ALEXANDER BOGOMAZOV (1880-1930) - THE LOST FUTURIST ALEXANDER Alexander Bogomazov (1880-1930) The Lost Futurist 34 Ravenscourt Road, London W6 OUG tel +44 (0)20 8748 7320 email
[email protected] www.jamesbutterwick.com Self-Portrait, 1914-15 Rolling the Logs (detail), 1928-9 Alexander Bogomazov (1880-1930) The Lost Futurist 34 Ravenscourt Road, London W6 OUG tel +44 (0)20 8748 7320 email
[email protected] www.jamesbutterwick.com Contents 4 Introduction by Tatiana Popova (Granddaughter of A. Bogomazov) 7 Left-hand Drive By Simon Hewitt 13 Wanda and her Family By James Butterwick 39 Kiev and Environs – The Studio Art historian Andrei Nakov recalls a visit to Kiev in 1973 85 Bogomazov and Theory – Painting and Elements By Anna Kuznetsova 107 The Caucasus 1915–1916 By James Butterwick 119 Sawyers at Work By Simon Hewitt Portrait of A Young Girl (Wanda Monastyrska), 1908 2 3 Introduction Good fortune again strikes the creative destiny Kiev: Bogomazov: Kiev is, in the plasticity of its chair sat father, deep in work... In our short moments of Alexander Bogomazov and, not for the first volume, full of beautiful diverse deep dynamism. Here of rest, we hastened into the forest. He took great time, this event is associated with Maastricht the streets are resting on the sky. Forms are elastic. interest in telling me about everything in and, in particular, TEFAF 2019. Lines are energetic. They fall, break, sing and play. the forest. James Butterwick, a passionate connoisseur Look at our stone box-houses and you will feel the of Bogomazov and an effective populariser of his amplified movement of upwards mass.