Artist Bushen Dmitry (Dmitry Bouchene)

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Painter, graphic artist, designer – Dmitry Bushen (Dmitry Bouchene) was born April 26, 1893 in Saint-Tropez, France, the famous aristocratic family. A descendant of the Huguenots who settled in Russia during the reign of Catherine II. Director of the Corps of Pages grandson Dmitry Christianovich Bushena, son of Major-General D. Bushena. After the early death of his mother in 1895, was taken to St. – Petersburg and raised in a family aunt – Ekaterina Kuzmina-Karavayeva in the future nun Maria, which left vast memories of the Silver Age.

Buket in a white vase
In 1912 he graduated from the 2nd St. – Petersburg High School and went to Paris, where he attended the Academy of Ranson and met with Maurice Denis and Henri Matisse. In 1913 he entered the historical-philological faculty of St. – Petersburg University. During his studies he met future art historian Sergei Ernst, who until the end of the day was his closest friend. Along with his studies at the university involved in the Drawing School OPH (Imperial Society for the Encouragement of Arts), where the director of the school attracted the attention of Nicholas Roerich.

Among the admirers of eighteen artist was Anna Akhmatova. Their warm friendship bound, which has stood the test of time and distance. Deep sympathy linked him with Zinaida Serebryakova. Talking to the artist, she drew inspiration from the most difficult for her family’s post-revolutionary period. Her famous portrait of a young Bushen 1922 full of positive charisma, light and driving force.

In the estate Gumilevs Slepneva 1912. In the center – Anna Akhmatova, her left Maria Kuzmina-Karavayeva right – Elizabeth Y. Kuzmin-Karavayeva and artist Dmitry Bushen.

Portrait of Dmitry Bushen. Artist Zinaida Serebryakova

Since 1917 Dmitry participated in Petrograd exhibitions: “World of Art”, “Russian Landscape”, 1st State of free art exhibitions, the exhibition of Russian art in America. Exhibited still lifes, sketches of scenery and compositions inspired by the theater. Performed bookplates, designed books for publishers “Aquilon”. In 1918 – 1925 he worked as a junior curator of the Hermitage on the separation of porcelain and jewelry.

Bolshoy bouquet of flowers on a blue background

Buket with irises

Buket irises and gladioli

Buket lilac

The spring of 1925 under the pretext of illness went abroad and settled in Paris, together with Sergei Ernst. Known primarily as a theater artist, Dmitry Bushen entirely belonged to the generation of creative people who personified the golden age of Russian scenery on the stages of Paris. His works have become popular in the West, but are unknown in Russia. His career abroad, the artist began with the development of the structure of fabrics and garments for major French fashion houses Jean Patou, Nina Ricci, Jeanne Lanvin and Lucien Lelong. Soon Bushen acquainted with the great Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, and at the end of the 1920s, beginning to create costumes for her.

Valentine

A vase of flowers in the studio of the artist

Still life with flowers and lemon

flowers

In addition to works for the theater, the artist painted in pastel and gouache on small format painting flowers, still lifes, landscapes of France, of Italy, especially Venice, scenes from the life of theater and circus. Participated in exhibitions of Russian art in Paris galleries. Donated their work for the benefit of charitable lotteries Russian student youth and needy members of society, “World of Art.”

Music Pavilion. Villa Versailles

Bouquet of Flowers in a Blue Vase

During his career, Dmitry Bushen created many theatrical sketches for the major European opera houses for the Grand Opera, the Theatre des Champs Elysees, Russian Ballet, Berlin Opera, La Scala, and so on. D. In all their decorations Bushen continued the tradition of “The World of Art.” Collaborated with choreographers George Balanchine, Michel Fokine, Leonide Massine, Roland Petit, Serge Lifar.

Costume design for the ballet Copello

dance

Dance fabulous bird

fantastic Dance

Stsenografiya for “Cyrano de Bergerac”

Eskiz scenery to “Pelleas et Melisande”

Stsenografiya for Tchaikovsky’s ballet “Swan Lake”. The wedding of Aurora

His works are kept in the National Museum of Modern Art and the Museum of the Opera in Paris, Ashmolean Museum in Oxford, Victoria and Albert Museum in London, the Metropolitan Museum in New York. More than 50 works of Bushen presented to the State Hermitage. Buried Dmitry February 6, 1993 at Montparnasse cemetery in Paris in the same grave with Sergei Ernst.