Elena Guro

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Genrikhovna and the family name is Guro.
Elena Guro
Elena Guro c. 1900
Born
Elena Genrikhovna Guro

(1877-01-10)January 10, 1877
Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia
DiedMay 6, 1913(1913-05-06) (aged 36)
Uusikirkko, Grand Duchy of Finland, Russian Empire
Known forThe Hurdy-Gurdy
Autumnal Dream
Finland
MovementFuturism, Cubo-Futurism
Spouse
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(m. 1906)​

Elena Genrikhovna Matyushina (Russian: Еле́на Ге́нриховна Матю́шина, IPA: [jɪˈlʲɛnə ˈɡʲɛnrʲɪxəvnə mɐˈtʲuʂɨnə] ⓘ; née Guro [Russian: Гуро́, IPA: [ɡʊˈro] ⓘ]; January 10, 1877 – May 6, 1913[1]) was a Russian Futurist painter, playwright, poet, and fiction writer. Her career spanned the transitional period between Russian Symbolism and Futurism.[2]

Guro is noted for developing new theories of color in painting.[3] She was also the only female member of the most influential Futurist group called Cubo-Futurism.[4]

  1. ^ Dictionary of Women Artists, Volume 1. Fitzroy Dearborn Publishers. 1997. pp. 623–624. ISBN 1-884964-21-4. Retrieved 2012-01-08.
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  3. ^ "Yelena Genrikhovna Guro | Russian artist and writer". Encyclopedia Britannica. Retrieved 2021-04-15.
  4. ^ Rann, James (2020). The Unlikely Futurist: Pushkin and the Invention of Originality in Russian Modernism. Madison, Wisconsin: University of Wisconsin Press. p. 8. ISBN 978-0-299-32810-8.