketches and portraits of semi-fantastic, calligraphic texts. In his work foreshadowed the many accomplishments of the abstract and surrealist art.

exhibited his works at the exhibition "Triangle-Wreath-Stephanos" in St. Petersburg (1910) among the signatures of other writers.

In August 1921 went for treatment in Berlin, in Soviet Russia has not returned, in November 1923 he settled in Paris, where he continued to engage in literary and artistic activities. He performed the illustrations to the poem of Blok's Twelve "(1921, not published), to" The Legend of Tristan and Isolde "(1951). Create image albums "Last journey of Russia" (1921), "Rusal (1938)," Dreams and the accident on the eve of war, "" Honeymoon War "(1939)," The claw of ivory "(1941) and others. For many years, led the so-called "graphic diary", where in the lungs, devoid of intentional symbolism figures reflect the fantasies and dreams, along with the facts of life and historical events.

With the assistance of the artist and art critic NV Zaretsky, highly tsenivshego drawings Remizov, has exhibited his works in the Berlin gallery "The Tempest" (1927), along with works by Picasso, and . Puni A., T. Walden, held a solo exhibition at the National Museum in Prague (1933-1934). In 1932 exhibited his schedule in Paris at the exhibition of autographs Russian and French writers.

considerable collection of works has Remizova Institute of Russian Literature Russia Academy of Sciences (Pushkin House), which as a bequest of the writer received much of its archive. Graphics is also in the collections of Columbia University in New York, the Museum of Russian Art in Montgeron.