| 词条 | Draft:Albert Kostin (1892-1984) |
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Albert Kostin (1892-1984) was an American painter, born in Russia. He started his career around 1912 in Paris, where he specialized in cubism. Later, in the USA, he became a respected member of the New York School of abstract-expressionism. Albert Kostin was directly influenced by Pablo Picasso and worked together with Jackson Pollock. Content 1. His early years 2. Paris 1912-1918 3. USA 1918-1984 4. His work 5. Paintings 6. Expositions 7. Public collection 9. Sources His early yearsAlbert Kostin was born in 1892 in Odessa (Russia) where he attended the School of Arts. When he was in his twenties, he did what so many other young Russian artists had done before him: move to Paris, the city where modern art was exploding. Paris: 1912-1918In Paris, Kostin settled near art-centre La Ruche and came into contact with the artistic circle of Montparnasse.This group of artists focussed on modern art movements such as luminism, expressionism, fauvism, futurism and -especially- cubism. It is said he worked in Paris in the studio of George Braque and was directly influenced by Pablo Picasso. He worked in the centre of l'Ecole de Paris for about six years and made a series of cubistic compositions. In 1918, shortly after World War I ended, Kostin emigrated to the USA. USA: 1918-1984In the USA, he worked as an independent artist. He married Pauline (1896-?) and became the father of two sons: Abraham (1921-?) and Jesse (1925-2008). Gradually his fame as an artist grew, as he participated in international group expositions with Friez, Kisling, Derain, Jacobi, Picasso, Braque, De Vlaminck, Utrillo and Dufy. His art developed to a new form of abstraction, noted and appreciated both by art critics as well as galleries. At the end of the 1940's, he was offered serveral solo-exhibitions. In the second half of the 20th century, although he was still active as a painter, he was no longer interested in exhibiting his paintings. He gave away most of his work. He moved to Los Angeles, where he died in 1984. His workDuring his stay in Paris between 1912 and 1918, Kostin made a series of table-compositions, influenced by Pablo Picasso, George Braque and the group of Montparnasse painters (Le Fauconnier, Leger and Metzinger). These table compositions are characterized by a new geometry, vivid and transparent colors and spatial effects. In the 1930's, he worked in the USA with Georgia O'Keefe, Milton Avery and Stuart Davis, painting a series of luminist landscapes. In the 1940's, when his paintings were shown in major New York Galleries, his work developed to abstract color compositions (“More or less influenced by Graham Vivian Sutherland” The New Yorker, May 1949) and later to a subtile form of action-painting. By then, he was influenced by and worked with Jackson Pollock. The painting “Yellow and red abstraction”(1950), is considered to be one of the highlights of their collaboration. Paintings: Still life with water jug , 1913-1915 Composition with fruit, 1916 Composition with waterjug and a white flower, 1922 Waterjug and flowers, 1928 Abstract color composition, 1932 Luminist landscape, 1935 Color composition in blue and green, 1944 Yellow and red abstraction, 1950 Exhibitions and collections From 1940-1941, his paintings were shown in New York in The Gallery of Modern Art and the Contemporary Arts Gallery In 1949, he had solo exhibitions in both the J.B. Neuman Gallery and the Contemporary Arts Gallery. Reviews were published in the New York Times, Art Digest and Art News (Roy Miller: “Albert Kostin makes a substantial contribution to the abstract-expressionism of the New York School...” Later, at the end of the century, his paintings were presented in solo exhibitions in Amsterdam (The Netherlands, 1995) and Marbella (Spain, 2004) Most of the paintings of Albert Kostin are part of private collections in Europe and the USA Public collection New York – The Metropolitan Museum of Art Sources: -The New York Times, September 17, 1941, "Modern Gallery shows varied art" (Edward Allen Jewell)-The New York Times, September 21, 1941, "Melange of new shows" (Edward Allen Jewell)-The New York Times, May 9, 1949, "Top events in Art"-Art News, volume 48, 1949 ("Albert Kostin, a Russian who lived and worked in Paris and later, as a devotee of cubism, came to America, flirts with the non-objective in his first USshow...") -Arts Magazine, volume 24, 1949, "The great calender of American exhibitions"-The New Yorker, volume 25, page 12, 1949-Albert Kostin (1892-1984): "Paintings" (Joosten Gallery, Amsterdam The Netherlands, 1995)-The unknown Albert Kostin (De Telegraaf/The Netherlands, 6-1-1995)"In the late fourtees Kostin had contact with Jackson Pollock who stimulated him to a subtile form of action painting..." (Ed Wingen, critic) -Gallery Colores del Girasol, Marbella-Spain (2004), "Albert Kostin, his paintings"-Dutch National Center of Art History (RKD): https://rkd.nl/explore/artists/300184References |
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