Natalia Goncharova
Russian avant-garde artist, painter
Died when: 81 years 135 days (976 months)Star Sign: Gemini
Natalia Sergeevna Goncharova (Russian: ????´??? ?????´???? ???????´??; 3 July 1881 – 17 October 1962) was a Russian avant-garde artist, painter, costume designer, writer, illustrator, and set designer.Goncharova's lifelong partner was fellow Russian avant-garde artist Mikhail Larionov.
She was a founding member of both the Jack of Diamonds (1909–1911), Moscow's first radical independent exhibiting group, the more radical Donkey's Tail (1912–1913), and with Larionov invented Rayonism (1912–1914).
She was also a member of the German-based art movement Der Blaue Reiter.Born in Russia, she moved to Paris in 1921 and lived there until her death.
Her painting vastly influenced the avant-garde in Russia.Her exhibitions held in Moscow and St Petersburg (1913 and 1914) were the first promoting a “new” artist by an independent gallery.
When it came to the pre-revolutionary period in Russia, where decorative painting and icons were a secure profession, her modern approach to rendering icons was both transgressive and problematic.
She was one of the leading figures in the avant-garde in Russia and carried this influence with her to Paris.
