Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957) was the son of Russian aristocrats who fled the 1917 Revolution first to Berlin and then Paris. He finally settled in New York with his American lover, writer Charles Henri Ford, in 1934 after having two successful art shows in that city in the early 30s. Tchelitchew quickly moved into the top circles of the New York gay art world, becoming friends with Jared French, Paul Cadmus, and George Platt Lynes, who took the portrait photo above. Best known for his surrealist work, we will (of course) be focusing on his male nudes for our Friday art.
De nombreux refugies russes ont fui vers la France.
ReplyDeleteCertains d'entre eux etaient corrompus et indignes de confiance pretendantetre de nobles et des membres de la royaute. Revendiquer de faux titres et exagerer leur richesse. D'autres etaient tres creatifs et ont beni les arts avec leurs oeuvres.
Aussi, d'autres etaient tre charitables et donna beaucoup a la France.
Gentilhomme a Paris