Knave of Diamonds
Knave of Diamonds (or Jack of Diamonds). An artists' association, formed in Moscow in 1910, that was for a time the most important of the avant-garde groups in Russia. There are various explanations of how the name came about, one being that it refers to the diamond markings on the uniforms of civil prisoners; the artists involved thus wanted to indicate that they were revolutionaries. In 1911
Goncharova and
Larionov broke away from the group, accusing it of being too dominated by the ‘cheap orientalism of the Paris School’ and the ‘Munich decadence’, and founded their own association, the
Donkey's Tail, to promote an art based on native inspiration. The Knave of Diamonds held regular exhibitions up to 1917, then broke up.
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Denis Calvaert
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Denis Calvaert , 1540-1619, Flemish mannerist painter in Italy, where he was known...established a school, where he taught Guido Reni and Domenichino. Most of Calvaert's carefully drawn works, painted in smooth enamellike colors, are...
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Guido Reni
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
...1575-1642, Italian painter and engraver, b. Bologna. As a child he entered the studio of the Flemish painter Denis Calvaert. He was for a short time (c.1595) a pupil of the Carracci, who were then at the height of their popularity...
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