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Konstantin Yuon successfully maneuvered between the St. Petersburg “World of Art” assosiation and the Moscow Union of Russian Artists.

this “fun” made such a fun in my heart!” By the way, until the end of his life, Yuon was very fond of the word “fun” and often used it when talking about paintings.

Finding His Own Way
Having completed the main course, Yuon, on his own initiative, remained for another two years for the pleasure of studying with Valentin Serov (combining this with occasional classes under Levitan).

He gained fame and honor in tsarist Russia, and he also managed to organically integrate into Soviet art. Rather, it looks like a disaster picture. Yuon entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture for a course under Nikolai Kasatkin in 1894. How did it happen? There were enough people in the camps, you can’t argue with that.

Since that time, he was regularly engaged in the creation of theatrical scenery.

Soviet artist Konstantin Yuon
Yuon’s attitude to the revolution is somewhat ambiguous, at least in the opinion of his descendants. At some point he realized the capital's hustle and bustle made him lose himself, and Konstantin Yuon set off to travel across Russia to Nizhny Novgorod, Sergiev Posad, later Rostov and Pskov.

How did it happen? Since that time, he was regularly engaged in the creation of theatrical scenery.

Soviet artist Konstantin Yuon
Yuon’s attitude to the revolution is somewhat ambiguous, at least in the opinion of his descendants. Noon”,“New Planet”.

Russian and later Soviet artist Konstantin Yuon is one of those who are usually called the lucky ones.

Not much ... He did not care about any amusements a student could have and he studied with unprecedented diligence. What are the reasons to talk about the ambiguity of his attitude to the Soviet power? When he painted Soviet people, they turned out not to be a strained grin of socialist realism, but alive and real.

Moreover, many churches in Yuon’s paintings, including the famous "Domes and Swallows", were painted during the years of Soviet active struggle against religion.

The house was full of noise and laughter when guests and numerous relatives gathered there regularly. It was then that the young Konstantin Yuon became addicted to visiting the Tretyakov Gallery. Moreover, it seems that he had not to get over himself: many Yuon’s paintings of the Soviet period feature domes and churches he loved so much. But gradually the beauty and good nature of the daughter-in-law softened the parental heart.

Shocked by the events of the Bloody Sunday in 1905, Yuon went abroad, where he participated in the famous Russian art exhibition organized by Sergei Diaghilev and was elected a member of the Paris Autumn Salon.

He managed to find himself, his way, to meet his love and live a fruitful happy life in an era of serious public unrest, leaving his descendants many shades of piercing sky and such different snow in his paintings and, of course, domes and swallows.

Author: Alena Esaulova.

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