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==Before the Fair== | ==Before the Fair== | ||
Nana was painted by Russian Gospodin Marcel Gavriel Suchorowsky (Sukhorovsky) and was known as “Nana”. It was described as “the highest form of the nude in art, but, so elevated, so pure and so beautiful that the most biased mind can find no impure suggestion to the graceful figure”. It measured 72 x 108. The imposing size of the work required a room to herself. She was normally displayed on a raised platform, red velvet drape and theater lights at the left. | |||
Suchorowsky finished Nana in 1881. He was a member of the Art Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia and was named a professor after its completion. | |||
==Description== | ==Description== | ||
==After the Fair== | ==After the Fair== | ||
After the fair, the painting was shown around the world before finally landing in a Dallas Hotel in the late 1970's. In 2012, the painting was sold to a restaurant in Colorado and replaced with a replica painting in the Dallas 'Nana Cafe'. | |||
==See also== | ==See also== | ||
Revision as of 06:44, 17 November 2023
| Location | The Pike |
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Nana was a building on The Pike to display the famous painting 'Nana'.
Etymology
Before the Fair
Nana was painted by Russian Gospodin Marcel Gavriel Suchorowsky (Sukhorovsky) and was known as “Nana”. It was described as “the highest form of the nude in art, but, so elevated, so pure and so beautiful that the most biased mind can find no impure suggestion to the graceful figure”. It measured 72 x 108. The imposing size of the work required a room to herself. She was normally displayed on a raised platform, red velvet drape and theater lights at the left.
Suchorowsky finished Nana in 1881. He was a member of the Art Academy in St. Petersburg, Russia and was named a professor after its completion.
Description
After the Fair
After the fair, the painting was shown around the world before finally landing in a Dallas Hotel in the late 1970's. In 2012, the painting was sold to a restaurant in Colorado and replaced with a replica painting in the Dallas 'Nana Cafe'.
