Алексей Грищенко, Олексі́й (Олекса) Васильович Грищенко, Alexey Gritchenko, Oleksa Hryshchenko
During the two years of his life that he spent in Istanbul, Alexis Gritchenko produced more paintings dedicated to the city than many artists produce in an entire lifetime.
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Alexis Gritchenko. The Constantinople Years, edited by Ayşenur Güler and Vita Susak, exh. cat. Meşher, Istanbul, 2020.
Gritchenko, Alexis. İstanbul’da İki Yıl 1919–1921 – Bir Ressamın Günlüğü. Translated by Ali Berktay, Yapı Kredi Yayınları, 2020.
Hewitt, Simon. “Slaughtered Genius: Alexis Gritchenko – Dynamocolor. Book Available.” 26 December 2017, russianartandculture.com, https://www.russianartandculture.com/slaughtered-genius-alexis-gritchenko-dynamocolor/. Accessed 20 June 2020.
Vzdornov, Gerol’d. “Russkiye hudojniki i vizantiyskaya starina v Konstantinopole.” Tvorchestvo, no. 2, 1992, pp. 30–32.
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Istanbul, Ottoman Empire/Turkey (1919–1921); Paris, France (1921–1924); Southern France (1924–1977).
Overnight shelter in Harbiye, Istanbul (residence); camp controlled by the British Occupation Forces in Büyükada between March and July 1920 (residence and studio in Istanbul); family mansion in Beşiktaş of Turkish painter Namık İsmail in 1920 (studio in Istanbul); attic in the house in Çemberlitaş belonging to Turkish painter Ibrahim Çallı between October and December 1920 (residence and studio in Istanbul).
Banished by Stalin, the revolutionary politician Leon Trotsky and his entourage arrived in Istanbul in 1929. He settled on Büyükada, one of the Princes’ Islands in the Sea of Marmara.
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In Istanbul, Ismailovitch became one of the leaders of the Union of Russian Painters in Constantinople, organised three solo exhibitions, and made contribution to the study of Byzantine art.
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Kalmykoff played an active part in the Union of Russian Painters in Constantinople and at the same time worked as a stage designer. Later he acquired the Turkish citizenship.
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The guide-book was created for Russian-speaking refugees who had to leave their country and settle in Constantinople.
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As a non-regular employee at the Russian Archaeological Institute of Constantinople before the Russian Revolution, Nikolai Kluge was perhaps the émigré artist most familiar with Istanbul.
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The Pera Palace was the gem of Pera district where people gathered to wine and dine and be entertained, as well as to discuss the issues of the day.
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