At the risk of starting one too many threads on old-time artists - I've been fascinated by this fellow and would like to know more about him. I'm pretty certain he was gay, by the look of some of these photographs. He wrote a "Manifesto of Nakedness", something to do with the theater. I think he's quite striking.
Ukranian Artist Ivan Myasoedov (1881-1953)
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| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 14, 2021 11:13 PM |
The little bug-eyed bastard!
| by Anonymous | reply 3 | January 14, 2021 8:57 PM |
I'm sure many of you have stories to tell about Ivan. Kudos if you can link him to Melania or Ivanka!
| by Anonymous | reply 5 | January 14, 2021 8:59 PM |
A very Bacchic look, very Dionysiac, in those first pics. Fin-de-siècle Classicism taking a decadent turn. He could also work as Heracles. Question, OP: did he surround his image with nymphs or satyrs? Cuz there's your answer.
| by Anonymous | reply 6 | January 14, 2021 9:05 PM |
I haven't found any other pics of him yet R6, but I'm looking. I found one page that said he "Died Meat Eaters in Buenos Aires"; wonder what that means!
| by Anonymous | reply 7 | January 14, 2021 9:45 PM |
Wow, there are actually nude photos of him! Not gay, though, he was married. Went to Spain, became a circus wrestler and a weightlifter named "Hercules", lived in Liechtenstein, convicted numerous times of forgery, had to flee to Argentina where he died. Interesting and, hey, we all learned something today!
| by Anonymous | reply 8 | January 14, 2021 9:54 PM |
Looks like the kind of guy who spends hours looking in the mirror, trying to come up with new ways to look more Dionysian and Byronic.
| by Anonymous | reply 9 | January 14, 2021 11:07 PM |
"MORE DIONYSUS AND LESS BACCHUS!"
| by Anonymous | reply 10 | January 14, 2021 11:13 PM |