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Nadia Grossman-Bulighin is a distinct and representative personality in the Romanian avant-garde whose works easily stand out due to the technical and stylistic innovations the artist naturally resorts to, her paintings impress with their monumental nature, the serious power of the drawing, and the musical-dramatic rhythm of the surfaces. Originally from Bessarabia, Nadia Bulighin attended high school in Pașcani, then attended high school and private art courses in the workshop of Ivan Bilibin in Petrograd.
As for the artistic evolution of Nadia Bulighin, she began her professional training in Russia, continuing it in France, being attracted by the ideas of modernism. The artist debuted in 1924 at the Official Salon, and in 1928 opened her first solo exhibition with the work "Răzeşoaica", a composition that has a personal synthesis, with cubist and expressionist elements, and which was made during her study trip in France. The years spent in Saint Petersburg, in the studio of Ivan Bilibin, offered her the structure and graphics typical of Russian art, but also the passion for folklore and tradition. After the beginning of her artistic career in Saint Petersburg, she will continue her studies in the Parisian artistic environment, where she will start to adopt the cubist mode of representation, managing to apply the plastic vocabulary reduced to lines and curves to almost always compositions inspired by daily life. Returning to her country, after studies in France, she will get closer to the avant-garde circles of Bucharest, where she will start to work for a period with Ipolit Strîmbu, one of the painters who founded the Tinerimea Artistică society alongside Ștefan Luchian, Constantin Artachino, Kimon Loghi, Arthur Verona, Ștefan Popescu, Nicolae Vermont, and Frederick Storck.
The artist is found in a synthetic cubism, both decorative and monumental. As for the style, color and drawing, Nadia specifies that "there is a cause and effect relationship between an artist's concept of life and the means he uses in his work."
As for the work at hand, in the way of portraying the female character, we can observe the increased attention to details, innovation, and the idea to capture as many geometric shapes and curved lines in the rendering of physiognomy, body, clothing, and background decor. She focuses on presenting and observing the portraited face from different angles in order to best capture geometric shapes and the essence of the character. This style of portraiture is observed quite well in the artist's representation method, as they are characteristic traits of modern cubist style, but also of her own style that will be outlined more and more.
Other similar works to this one are: "Reading" or "Portrait of a Friend", where, in these cases as well, the emphasis is also on attention to detail, geometric and abstract shapes present in the outline of the physiognomy of the characters, the body, the clothing, but also the background frame, elements that are recurrent and characteristic in the way the artist's works are made.
References
ENACHE Monica, "Equal. Art and Feminism in Modern Romania", National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, 2016.
"Nadia Bulighin Grossman", Romanian Painters from Argeș, The Hearth of Masters and Heritage Creators, 2023.
Dimensions
width 60 cm, height 81.5 cm
Description
oil on cardboard
Dating
anii '20
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Detalii
Nadia Grossman-Bulighin is a distinct and representative personality in the Romanian avant-garde whose works easily stand out due to the technical and stylistic innovations the artist naturally resorts to, her paintings impress with their monumental nature, the serious power of the drawing, and the musical-dramatic rhythm of the surfaces. Originally from Bessarabia, Nadia Bulighin attended high school in Pașcani, then attended high school and private art courses in the workshop of Ivan Bilibin in Petrograd.
As for the artistic evolution of Nadia Bulighin, she began her professional training in Russia, continuing it in France, being attracted by the ideas of modernism. The artist debuted in 1924 at the Official Salon, and in 1928 opened her first solo exhibition with the work "Răzeşoaica", a composition that has a personal synthesis, with cubist and expressionist elements, and which was made during her study trip in France. The years spent in Saint Petersburg, in the studio of Ivan Bilibin, offered her the structure and graphics typical of Russian art, but also the passion for folklore and tradition. After the beginning of her artistic career in Saint Petersburg, she will continue her studies in the Parisian artistic environment, where she will start to adopt the cubist mode of representation, managing to apply the plastic vocabulary reduced to lines and curves to almost always compositions inspired by daily life. Returning to her country, after studies in France, she will get closer to the avant-garde circles of Bucharest, where she will start to work for a period with Ipolit Strîmbu, one of the painters who founded the Tinerimea Artistică society alongside Ștefan Luchian, Constantin Artachino, Kimon Loghi, Arthur Verona, Ștefan Popescu, Nicolae Vermont, and Frederick Storck.
The artist is found in a synthetic cubism, both decorative and monumental. As for the style, color and drawing, Nadia specifies that "there is a cause and effect relationship between an artist's concept of life and the means he uses in his work."
As for the work at hand, in the way of portraying the female character, we can observe the increased attention to details, innovation, and the idea to capture as many geometric shapes and curved lines in the rendering of physiognomy, body, clothing, and background decor. She focuses on presenting and observing the portraited face from different angles in order to best capture geometric shapes and the essence of the character. This style of portraiture is observed quite well in the artist's representation method, as they are characteristic traits of modern cubist style, but also of her own style that will be outlined more and more.
Other similar works to this one are: "Reading" or "Portrait of a Friend", where, in these cases as well, the emphasis is also on attention to detail, geometric and abstract shapes present in the outline of the physiognomy of the characters, the body, the clothing, but also the background frame, elements that are recurrent and characteristic in the way the artist's works are made.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
For clarifications regarding the bidding procedure, hammer price costs, guarantee, payment, and collection terms for the winning lot, we recommend carefully reading/re-reading the Bidding Regulations.
For additional information regarding the lot and the auction, please contact the Art Consultants Department.
References
ENACHE Monica, "Equal. Art and Feminism in Modern Romania", National Museum of Art of Romania, Bucharest, 2016.
"Nadia Bulighin Grossman", Romanian Painters from Argeș, The Hearth of Masters and Heritage Creators, 2023.
