Ivan Albertovich Puni

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Ivan Albertovich Puni

Russian artist

Also known as: Jean Pougny

Written by Andrei D. Sarabianov

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Last Updated: Dec 24, 2024 • Article History

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Also called:: Jean Pougny

Born:: Feb. 22 [March 5, New Style], 1892, Kuokkala, Fin. [now Repino, Russia]

Died:: Dec. 28, 1956, Paris, France (aged 64)

Movement / Style:: Cubism; Futurism; Suprematism; avant-garde; Cubo-Futurism

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Ivan Albertovich Puni (born Feb. 22 [March 5, New Style], 1892, Kuokkala, Fin. [now Repino, Russia]—died Dec. 28, 1956, Paris, France) was a Russian painter and graphic artist who actively furthered the early (prewar) development of the Russian avant-garde. The son of a cellist and grandson of the renowned composer Tsezar Puni (1802–70, originally Cesare Pugni from Italy), Ivan Puni was exposed to music and art at home, but at his father’s insistence he entered a military academy. He shunned a military career, however, and took private lessons in drawing with Ilya Repin in St. Petersburg, and by 1909 Puni ...(100 of 440 words)

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