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FEDOR IVANOVICH RERBERG (RUSSIAN 1865-1938)
On the Boulevard
190[3?]
oil on canvas
26.5 x 34.2 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
signed and dated lower right
EXHIBITED
New York, Rethinking Malevich, The Malevich Society, February 6-7, 2004
RELATED LITERATURE
Preparatory and related works illustrated in John W. Bowlt, Kazimir Malevich and Fedor Rerberg , in Rethinking Malevich: Proceedings of a Conference in Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich`s Birth, ed. Charlotte Douglas and Christina Lodder (London: The Pindar Press, 2007), p. 7 and 15.
LOT NOTES
Although Kazimir Malevich was enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture from 1904-1910, unsatisfied with the traditionalist lean of the program, he also attended classes taught by the more liberal Fedor Rerberg at his eponymous Institute between 1906 and 1910. Recognizing the talent in his student, it is likely that Malevich was first invited to exhibit alongside Vasili Kandinsky, Natalia Goncharova, & Mikhail Larionov among others in the 14th Exhibition of the Moscow Association of Artists in 1907, following the good recommendation from Rerberg. Although eclipsed by the celebrated achievements of his students, among them Ivan Kliun and David Burliuk, Rerberg did not engage with his pupils without leaving a mark. According to John E. Bowlt comparative analysis indicates that Malevich was drawn to Rerberg`s explanations of form as well as to the professor`s own unpretentious painting of streets and farmyards, often luminous and Impressionistic. The stylistic and narrative elements seen so clearly in the present lot, On the Boulevard, informed Malevich`s later works, such as the Flower Seller, (ca. 1930 according to many Malevich scholars) [pictured here] which feature post-Suprematist impositions on impressionistic Rerbergian backgrounds. See: John W. Bowlt, Kazimir Malevich and Fedor Rerberg , in Rethinking Malevich: Proceedings of a Conference in Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich`s Birth, ed. Charlotte Douglas and Christina Lodder (London: The Pindar Press, 2007), p.1-26
oil on canvas
26.5 x 34.2 cm (10 3/8 x 13 1/2 in.)
signed and dated lower right
EXHIBITED
New York, Rethinking Malevich, The Malevich Society, February 6-7, 2004
RELATED LITERATURE
Preparatory and related works illustrated in John W. Bowlt, Kazimir Malevich and Fedor Rerberg , in Rethinking Malevich: Proceedings of a Conference in Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich`s Birth, ed. Charlotte Douglas and Christina Lodder (London: The Pindar Press, 2007), p. 7 and 15.
LOT NOTES
Although Kazimir Malevich was enrolled at the Moscow Institute of Painting, Sculpture, and Architecture from 1904-1910, unsatisfied with the traditionalist lean of the program, he also attended classes taught by the more liberal Fedor Rerberg at his eponymous Institute between 1906 and 1910. Recognizing the talent in his student, it is likely that Malevich was first invited to exhibit alongside Vasili Kandinsky, Natalia Goncharova, & Mikhail Larionov among others in the 14th Exhibition of the Moscow Association of Artists in 1907, following the good recommendation from Rerberg. Although eclipsed by the celebrated achievements of his students, among them Ivan Kliun and David Burliuk, Rerberg did not engage with his pupils without leaving a mark. According to John E. Bowlt comparative analysis indicates that Malevich was drawn to Rerberg`s explanations of form as well as to the professor`s own unpretentious painting of streets and farmyards, often luminous and Impressionistic. The stylistic and narrative elements seen so clearly in the present lot, On the Boulevard, informed Malevich`s later works, such as the Flower Seller, (ca. 1930 according to many Malevich scholars) [pictured here] which feature post-Suprematist impositions on impressionistic Rerbergian backgrounds. See: John W. Bowlt, Kazimir Malevich and Fedor Rerberg , in Rethinking Malevich: Proceedings of a Conference in Celebration of the 125th Anniversary of Kazimir Malevich`s Birth, ed. Charlotte Douglas and Christina Lodder (London: The Pindar Press, 2007), p.1-26
Estimate: $20,000 – $25,000
