Pavel Filonov

Russian painter and poet (1883-1941)

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Born: January 20, 1883
Died: December 3, 1941
Zodiac sign: Aquarius
Birth year: 1883

About Pavel Filonov

Pavel Nikolayevich Filonov (Russian: Па́вел Никола́евич Фило́нов, IPA: [ˈpavʲɪl nʲɪkɐˈlajɪvʲɪtɕ fʲɪˈlonəf]; January 8, 1883 – December 3, 1941) was a Russian avant-garde painter, art theorist, and poet. Between 1910 and 1914, Filonov was a member of the art group Soyuz Molodyozhi ("Union of Youth"), founded by artists Elena Guro and Mikhail Matyushin. There, he founded the Masters of Analytical Realism, a significant art school with over seventy members, including the American sculptor and painter Helen Hooker.

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The world when Pavel Filonov was born

Pavel Filonov was born in 1883. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Headlines and milestones

Top headlineBrooklyn Bridge opens after 14 years of construction
Technology milestoneFirst standardized time zones adopted
World population~1.43B

United States snapshot

U.S. leaderChester A. Arthur
U.S. population52.8M

1883 versus 2026

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Measure	1883	2026
Population	52.8M	341 million

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