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Treugolnik, creative association


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TREUGOLNIK, the artistic psychological group Treugolnik was one of the first unions of Russian avant-garde artists. It was founded on the initiative of Nikolay Kulbin. Its members (M.E. Anders, Avgust Ballier, G.K. Blank, Elena Guro, Nikolay Kalmakov, Mikhail Matyushin, Eduard Spandikov, Lyudmila Schmit-Ryzhova, Iosif Shkolnik, et al) were working in different styles (impressionism, symbolism, etc.) and strived to develop new methods of artistic expression by combining plastic, musical and poetic languages. The triangle (the translation of the group’s name) was its emblem - its sides (blue, red and yellow) symbolized ideas, feeling and will. The group first presented its works at the exhibition Modern Trends in Art (the Passage) and held three independent exhibitions in St. Petersburg (1909, 1910) and Vilno (1909-10) named Impressionists soon after. As a result of the shift, part of the group organized the Youth Union in the end of 1909. After 1910, the Treugolnik ceased to exist.

Reference: Харджиев Н. К истории русского авангарда. Stockholm, 1976; Крусанов А. В. Русский авангард, 1907-1932: Ист. обзор. СПб., 1996. Т. 1.

A. V. Krusanov.

Persons
Anders M.E.
Ballier (Balier) Avgust Ivanovich
Blank G.K.
Guro Elena Genrikhovna
Kalmakov Nikolay Konstantinovich
Kulbin Nikolay Ivanovich
Matyushin Mikhail Vasilievich
Schmit-Ryzhova Lyudmila Fedorovna
Shkolnik Iosif Solomonovich
Spandikov Eduard К.

Bibliographies
Харджиев Н. К истории русского авангарда. Stockholm, 1976
Крусанов А. В. Русский авангард, 1907-1932: Ист. обзор. СПб., 1996

The subject Index
Youth Union
Passage, department store



Kulbin N.I. (1868-1917), Artist

KULBIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1868, St. Petersburg - 1917, Petrograd) painter, graphic artist, art theorist; actual privy counsellor (1915), lecturer at the Army Medical College (from 1907), a doctor of the General Staff (from 1903)

Youth Union

YOUTH UNION, a society of artists established by former members of the group Treugolnik (Elena Guro, Mikhail Matyushin, Eduard Spandikov, Iosif Shkolnik, Savely Schleifer, et al). The Youth Union was chaired by Eduard Spandikov (1910-13) and by L.I