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

Creators Russia

Aleksandr Karlovich Beggrov (1841 - 1914)
Aleksandr Karlovich Beggrov
1841 - 1914
Valery Yakovlevich Levental (1938 - 2015)
Valery Yakovlevich Levental
1938 - 2015
Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek (1919 - 1994)
Vecheslav Frantsevich Zagonek
1919 - 1994
Tadeusz Gorecki (1825 - 1868)
Tadeusz Gorecki
1825 - 1868
Pavel Vasilievich Malkov (1900 - 1953)
Pavel Vasilievich Malkov
1900 - 1953
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Flavitsky (1830 - 1866)
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Flavitsky
1830 - 1866
Igor Alexandrovich Popov (1927 - 1999)
Igor Alexandrovich Popov
1927 - 1999
Boris Nikolayevich Gushchin (1931 - 2000)
Boris Nikolayevich Gushchin
1931 - 2000
Mikhail Grigorievich Bogatyryov (1924 - 1999)
Mikhail Grigorievich Bogatyryov
1924 - 1999
David Osipovich Widhopff (1867 - 1933)
David Osipovich Widhopff
1867 - 1933
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vyalov (1900 - 1976)
Konstantin Aleksandrovich Vyalov
1900 - 1976
Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov (1736 - 1808)
Fyodor Stepanovich Rokotov
1736 - 1808
Aleksandr Iulianovich Rukavishnikov (1950)
Aleksandr Iulianovich Rukavishnikov
1950
Ottmar Elliger (1666 - 1732)
Ottmar Elliger
1666 - 1732
Alexander Vasilyevich (Usto) Nikolaev (Mumin) (1897 - 1957)
Alexander Vasilyevich (Usto) Nikolaev (Mumin)
1897 - 1957
Alexander Mikhailovich Dubinchik (1922 - 1997)
Alexander Mikhailovich Dubinchik
1922 - 1997

Creators Art Deco

Vicente do Rego Monteiro (1899 - 1970)
Vicente do Rego Monteiro
1899 - 1970
Sigmund Walter Hampel (1867 - 1949)
Sigmund Walter Hampel
1867 - 1949
Ingeborg Plockross Irminger (1872 - 1962)
Ingeborg Plockross Irminger
1872 - 1962
Peter Strang (1936 - 2022)
Peter Strang
1936 - 2022
Hans-Agne Jakobsson (1919 - 2009)
Hans-Agne Jakobsson
1919 - 2009
Giotto Stoppino (1926 - 2011)
Giotto Stoppino
1926 - 2011
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau (1885 - 1953)
Gabriel Argy-Rousseau
1885 - 1953
Arthur Hoffmann (1874 - 1960)
Arthur Hoffmann
1874 - 1960
Joseph Lorenzl (1892 - 1950)
Joseph Lorenzl
1892 - 1950
Suzanne Belperron (1900 - 1983)
Suzanne Belperron
1900 - 1983
Emmerich Oehler (1881 - 1982)
Emmerich Oehler
1881 - 1982
Adolf Rehm (1867 - 1952)
Adolf Rehm
1867 - 1952
Robert Ullmann (1903 - 1966)
Robert Ullmann
1903 - 1966
Jules Leleu (1883 - 1961)
Jules Leleu
1883 - 1961
Daphne Mayo (1895 - 1982)
Daphne Mayo
1895 - 1982
Vladimir Nikolaevich Domogatsky (1876 - 1939)
Vladimir Nikolaevich Domogatsky
1876 - 1939
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