Walter Nouvel

Walter Fyodorovich Nouvel (Russian: Вальтер Фёдорович Нувель, romanized: Valter Fyodorovich Nuvel; 1871–1949) was a Russian émigré art-lover and writer.[1]

Early life

Walter Nouvel met Sergei Pavlovich Diaghilev, future impresario of the Ballets Russes, when Diaghilev moved to Saint Petersburg to study law. Nouvel made up part of the Nevsky Pickwickians.[2] Nouvel started working as a pseudo-manager for Mir iskusstva in 1898.[3]

Career

He co-wrote with Arnold Haskell a biography of Diaghilev (Diaghileff. His Artistic and Private life).[4]

Nouvel fled Soviet Russia in 1919 and worked as secretary and factotum for Diaghilev's Ballets Russes.

Further reading

  • Diaghilev, Sergei "Sergei Diaghilev i russkoe iskusstvo: stati, otkrytye pis'ma, interv'yu" ed. I.S Zil'bershtein and V.A Samkov, Fine Art (Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo), vol. 2 (1982): 342 - 343.

References

  1. ^ "queerplaces - Walter Nouvel". www.elisarolle.com. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
  2. ^ Garafola, Lynn; Baer, Nancy Van Norman, eds. (1999). The Ballets russes and its world. New Haven: Yale University Press. p. 46. ISBN 978-0-300-06176-5.
  3. ^ Scheijen, Sjeng (2010). "Diaghilev the Man". In Pritchard, Jane; Marsh, Geoff; Victoria and Albert Museum (eds.). Diaghilev and the golden age of the Ballets russes 1909-1929. London: V & A Publishing. p. 33. ISBN 978-1-85177-613-9.
  4. ^ "Collection: Walter Nouvel letters to Serge Diaghilev | HOLLIS for". hollisarchives.lib.harvard.edu. Retrieved 2022-03-08.
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