Editing Pavel Tchelitchew (section)

== Career ==
Tchelitchew moved to Paris in 1923 and became acquainted with [[Gertrude Stein]] and, through her, the [[The Sitwells|Sitwell]] and Gorer families. His interest in creating [[multimedia]] experiences during this period that drew together painting, film, and dance, led to collaborations with ballet [[impresario]] [[Sergei Diaghilev]] (stage designer for ''[[Ode (ballet)|Ode]]'' by [[Léonide Massine]], 1928) and choreographer [[George Balanchine]].<ref name="Routledge"/>  He and [[Edith Sitwell]] had a long-standing close friendship and they corresponded frequently. Tchelitchew painted six major portraits of Sitwell.<ref name="Gibson">{{Cite book|last=Gibson|first=Robin|url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/44851362|title=Painting the century : 101 portrait masterpieces 1900-2000|publisher=[[National Portrait Gallery, London|National Portrait Gallery]]|year=2000|isbn=1-85514-289-9|location=London|pages=109|oclc=44851362}}</ref>

His first U.S. show was of his drawings, along with other artists, at the newly opened [[Museum of Modern Art]] in 1930. In 1934, he moved from Paris to New York City with his partner, writer [[Charles Henri Ford]]. In New York he continued to work with Balanchine and met his greatest champion and patron, [[Lincoln Kirstein]].<ref name="Routledge"/> From 1940 to 1947, he provided illustrations for the surrealist magazine ''[[View (magazine)|View]]'', edited by Ford and writer and film critic [[Parker Tyler]].

Tchelitchew's early painting was abstract in style, described as [[Constructivism (art)|constructivist]] and [[Futurism|futurist]] and influenced by his study with Aleksandra Ekster. After emigrating to Paris he became associated with the [[neo-romanticism]] movement. He continuously experimented with new styles, eventually incorporating multiple perspectives and elements of surrealism and fantasy into his painting. As a set and costume designer, he collaborated with Sergei Diaghilev and George Balanchine, among others.

Tchelitchew's works can be found in the collections of the [[Art Institute of Chicago]], the [[National Gallery of Art]] in Washington, D.C., the [[Courtauld Institute of Art]] in London, and the [[Philadelphia Museum of Art]].<ref name="artnet"/>

[[File:Pavel Tchelitchew - 'The Juggler', 1931.jpg|thumb|right|175px|''The Juggler'', oil on canvas painting by Pavel Tchelitchew, 1931]]

Among Tchelitchew's well-known paintings are portraits of [[Natalia Glasko]], Edith Sitwell, and Gertrude Stein and the works ''Phenomena'' (1936–1938) and ''[[Hide-and-Seek (painting)|Hide and Seek]]'' (1940–1942). Tchelitchew designed sets for ''Ode'' (Paris, 1928), ''L'Errante'' (Paris, 1933), ''[[Nobilissima Visione]]'' (London, 1938) and ''Ondine'' (Paris, 1939).<ref name="Yale">{{Cite archival metadata
|author = Finding aid author: Lisa Conathan
|title = Guide to the Pavel Tchelitchew Collection
|url = https://archives.yale.edu/repositories/11/resources/1518
|repository = Yale Collection of American Literature, Beinecke Rare Book and Manuscript Library
|location = New Haven, CT
|date = 2009
|accessdate = November 10, 2020
}}</ref> He was known for camouflaging bodies and faces into geometric lines or landscaped forms on artwork. He used abstractionism and symbolism to convey both the outer and inner appearance of the object. 
[[File:Père Lachaise - Division 87 - Tchelitchev.jpg|thumb|upright|Grave of Pavel Tchelitchew]]