Vladimir Baranov Rossiné (Russian, 1888-1944)
Untitled

gouache on paper
Executed circa 1915

Unframed: 17 x 22 cm. (6 3/4 x 8 5/8 in.) Framed: 39 x 44 cm. (15 3/8 x 17 1/4 in.)

The family of the artist, Paris
Private Collection, London,
James Butterwick, London
Private Collection, London, from whom acquired by the present owner

Exhibited:
St Petersburg, The Russian Museum, Russia, Vladimir Baranov Rossiné, 4 Apr-3 Jun 2002
Moscow, State Tretyakov Gallery, Russia, Vladimir Baranov Rossiné, 21 Jun-20 Jul 2002

Literature:
Exhibition Catalogue, The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Vladimir Baranov Rossiné, Trilistnik, Moscow, 2002, p.118
Andrey Sarabianov, Vladimir Baranov-Rossiné, Trefoil Press, Moscow, 2002, p.56

Baranov-Rossiné, a student of the Odessa Academy of Art (1903-1908) before studying alongside such seminal artists as Larionov, Goncharova and Burliuk at the St. Petersburg Academy (1908-9). In 1909, the painter, disillusioned with his studies at the St Petersburg Academy of Art, departed for Paris and from that point, he became a notable figure in Ecole de Paris, working under the pseudonym Daniel Rossiné.

He made himself known to the many Russian expatriate artists living in Paris and set up his studio in La Ruche (The Beehive), a notorious building in Montparnasse with artists, including Soutine, Chagall, Archipenko and Sonia and Robert Delaunay.

In the present work, the pools of colour give depth to the surface pattern consisting of curved forms. This dynamic makes the composition almost vibrate.