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Wladimir Baranoff-RossineRussian avant-garde artist and inventor
Date of Birth: 01.01.1888
Country:  Russia |
Content:
- Pioneering Figure of the Russian Avant-Garde
- Avant-Garde Artistic Roots
- International Exhibitions and Innovation
- VKhUTEMAS and the Optophone
- Emigration and Final Years
- Legacy as an Inventor
Pioneering Figure of the Russian Avant-Garde
Early Life and EducationShulym Voルフ Leib Baranov was born in Kherson, Ukraine, in 1888. From 1902 to 1907, he studied art at the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts in St. Petersburg and the Imperial Academy of Arts.
Avant-Garde Artistic Roots
In 1908, Baranov participated in an exhibition organized by the avant-garde artists David and Wladimir Burliuk in Kiev. He then moved to Paris in 1910 and joined the La Ruche artists' colony, where he associated with leading figures such as Alexander Archipenko, Sonia Delaunay-Terk, and Nathan Altman.
International Exhibitions and Innovation
Baranov regularly exhibited in Paris from 1911 onwards. After returning to Russia in 1914, he traveled to Norway and held a solo exhibition in Oslo in 1916. Back in Russia, he exhibited with the World of Art group and the Jewish Society for the Development of Art. He also participated in the First State Free Art Exhibition in Petrograd in 1919.
VKhUTEMAS and the Optophone
In 1922, Baranov-Rossiné became a professor at VKhUTEMAS in Moscow. Two years later, he debuted his groundbreaking invention, the optophone, a multi-sensory instrument that simultaneously produced sound and projected colored light. This innovative performance took place at the Bolshoi Theatre.
Emigration and Final Years
Baranov-Rossiné emigrated to France in 1925. During the Nazi occupation, he was deported to Auschwitz, where he perished in January 1944.
Legacy as an Inventor
In addition to his artistic contributions, Baranov-Rossiné was a prolific inventor. He patented a "method of chameleon" for dynamic military camouflage in 1939 and developed a device called the photochromometer for evaluating gemstones. He also created the MULTIPERCO, a machine for producing and distributing carbonated beverages that earned him technical awards.
