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Blue Rose (Голубая роза - Blaue Rose) was a Symbolist artist association in Moscow from 1906 to 1908.

Characteristics

The group emphasised color as a 'tonal' medium to construct rhythm in a painting and the elimination of shape and contour.

Members

Members included Anatolii Arapov, Petr Bromirsky, V. Drittenpreis, Nikolai Feofilaktov, Artur Fonvizen, Nikolai Krymov, Pavel Kuznetsov, Ivan Knabe, Nikolai Milioti, Vasilii Milioti, Aleksandr Matveev, Nikolai Ryabushinsky, Nikolai Sapunov, Martiros Saryan, Serge Sudeikin and Petr Utkin.

Inspiration

Their style was inspired by the Russian Impressionist, Viktor Borisov-Musatov, the name of the group was used for their exhibition in 1906 and was derived from the poem Blue Flower by the poet Novalis.

Vladimir Mayakovsky, the poet/critic said of the group in 1907 "The artists are in love with the music of colour and line." Wassily Kandinsky was an associate of the group, being greatly taken with their artistic viewpoint he contributed paintings to a few of their exhibitions in Moscow between 1906 and 1910.

See also

• Der Blaue Reiter, an art group in Munich
• Green Flower, an art group in Latvia

References

• The Blue Rose: Russian Symbolism in Art by John E. Bowlt

External links

• Exhibition info

На других языках

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- [en] Blue Rose (art group)

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[fr] Rose bleue (groupe d'artistes)

La « Rose bleue » (en russe : Голубая роза) est une exposition de peinture qui eut lieu en 1907 à Moscou, à laquelle prirent part les peintres : Pavel Kouznetsov, Nikolaï Sapounov, Sergueï Soudeïkine, Nikolaï Krymov, Martiros Sarian, le sculpteur Alexander Matveyev (en) et d'autres artistes. Le même nom de « Rose bleue » fut donné au groupe de peintres et d'artistes russes, de même tendance symboliste russe, qui avaient participé à l'exposition.

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