Pavel
Varfolomeyevich KUZNETZOV
1878 - 1968
Painter, graphic artist and theatre designer
Waiting. 1900s.
Watercolor and pencil on paper.
At the Fountain. 1904-1905.
Tempera. Vlasov family collection, Moscow.
In the Garden. Spring. 1904-1905.
Tempera. D. Sarabianov collection, Moscow.
Fountain. 1905. Study.
Tempera.
Blue fountain. 1905.
Tempera. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
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Morning. 1905.
Reproduced from postcard MTKh of 1905, a picture not preserved.
The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Motherly Love. 1905-1906.
Tempera. Reproduction from "Golden Fleece" journal,
1907, n.7.
Birth. 1906.
Pastel. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Self Portrait. 1906.
Pencil on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow.
Steppe. 1910s.
Oil on canvas. The Radishchev Art
museum, Saratov.
Mirage in the Steppe. 1912.
Tempera on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Evening on the Steppe. 1910s.
Tempera on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery,
Moscow.
At the Reservoir. 1912.
Tempera. The Chudnovski collection,
St.Petersburg.
Oriental Motif. 1912-1913.
Tempera. The Okunev collection,
St.Petersburg.
Work at the Steppe. Shearing of Sheep.
1913.
Tempera.
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Flowers and Melons. 1913.
Tempera on cardboard. 66 x 79 cm. The Chudnovski
collection, St.Petersburg.
Bukhara Still Life. 1913.
Tempera.
Morning. Still Life. 1913.
Tempera.
Still Life with Siuzanee. 1913-1914.
Tempera. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.
Fortune-teller. Evening. 1916.
Tempera on canvas. The Paleyev collection, St.Petersburg.
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Portrait of E. Bebutova, the Artist's Wife.
(Resting). 1920.
Tempera. The Chudnovski's collection, St.Petersburg.
Miskhor (Crimea). 1925.
Oil on canvas. 72 x 86 cm. The Shuster
Collection.
Tobacco-Workers. 1926.
Oil on canvas. 98.1 x 140 cm. The Russian
Museum, St. Petersburg
The Road to Alupka. 1926.
Oil on canvas. 70.5 x 84 cm. The
Radishchev Art museum, Saratov.
Armenia. The Temple on Sevan Lake. 1930.
Watercolor on paper. 29.6 x 42 cm.
The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg
Flowers. 1939.
Oil on canvas. 101 x 78 cm. The
Radishchev Art museum, Saratov.
Bunch of Lilac. 1950.
Oil on canvas. 81 x 101.8 cm. The Art
Museum of Kirghizstan, Bishkek.
Costume design for
"Sakuntala" play by Calidasa. 1914.
Chamber theater, Moscow, A. Tairov production.
Watercolor on paper. Private collection.
Sketch of Curtain for Ballet "Fire Bird" by I. Stravinsky.
1923.
Watercolor on paper, 46 x 57 cm. The
Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
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P. Kuznetzov has studied at the School of Saratov Society for the Encouragement of Fine Arts (1891-1896) under Konovalov and Baraki, MUZhVS (Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture) (1897-1904) under Arkhipov, Kassatkin, Pasternak, Serov and Korovin, and in Paris (1905).
From 1899 the artist has participated in exhibitions including World of Art, Blue Rose, SRKh (Union of Russian Artists), MTKh (Moscow Fellowship of Artists).
Was the leader of the Blue Rose group (1907), President of the Four Arts society (1924-1931), and from 1906 member of Salon d’Automne, Paris.
Kuznetzov has created the Kirghiz series (1910-1913).
He has taught at MUZhVS and VKhUTEMAS (High State Art Technical Institute) in 1910-1913, the Stroganov Artistic Industrial Institute in 1917-1918, the MIII (Moscow Institute of Fine Arts) in 1918-1937, and the MVKhPU (Moscow Higher Artistic-Industrial College – formerly the Stroganov Institute) in 1945-1948.
The artist was in charge of the painting section of IZO (Fine Art Section of the peoples Commissariat for Education of the Russian Republic) in 1919-1924.