Assia Granatouroff
Born: November 6, 1911
Died: May 17, 1982
in Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Died: May 17, 1982
in Pervomaisk, Luhansk Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine]
Assia, rarely referred to by her full name Assia Granatouroff, born in Bogopol (today Pervomaïsk, Ukraine) on October 6, 1911 and died on May 17, 1982 in Paris 15eme, was in the interwar period the nude model many Parisian photographers, painters and sculptors. Assia "embodies the very essence of nude photography at the time".
Assia Granatouroff is the daughter of Échiel and Méchama Granatouroff. She has a brother, Hersch. She was three years old when her father, a democrat who refused the regime of Nicolas II, left for the United States, abandoning his family. It was therefore without him that his family experienced the beginning of the First World War and the horrors of the Russian Revolution. At the end of 1920, despite the disappearance of the monarchy in Russia, this father did not return to his country, but called his wife and children to join him in Paris, where he lived with his sister. The trip lasts almost a year. Assia was therefore almost eleven years old when she arrived in Paris.
She was sixteen years old when she left home. She settled in rue de Rennes, near Montparnasse, which was then the center of artistic life in Paris. She practices drawing, makes floral motifs, which she sells to textile factories in the North, and sewing work. From 1930, she was a model for photographers like Roger Schall, who discovered her, Dora Maar, Germaine Krull, Ergy Landau, Emmanuel Sougez. Very quickly, she also posed for many sculptors (Charles Despiau, who named Assia one of her works, Aristide Maillol, Paul Belmondo, Chana Orloff) and painters (André Derain, Moïse Kisling, Kees van Dongen, Marcel Gromaire, Suzanne Valadon, Henry de Waroquier, Edmond Ceria). She began a theatrical career at the Vieux-Colombier which she continued under the direction of Charles Dullin. In 1935, she acted in several films at the cinema, notably "Les Yeux Noirs" by Victor Tourjansky.
In 1940, Assia Granatouroff took refuge in the free zone. Arrested in 1943 in Cassis by the Gestapo with the actor Robert Lynen because Jewish, suspected of belonging (like him) to the Alliance network, she manages to be released and takes refuge in Switzerland. She francizes her name and is now called Granatour. Her husband was also arrested around 1941; he returned from captivity in 1944. The couple divorced in 1949. From 1950, she approached esotericism, and her artistic production turned towards a very personal symbolism. She creates compositions of flowers, of which she has a “spiritual perception”, and tapestries inspired by tarot cards. She exhibited between 1972 and 1978. She posed in particular for female photographers Dora Maar, Ergy Landau, Germaine Krull. For the latter, in the advertisement for Gibbs rice powder, the "Steel Valkyrie" gently grasps the object.
A bone cancer prevails in a few weeks in May 1982.
Assia Granatouroff is the daughter of Échiel and Méchama Granatouroff. She has a brother, Hersch. She was three years old when her father, a democrat who refused the regime of Nicolas II, left for the United States, abandoning his family. It was therefore without him that his family experienced the beginning of the First World War and the horrors of the Russian Revolution. At the end of 1920, despite the disappearance of the monarchy in Russia, this father did not return to his country, but called his wife and children to join him in Paris, where he lived with his sister. The trip lasts almost a year. Assia was therefore almost eleven years old when she arrived in Paris.
She was sixteen years old when she left home. She settled in rue de Rennes, near Montparnasse, which was then the center of artistic life in Paris. She practices drawing, makes floral motifs, which she sells to textile factories in the North, and sewing work. From 1930, she was a model for photographers like Roger Schall, who discovered her, Dora Maar, Germaine Krull, Ergy Landau, Emmanuel Sougez. Very quickly, she also posed for many sculptors (Charles Despiau, who named Assia one of her works, Aristide Maillol, Paul Belmondo, Chana Orloff) and painters (André Derain, Moïse Kisling, Kees van Dongen, Marcel Gromaire, Suzanne Valadon, Henry de Waroquier, Edmond Ceria). She began a theatrical career at the Vieux-Colombier which she continued under the direction of Charles Dullin. In 1935, she acted in several films at the cinema, notably "Les Yeux Noirs" by Victor Tourjansky.
In 1940, Assia Granatouroff took refuge in the free zone. Arrested in 1943 in Cassis by the Gestapo with the actor Robert Lynen because Jewish, suspected of belonging (like him) to the Alliance network, she manages to be released and takes refuge in Switzerland. She francizes her name and is now called Granatour. Her husband was also arrested around 1941; he returned from captivity in 1944. The couple divorced in 1949. From 1950, she approached esotericism, and her artistic production turned towards a very personal symbolism. She creates compositions of flowers, of which she has a “spiritual perception”, and tapestries inspired by tarot cards. She exhibited between 1972 and 1978. She posed in particular for female photographers Dora Maar, Ergy Landau, Germaine Krull. For the latter, in the advertisement for Gibbs rice powder, the "Steel Valkyrie" gently grasps the object.
A bone cancer prevails in a few weeks in May 1982.
Movies for Assia Granatouroff...
Title: They Met on Skis
Character: Ginette
Released: December 14, 1940
Type: Movie
The owner of the place of Chamonix covets the inn, run by the Michel's uncle, whose business goes bad. Michel decides to participate in a ski competition to help uncle.
Title: Monsieur Bégonia
Released: December 22, 1937
Type: Movie
A young man who applies for the position of general manager in a fashion house has not reached the desired age. Thanks to a skilful make-up, he gives himself the required appearance and under the name of Monsieur Bégonia, now presides over the destinies of the house.
Title: Social Police
Character: Dolly Darmont
Released: April 9, 1937
Type: Movie
For years now, Chief inspector Gustave Picard has been trying to bring down Salviati, the dreadful leader of a drug-selling gang. Lucienne Préville, an informer who works for him, has infiltrated the gang but her position is dangerous. On the other hand, Scoppa, Salviati's former right-hand man, has started challenging his former boss. Will Salviati, the brutal public enemy, clear off at last?
Title: My Aunts and I
Character: Simone (as Nine Assia)
Released: February 5, 1937
Type: Movie
Three "spinsters" focus their attention very narrowly on their nephew, in his first phase of adulthood. Éloi, handicapped by his shyness, behaves a bit awkwardly. He falls under the unfortunate influence of a couple of haddocks. The love of a pretty blonde woman will save him from this embarrassment.
Title: Jeunesse d'abord
Released: June 5, 1936
Type: Movie
Two different young couples marry, despite the wishes to the contrary of their parents.
Title: Haut comme trois pommes
Released: March 6, 1936
Type: Movie
Madame Dupin is the most influential character in her village. She is at odds with her daughter because the latter married a showman.
Title: Mayerling
Character: Marie's Cousin
Released: January 31, 1936
Type: Movie
Rudolf, the only heir to Emperor Franz Josef of Austria-Hungary, is trapped in a loveless marriage to a Belgian princess. As he seeks to flee his stifling environment, he meets the beautiful Maria, and the two enter into a scandalous affair. Despite the interference of the Emperor, the couple refuse to give each other up.
Title: Dark Eyes
Character: Lucie
Released: September 5, 1935
Type: Movie
In 1913, in Russia, a widower hides from his daughter that he is a butler in a meeting restaurant. She meets a banker who is trying to seduce her and takes her to this restaurant. The father, knowing the decadent life of this client, immediately sends his daughter home. The pure love that her piano teacher devotes to her will allow the young girl to console herself for her disappointments...
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