Serafim Nikolaevich Sudbinin (1867 - 1944)

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Serafim Nikolaevich Sudbinin

Serafim Nikolaevich Sudbinin (russian: Серафим Николаевич Судьбинин), born Golovastikov (Головастиков), was a Russian actor, painter and sculptor.

Serafim came from the merchant family of Golovastikov, his grandfather was an icon painter. In the 1890s he worked as an actor in provincial theaters, in 1898-1904 - in the Moscow Art Theatre, playing several significant roles in the plays of Gorky, Leo Tolstoy and others. In the theater he performed under the pseudonym Sudbinin. In the same years he began to engage in drawing, modeling, photography. In 1902 Sudbinin made a trip to Paris, where he decided to seriously engage in sculpture and soon left the theater.

Since 1904 he has lived permanently in Paris, receiving a scholarship from S. T. Morozov, studied under the guidance of L. S. Sinaev-Bernstein and J.-A. Enzhalber. In 1906 he became a pupil and assistant of the great sculptor Auguste Rodin. Several portraits of Rodin by Sudbinin are kept in the Rodin Museum in Paris. Sudbinin created many portraits and sculptures of famous people in bronze, marble and plaster. In 1913 he executed for the Imperial Porcelain Factory figures of artists T. P. Karsavina, L. V. Sobinov, K. S. Stanislavsky in the role of Stockman, Anna Pavlova in the roles of Bacchante, Giselle, Swan.

After 1917 Sudbinin remained in France. For many years he collaborated with Sevres manufactory and with the workshop of L. Delashënal. Delashënal. Later he had his own workshop in Sevres, where he created decorative vessels, was engaged in fine plastic art in the Art Deco style, in particular, performed figures of animals. Several works by Sudbinin in different years were acquired by the Museum of Ceramics in Sevres and the Museum of Decorative Arts in Paris.

Since 1922 Sudbinin often visited the United States, where he had many orders, in particular created a series of park sculptures for the Minister of Finance E.-U. Mallon. He also turned to religious themes, creating wooden sculptures, stylized in the spirit of early Gothic, with the use of colored varnish and gilding; he was fond of Oriental ceramics and the artistic culture of the Aztecs.

Date and place of birt:21 march 1867, Nizhny Novgorod, Russian Empire
Date and place of death:1 november 1944, Paris, France
Nationality:Russia, France, Russian Empire
Period of activity: XIX, XX century
Specialization:Animalist, Artist, Ceramist, Graphic artist, Painter, Portraitist, Sculptor
Art school / group:Moscow Association of Artists, Salon d'Automne
Genre:Animalistic, Portrait sculpture, Portrait
Art style:Art Deco
Medium:Bronze, Marble, Plaster

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Varvara Fyodorovna Stepanova (1894 - 1958)
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Nikolai Mikhailovich Romadin (1903 - 1987)
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Lyubov Alekseevna Zotikova (1924 - 2010)
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Ivan Nikolaevich Pavlov (1872 - 1951)
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Mitrofan Semyonovich Fedorov (1870 - 1942)
Mitrofan Semyonovich Fedorov
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Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov (1814 - 1841)
Mikhail Yuryevich Lermontov
1814 - 1841
Milton Resnick (1917 - 2004)
Milton Resnick
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Franz Birbaum (1872 - 1947)
Franz Birbaum
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Vladimir Efimovich Tsigal' (1917 - 2013)
Vladimir Efimovich Tsigal'
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Eduard Georgievich Bragovsky (1923 - 2010)
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Sergey Ivanovich Lobanov (1887 - 1942)
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1887 - 1942
Albert Bredow (1828 - 1899)
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Dmitry Innokentievich Karatanov (1874 - 1952)
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1874 - 1952
Alexei Petrovich Antropov (1716 - 1795)
Alexei Petrovich Antropov
1716 - 1795
Sergei Alexandrovich Anufriev (1964)
Sergei Alexandrovich Anufriev
1964

Creators Art Deco

Tore Ahlsén (1906 - 1991)
Tore Ahlsén
1906 - 1991
Pierre Le Faguays (1892 - 1962)
Pierre Le Faguays
1892 - 1962
Aaron Douglas (1899 - 1979)
Aaron Douglas
1899 - 1979
Andries Dirk Copier (1901 - 1991)
Andries Dirk Copier
1901 - 1991
Dino Martens (1894 - 1970)
Dino Martens
1894 - 1970
Andre Sornay (1902 - 2000)
Andre Sornay
1902 - 2000
Eva Englund (1937 - 1998)
Eva Englund
1937 - 1998
Edouard Chimot (1880 - 1959)
Edouard Chimot
1880 - 1959
Hugo Siegwart (1865 - 1938)
Hugo Siegwart
1865 - 1938
Simon Lissim (1900 - 1981)
Simon Lissim
1900 - 1981
Albert Hinrich Hussmann (1874 - 1946)
Albert Hinrich Hussmann
1874 - 1946
Gerhard Schliepstein (1886 - 1963)
Gerhard Schliepstein
1886 - 1963
Léon Carré (1878 - 1942)
Léon Carré
1878 - 1942
Heinz Oestergaard (1916 - 2003)
Heinz Oestergaard
1916 - 2003
Suzanne Belperron (1900 - 1983)
Suzanne Belperron
1900 - 1983
Rudolf Marcuse (1878 - 1940)
Rudolf Marcuse
1878 - 1940
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