Breather Nicholas

1880, Moscow - 1912, Terioki near St. Petersburg. Studied at MUZHVZ (1896-1901), then VHU at IAH (1904-10). Served scenery for productions of the Bolshoi Theater on sketches to. Korovin, and later worked for the theater itself. Participated in the exhibition association "Scarlet Rose" (1904). One of the founders of "Blue Rose" (1907). The representative of the so-called second wave of Russian Symbolism. Blue color as the image associated with the Symbolists with the notion of spiritual and predominates in the colors of their paintings. So in the palette Sapunova primary colors - blue and blue. Creativity noted his retrospective shade - he wrote nostalgically marked gallant festivals, still life with old china and flowers. Products are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; SRM, St. Petersburg, etc.. meetings.