Yakulov George

1884, Tbilisi - 1928, Yerevan. He studied in the Lazarev Institute of Oriental Languages in Moscow (1893-99), in MUZHVZ (1901-03). He fought on the Russian-Japanese front. Visited Paris in 1913. Participated in exhibitions since 1907, a jury member of the International Exhibition of Decorative Arts in Paris (1925). In 1919, together with C. Yesenin, A. Mariengof etc.. signed a manifesto Imagist. In 1905 began to develop his theory of light. Led a group of artists (Lentulov, Rodchenko, Tatlin, etc.), who formalized Cafe Pittoresk "(1916-17), in 1919, painted the walls of a literary cafe" Pegasus Stall ". A famous portrait Yakulov, of P. Konchalovsky, can be regarded as a kind of picturesque manifesto "Jack of Diamonds". Art of the Yakulov impossible to determine the categories of any one style, it is given rather a kind of synthesis. Since 1918 he worked as a theater artist, primarily for the Chamber Theater A. Tairov in Moscow. His innovative theatrical experiments are based on the principle of perpetual motion, a kaleidoscope of shapes and colors ". In 1927 in Paris, participated in the ballet with. Prokofiev's Le Pas d'acier "for non-repertory with. Diaghilev. Works are in the State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; SRM, St. Petersburg State Picture Gallery of Armenia in Yerevan, and others