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Serge Charchoune
(1888-1975)
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| Russian-born Serge
Charchoune was an artist that moved within the Dada and
Cubist circles, although never really associated himself
with one or the other. He was said to be the first
Russian Dadaist poet, and would author a number of books
on this subject. |
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Les Joyaux de la Couronne, 1944
Bateau Ivre, 1948
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| The Dada movement
lost its glamour for Charchoune around 1925 because he
was no longer interested in the political aspect of it.
This gave way for the artist to begin using symbols and
elements from his native Russia and French roots, which
became apparent throughout the rest of his artistic
career. |
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Untitled
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Charchoune would often
create his compositions based on music, and would try to
find a marriage between the two. In Charchoune’s work,
musical notes took the form of colors in what some
people called Abstract, but what was clearly a work of
his own. |
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Il Mare, 1950
Composition Inspire par une Suite de Bach, 1958
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Although he moved
within certain artistic circles, critics have attributed
his failure to connect with one group of artists as his
reason for being a lesser-known artist today. Charchoune
had his first exhibit in the United States in 1960, and
it wasn’t really until then that his work had become
noticed. |
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Abstract Composition
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Today Charchoune’s
work is housed worldwide, and perhaps even in your own
home. |
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