Boris
Mikhailovich KUSTODIEV
1878 - 1927
Painter, graphic artist, sculptor and theatre designer
Paintings and Graphic Work Biography
Parisian Boulevard at Night. 1913.
Tempera on cardboard. The Art Gallery, Perm.
Reclining Nude. 1915.
Drawing. 47 x 57 cm. The I. Brodsky Museum, St.
Petersburg.
Belle. 1915.
Oil on canvas. 141 x 115 cm. The I. Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
Merchant. 1918. From
the "Russian Types" series.
Watercolor on paper. 33 x 28 cm.
The Bridge. Astrakhan. 1918.
Oil on canvas. The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Shells. 1918.
Oil on canvas, 43 x 43 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Merchant Wife at Tea. 1918.
Oil on canvas. 120 x 120 cm. The Russian
Museum, St. Petersburg.
Shrovetide. 1919.
Oil on canvas. 71 x 98 cm. The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Portrait of I. Brodsky. 1920.
Watercolor on paper. The I. Brodsky Museum, St.
Petersburg.
The Vegetable Vender. 1920. From
the "Russian Types" series.
Watercolor on paper. 33 x 28 cm.
The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Tavern-Keeper. 1920 From the "Russian
Types" series.
Watercolor on paper. 33 x 28 cm.
The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Cab Driver in a Tavern.
1920. From the "Russian Types" series.
Watercolor on paper. 33 x 28 cm.
The I.I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Merry-Go-Round. 1920. From
the "Russian Types" series.
Watercolor on paper. 33 x 28 cm.
The I.Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
A merchant's wife with a looking glass. 1920.
Oil on canvas, 142x102cm. The Russian Museum.
Portrait of N.I. Komarovskaya. 1925.
Drawing. The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
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Russian Venus. 1825-1926.
Oil on canvas, 200x175cm. Nizhniy Novgorod Museum of Art.
Manifestation on Uritzky Square on the
Occasion of Opening
the 2nd Comintern Congress.
Oil on canvas. 133 x 268 cm. The I. Brodsky Museum, St. Petersburg.
Peasant Women.
Oil on canvas. 100 x 78 cm. The Art Museum of Kirghizstan, Bishkek.
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Kustodiev has studied in Astrakhan (1896-1903) under Vlasov, and at the High School of Arts of the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg (1896-1903) under Savinsky, Repin and Stelletsky.
He visited France and Spain on a grant from the Academy of Arts in 1904.
From 1904, the artist has participated in exhibitions including NOKh (New Society of Artists), World of Art, Jack of Diamonds, SRKh (Union of Russian Artists), Community of Artists.
Was a member of SRKh from 1907, the World of Art group from 1910, and the AKhR (Association of Artists of the Revolution) from 1923.
The artist has produced illustrations for satirical magazines Zhupel (Bugbear) and Adskaya Pochta (Infernal Post) in 1905-1907.
Kustodiev visited Italy, France, Germany and Switzerland (1907-1917).
His works were exhibited abroad and in USSR, including Petrograd (1920), Leningrad (1928, 1959), Moscow (1929, 1947, 1952, 1968), Kiev (1960), Astrakhan (1978).