Константин Фёдорович Юон (1875 58)

Konstantin Fyodorovich Yuon or Juon (Russian: Константин Фёдорович Юон; October 24 October 12 1875 April 11, 1958) was a noted Russian painter and theatre designer associated with the Mir Iskusstva. Later, he cofounded the Union of Russian Artists and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. Yuon was born in Moscow to the family of a banking clerk of SwissRussian origin (the surname Juon being of Walser origin1). His brother Paul Juon was a notable composer. From 1892 to 1898 he studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture where Konstantin Savitsky and Konstantin Korovin were among his distinguished teachers. After graduating from the Moscow Art School he took private lessons from Valentin Serov (18981900). During several trips to Western Europe, particularly in Paris, he became acquainted with the cityscapes of Camille Pissarro and other Impressionists, but retained his own distinctive style. Konstantin Yuon star