In 1907 the only exhibition of the «Blue Rose» art group was held in Moscow, in which Sergey Sudeikin, a graduate of the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture of Peterburzhetz, also took part.
He was in the domain of the theater, and from the first steps of entering the artistic life he attracted the attention of theatrical figures.
Before you are the sketches of sets and costumes for the production of the comedy “The Marriage of Figaro,” painted by tempera on cardboard. In 1915, the director of the Moscow Chamber Theater, Alexander Yakovlevich Tairov, staged the famous work of Pierre-Augustin Beaumarchais “The Marriage of Figaro.” The scenographer was Sergey Sudeikin. This production allowed him to plunge into the 18th century France, the age of the marquises and powdered wigs.
Besides the theater, a bright page of Sudeikin’s creative activity is presented his works for St. Petersburg artistic cabarets “Stray Dog” and “Comedians Halt.”
The painting “Petrushka” by Sergei Sudeikin depicts a vagabond puppet theater and his few spectators. Dolls play on a small stage; a man plays harmonica, and in the center of the composition is Petrushka - the main character of Russian folk puppet shows. Such performances were held in Russia during [ublic festivities.
After the Bolshevik Revolution, Sergei Sudeikin moved to Paris, and then to the United States.
In 1923, the artist’s works were exhibited at the Brooklyn Museum and the Carnegie Institution (Pittsburgh). In 1929, he had a solo exhibition at the Art Institute in Chicago, and then a series of personal exhibitions in private galleries in New York and Los Angeles. The last years of the artist’s life passed in illness and destitution.
S. Yu. Sudeikin at the Museum of Russian Art (Prof. A. Abrahamyan’s collection):
“Petrushka” , 1915
Sketch for stage design for P. – O. Bomarshai’s performance “The Marriage of Figaro” , 1915
Sketch for stage design for P. – O. Bomarshai’s performance “The Marriage of Figaro” , 1915
Sketch for stage design for P. – O. Bomarshai’s performance “The Marriage of Figaro” , 1915