1863 - 1930
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor and theatre designer
Still life, flowers. About 1900.
Tempera, wood panel, 102x71cm.
The Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Shaliapin as Mephistopheles in Gunno's opera Faust. 1905.
Pastel on cardboard, 225x109cm.
The Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Shaliapin as Demon in Rubinstein's opera of the same name. 1906.
Tempera on canvas, 228x158cm. The Bolshoi Theatre
Museum.
Shaliapin as Farlaf in Glinka's opera Ruslan
and Ludmila. 1907.
Tempera on cardboard, 53x39cm. Museum
of the Theater, St. Petersburg.
Shaliapin as Holofernes in Serov's opera Judith. 1908.
Pastel and Tempera on canvas, 159x209cm.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Shaliapin as Mephistopheles in Boito's
opera
of the same name. 1909.
Tempera on canvas, 300x109cm.
Central Museum of the Theatre, Moscow.
Shaliapin as Boris Godunov in Mussorgsky's opera of the same name. 1912.
Tempera on canvas, 211.5 x 139.5 cm.
The State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
Still Life with Flowers and China.
1912
Tempera on cardboard, 88,2x71,2 cm. I.Brodsky Museum, St Petersburg.
Neskuchny Garden. 1920
Tempera on canvas, 106x106 cm. A.Radishchev
Art Museum, Saratov.
Roses and Porcelain. 1920s
Gouache on cardboard, 95x79,5 cm. A.Radishchev
Art Museum, Saratov.
Goldcups.
Tempera on cardboard, 54x39 cm. Private collection.
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The Gambling Room. Design for drama by M.Lermontov Masquerade, 1917.
Paper mounted on cardboard, gouache, bronze, silver.
68,5x98 cm.
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Golovin has studied architecture and painting at MUZhVS (Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) under Makovsky, Polenov and Prianishnikov (1881-1886), and then in Paris under Blanche (1889), Collain and Meerson (1897).
He has worked in Moscow until 1901 and then in St Petersburg.
From 1894 the artist participated in exhibitions including MTKh (Moscow Fellowship of Artists) , MOLKh (Moscow Society of Art Lovers), SRKh (Union of Russian Artists) , World of Art.
Traveled to Italy, Spain and France (1895).
Golovin designed for the Petersburg Imperial Theatres (1899-1917), and prepared costumes for performances in Moscow and Leningrad. Also designed the drop-curtains for the Mariinsky Theatre, St Petersburg and the Odessa Theatre. Made Sketches of a Russian Dining Room for Yakunchikova (1898), designed the Russian pavilion at the International Exhibition in Paris (1900) with Korovin, produced ceramic panels for the façade of the Metropol Hotel, Moscow (1900) with Vrubel, and book illustrations.
His work was shown in Paris (1900) and Brussels (1928). Also one-man shows in Moscow (1940, 1956, 1969, 1963) and Leningrad (1940, 1956).