Yesterday denounce the anniversary of the birthing of Mikhail Vrubel , one of Russia ’s greatest 19 - hundred artist . Vrubel ’s 1898 workplace , " The leave of Sea King and Princess Volhova , " is exemplary of Vrubel ’s oeuvre , with metal tones and fairy tale subject thing . Today , we ’ll dig into the life of this Russian artist who , despite his striking work , is n’t very well - known in America .
1 . Mikhail Vrubel graduated from the Law Faculty of St. Petersburg University and then promptly enrolled in the Imperial Academy of Arts . His first braggart break came when he was asked to replace the lost 12th - century murals and mosaic in St. Cyril ’s Church in Kiev .
2 . Vrubel was interested in the Oriental arts , especially Persian carpets . The singular textured appearing of his painting is a solvent of his attempts to copy the grain of Persian carpets . The metal show of kit and caboodle like " The leave-taking of Sea King and Princess Volhova " is from the bronze powder he contribute to his oils .
3 . Vrubel was skilled in many aesthetic spare-time activity , including ceramic , majolica ( a type of glazed pottery ) , and tarnish glass . For the World ’s Fair of 1900 in Paris , Vrubel created " Vol’ga and Mikula , " a open fireplace . For the 150th anniversary Vrubel showing at the State Russian Museum , the fireplace was reassemble from 130 fragments .
4 . At years 40 , Vrubel fell in love with a famous opera Isaac M. Singer , Nadezhda Zabela , and married her . He designed many stage sets and costumes for Zabela , including I for her operation as the Snow Maiden , the Swan Princess , and Princess Volkhova .
5 . Several of Vrubel ’s works , including " Pan , " " The Swan Princess , " and " Lilacs , " were ground on Russian fairy tales . He also created illustrations for Hamlet and Anna Karenina , but his most famous works are his sketches and watercolors illustrate Mikhail Lermontov ’s verse form , Demon .
6 . Vrubel , who often drew for 12 to 14 hours a solar day , became absorbed in his 1901 painting , " Demon Downcast . " He repaint the demon ’s facial expression so often that it had a unlike grimace each day during its exhibition . Eventually , he had a skittish breakdown , demand hospitalization in a mental clinic . The mental problems were brought on , or just complicated , by Vrubel ’s tertiary pox . Valery Bryusov , a Russian writer , later remarked , " The creative power has survive everything in him . The man was dying , break down by the passe-partout - continued to live . " Vrubel died in 1910 , after struggle with his illness for at least several days .
7 . In 1906 , the year Vrubel completed what would be his last picture , " visual sensation of the Prophet Ezekiel , " several of his works were brought to Paris and put on exhibit . There , they fascinatedPablo Picasso , who supposedly stood gaze at the painting for several days . A bombastic interpretation of " The part of Sea King and Princess Volhova " is availablehere .
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