Pavel Tchelitchew

Pavel Tchelitchew (1898-1957) was a Russian-born surrealist painter, set designer and costume designer. Tchelitchew was born to an aristocratic family of landowners and was educated by private tutors. Tchelitchew expressed an early interest in ballet and art and proved talented, yet as many others of his time seemed to have been penalized by the blatedness of his senses and personal pursuits. Dimitri Bouchène (1893-1993) was another example, even though his longevity created him a path to a certain level of emancipation from which he built himself a more discreet artistic niche.