fаkтs Art-November This time we present to your attention art-dates. Some of them are relevant to modern art, some are relevant to classic art and other are just attendant. But all of them are interesting at least we would be happy if you found it interesting to read. Bon appétit! 1st November 1512 - firstly ceiling of Sistine Chapel – Capella Sistina by Michelangelo – was presented to Rome. Sistine Chapel is a former Capella Magna, in Vatican. It was built in 1473-1481 by architect Giovanni dei Dolci on demand of Pope Sixtus IV, who also gave the name. Nowadays Chapel is museum, remarkable Renaissance memorial. 3rd November 1888 – day when symphonic suite “Shaherezada” by Rimsky-Korsakov was firstly performed in Saint Petersburg. 4th November 1946 – In Paris UNESCO formed – United Nations Educational Scientific and cultural organization. 5th November 1878 – Kuz’ma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin – Russian and soviet painter-symbolist, graphic artist, art theorist, writer and teacher - was born. He had been Honored art-worker RSFSR since 1930. The most famous painting “Bathing of Red Horse” made in 1912 became the turningpoint for painter and brought him world-fame. 6th November 2006 – in the London’s Underground Knightsbridge exhibition “Art Below” opened its doors. There were present reproductions of 24 paintings be 24 young artists using different styles and techniques. Exhibition’s motto –”Turning Ad Space into Art Space”, works were placed into plastic boxes meant for advertisement. Two our compatriots were among authors – Olga Lavrenkova and Nicolai Ishuk. Four weeks photos, paintings and drawings adorned the station. 7th November 2006 – in Moscow gallery “S’Art” opening of exhibition “There was no sex in USSR” took place. 9th November 1911 – Parisian George Claude patents neon advertisement.
14th November 1925 – The surrealists’ exhibition opened in Paris. It included paintings of Max Ernst, Man Ray, Joan Miro and Pablo Picasso. 16th November 1913 - the first tome of “Searching the lost time” – classical autobiographical novel by Marseille Proust - was published in Paris. 17th November 1904 – Birthday of Isamu Noguchi – American sculptor and landscape architect of Japanese descent. Noguchi successfully mixed American modernism with traditional Japanese applied art. Whatever he does – interior and landscape architecture, décor or sculpture – he saw himself as connecting-link between artistic traditions of the West and the East. He was friend of Diego Rivera and Frieda Kahlo. Once jealous Diego caught his wife in company with Noguchi and almost killed him but everything turned out alright. In 1958 Isamu Noguchi made the garden for UNESCO headquarters in Paris. 18th November 1787 – French artist and inventor, particularly of daguerreotype process of photography, LouisJacques-Mandé Daguerre was born. He was also well-known as dancer, rope-walker and designer for theatre. He worked wonders on stage, for example, together with his companion built the diorama: sitting audience could see a huge cathedral from outside and then suddenly find themselves inside. Two paintings were made for that, which height was up to 22 meters. The diorama had a great success in Paris and make Daguerre famous. In the end of 20th together with Joseph Niépce he worked at creating new method of photography. In 1833 Niépce died. Daguerreotype was invented some time after that suddenly as effect of usual experiment. 21st November 1990 – on Indonesian island Bali Mick Jagger married American model Jehrri Holl, who was his girlfriend for more than ten years. 23rd November 1928 – in Moscow the Culture House of Railwaymen opened. According to Ilf and Petrov it was built thanks to jewelry of Ippolit Matveevich Vorob’yaninov’s mother-in-law. The jewelry were hidden in 12th chair from Mr.Gambs’s suite of furniture.
12th November 1859 – in Paris circus artiste Jules Leotard for 24th November 1954 - Serbian film director Emir Kusturica was born. He is winner of many main European movie the first time gives performance on aerial trapeze. awards, including two “Palme D’Or”, award of International Cannes Festival and French Order of Literature and Art. 13th November 1986 – “Yellow submarine” – cartoon devoted to The Beatles - was presented. It’s famous work of 28th November 1974 – date of the last John Lennon perdirector-animator George Dunning. formance on the scene during Elton John’s concert in the “Madison square garden”. 56 [,devou’ti:] november 2008