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(2) Vasily (Dmitriyevich) Milioti
(b Moscow, 18 Feb 1875; d Moscow, 5 March 1943). Painter and writer, brother of (1) Nikolay Milioti. Like his elder brother, Vasily Milioti was one of the younger generation of Symbolist artists resident in Moscow that emerged under the influence of the paintings of Mikhail Vrubel’ and Victor Borisov-Musatov. In the mosaic-like patterning of Legend (1905; untraced, see Gray, 1986, pl. 47), the resemblance to the work of Vrubel’ is striking. He also used similar imagery to his brother, for example in Legend, in which a wraith-like female face appears out of a dense backdrop of foliage. To contemporary critics, however, Vasily Milioti seemed more closely allied to Victor Borisov-Musatov, who shared his desire to create decorative ensembles. His crayon drawing Morning (1906; London, priv. col., see Bowlt, 1973, pl. between pp. 176 and 177) is entirely made up of curved lines, recalling aspects of the style of both Borisov-Musatov and of Paul Gauguin in his Tahitian period.
Part of the Milioti family
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