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Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel

• Art Nouveau • Wikipedia: Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel
160 Discovered works of art • ID: #7192

Mikhail Aleksandrovich Vrubel, born in Omsk in 1856, was an artist who sought refuge in his works. While his father was looking for a way out of financial problems, Vrubel spent a lot of time looking at pictures in children's books. His artistic interest aroused the exhibition Michelangelo 's "The Last Judgment". The work had impressed him so much that he later designed from memory an exact copy of the painting. School education was easy for him as long as he was interested in the subject. In addition to art, he was impressed by the natural sciences and he thought of devoting himself to an acting career. However, his father sent him to a law school, where his artistic activities moved more and more into the background. In Petersburg Vrubel decided to visit the Academy of Arts and met the Russian painter Pavel Chistyakov. He became his mentor and good friend.

Although Vrubel was based on the then traditional motifs, the works of the creative student had an idiosyncratic nature. This initially sparked skepticism. However, acquaintances helped him to get various orders. In 1884 he got the task to participate in the restoration of the frescoes in the Vladimir Cathedral. After this yearlong project, he traveled to Italy to fill his creative knowledge. Venice inspired the artist so much that he locked himself up for several weeks and painted one painting after another. Coming out of the flow of inspiration, the artist longed for human closeness. Back in Kiev, he made a request to a friend, which mockingly rejected him. Vrubel fell into deep depression and hardly drew. He moved to Moscow, where he did not feel better. The feeling of hopelessness was reflected in the cycle of the work "Demon". Renowned artists such as Repin or Pasternak participated in this project. The illustrations for Mikhail Lermontov's poem "The Demon" illustrate his pessimism. Furthermore, tragic actions and dark colors were recognizable in his works.

Even after a marriage and the birth of his son, his depressive episodes did not get better. His family left him and a forced hospitalization was inevitable. Despite mental confusion and strong hallucinations, Vrubel continued to paint. © Meisterdrucke

Tamara and Demon. Illustration to the poem The Demon by Mikhai...

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