Lev
Alexandrovich BRUNI
Born 1894, Malaya Vishera (now Novgorod
district) – died 1948, Moscow.
Painter, graphic artist, book
illustrator, monumentalist.
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Portrait of the Poet Nikolai Kluyev. 1915.
Tempera on paper, 51.3x33.8 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Lime-lane. 1915.
Gouache, ink on gray paper. 51x32.7 cm. The Russian
Museum, St.Petersburg.
Rainbow. 1915.
Oil on canvas, 67x67 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
The Leopard's Fur. 1915-1916.
Tempera and watercolor on paper, 51.3x33.6 cm. The
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
A Peasant Woman. 1916.
Oil on canvas, 68x61 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
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Nonobjective Composition. 1916.
Tracing-paper, coal on paper, 31x20.9 cm. The
Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Nonobjective Composition. 1916.
Coal, Indian ink, pencil, chalk on paper, 28.2x22.3
cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Rainbow. 1916.
Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Masks Sector. 1916.
Oil on canvas, 82x57 cm. The Russian
Museum, St.Petersburg.
Self Portrait. 1917.
Pencil on paper.
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Composition. 1917.
Coal, newspaper, birch bark on paper. The Russian
Museum, St.Petersburg.
On the Ural River. 1917.
Coal on paper. 50.8x34 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Rain, Turgoyak. 1917.
Coal on paper, 47.8x30.5 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Portrait of the Artist's Wife (Nina
Bruni). 1917.
Tempera on wood covered by levkas-base. 53.2x47.
Collection of the Artist's family.
Hunting on the Lake. 1919.
Oil on canvas, 38,5x57 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
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Landscape. 1920.
Indian ink, watercolor, bronze paint on paper.
33x23.5. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
A Girl with Kittens. 1920.
Gouache on paper, 37x47.8 cm.
Woman with a Dog. 1920.
Watercolor, pastel, Indian ink on gray paper, 37x48
cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Nonobjective drawing. Flying. 1920.
Coal on paper, 35.1x24.2 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
A Pig. 1920.
Oil on paper fixed on cardboard. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
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Negatives. Composition with a Cross. 1921.
Ink on paper. 26.8x16.6 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Woman with a Child. 1921.
Black ink, brown ink, whitening on gray paper,
36x44,3 cm. The Russian Museum, St.Petersburg.
Watercolor. 1922.
The V.Mayakovsky Memorial Museum, Moscow.
April. 1925.
Watercolor on paper.
Twilight. Gold Fish. 1926.
Watercolor on paper. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
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Nursery. 1926.
Oil on canvas. Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Woman at the Market. In the Tea-House.
1927.
Color pencils on paper.
A Frog. 1927
Watercolor, whitening on gray paper. 30.7x47.8 cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
On the Zhizdra River. 1928.
Watercolor, Indian ink on paper.
Hay Stacking Before Storm. 1928.
Watercolor on paper.
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Miss Death. 1917. Costume sketch for a
drama by V.Khlebnikov "Death's Mistake ".
Coal on paper, 47.9x30.5 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
Death's Mistake . 1917. Sketch for a
drama by V.Khlebnikov "Death's Mistake" (published in
collected book "Liren", Moscow, 1917).
Tempera on paper, 52x60 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.
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Bruni has studied at the Art School of M.Tenisheva (1904-1909), Petersburg, at the Academy of Arts under F.Rubo, N.Samokish and Ya.Zionglinsky, and at the Academy of R.Julian, Paris (1912) under J.-P.Lorence.
He has lived in Petersburg, and from 1923 in Moscow.
From
1906 the artist has participated in exhibitions including the World
of Art, Makovetz, 4 Arts, International Exhibition of
Decorative and Fine Arts (Paris), and others.
In 1915-1916 Bruni has become close with the Avant-garde artists V.Tatlin, N.Tyrsa, P.Miturich, the poets V.Khlebnikov and O.Mandelshtam, the composer A.Lurie and others.
He has taught at the TzUTR (Central College of Technical Drawing), Petrograd (1920-19210), from 1923 at the VKhUTEMAS/VKhUTEIN (High State Artistic and Technical Workshops/Institute), Moscow, and from 1930 at the Moscow Textile Institute.