Portrait of Edith Sitwell, 1928 | Oil on canvas | Pavel Tchelitchew [Es] Pavel Tchelitchew [Павел Фёдорович Челищев] [21 September 1898, Kaluga [near Moscow] – 31 July 1957, Rome] 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. He left Russia in 1920, lived in Berlin from 1921 to 1923, and moved to Paris in 1923. In Paris Tchelitchew became acquainted with Gertrude Stein and, through her, the Sitwell and Gorer families. He and Edith Sitwell had a long-standing close friendship and they corresponded frequently.
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Portrait of Edith Sitwell, 1928 | Oil on canvas | Pavel Tchelitchew [Es]

Pavel Tchelitchew [Павел Фёдорович Челищев] [21 September 1898, Kaluga [near Moscow] – 31 July 1957, Rome] 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. He left Russia in 1920, lived in Berlin from 1921 to 1923, and moved to Paris in 1923. In Paris Tchelitchew became acquainted with Gertrude Stein and, through her, the Sitwell and Gorer families. He and Edith Sitwell had a long-standing close friendship and they corresponded frequently.

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