Boris
Mikhailovich KUSTODIEV
1878 - 1927
Painter, graphic artist,
book illustrator, porcelain artist.
Works
Biography
Note:
you can view more paintings and graphic work by
this artist in the movement The
World of Art.
Works:

1905 Year Manifestation. 1906.
Color pencils, Indian ink on paper. The
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

May Day Demonstration at the Putilov Factory. 1906.
Watercolor, color pencils on paper mounted on cardboard, 35x50
cm. The Central Museum of Revolution, Moscow.

27th February 1917. 1917.
Watercolor, color pencils. The Tretyakov
Gallery, Moscow.

Labor. Panel sketch for First Anniversary
of October Revolution celebration decorating of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle)
Square in Petrograd.
Watercolor, pencil on cardboard, 78.5x55.5 cm. The State
Museum of the Great October Socialistic Revolution, St.Petersburg.

Abundance. 1918. Panel
sketch for First Anniversary of October Revolution celebration decorating
of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd.
Watercolor, pencil on cardboard, 78.5x55.5 cm. The
State Museum of the Great October Socialistic Revolution, St.Petersburg.

A Carpenter. A Reaper. A Tailor. Panel
sketch for First Anniversary of October Revolution celebration decorating
of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd.
Watercolor, pencil on paper, 32.2x23.7 cm, 32.1x23.5 cm,
31.2x23.5 cm. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

A Shoemaker. A Baker. Panel
sketch for First Anniversary of October Revolution celebration decorating
of the Ruzheinaya (Rifle) Square in Petrograd.
Watercolor, pencil on paper, 32.2x23.5 cm, 28.1x23.5 cm. The
Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow.

The Bolshevik.1920. Panel.
Oil on canvas, 101x141 cm. The Tretyakov
Gallery, Moscow.

Festivity on Uritzky Square (Palace Square) in Petrograd on July
1920, for the Occasion of Opening of the 2nd Comintern Congress. 1921.
Oil on canvas, 133x268 cm. The Russian Museum,
St.Petersburg.

Night Festivities on the Neva River. 1921.
Oil on canvas, 107x216
cm. Central Museum of Revolution, Moscow.

Lenin - Head of the Government. 1925. Illustration for the
book "For Children About Lenin".
Indian ink on paper, 16x21 cm.

LENGIZ. Poster.1925. (Leningrad
branch of the State Publishing House)

The City - Books, The Village - Food. Sketch for a poster. 1925.
Watercolor on paper, 47x31 cm.

A Dancing Woman. A Garmoshka Player. 1923. Painted porcelain
figurines. Height 21.5 cm.
Ryazan Province Art Museum.
Biography:
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.
Visited
France and Spain on a grant from the Academy of Arts in 1904.
From
1904, participated in exhibitions including NOKh (New
Society of Artists), World of Art, Jack of Diamonds,
SRKh (Union of Russian Artists), Community of Artists.
Member of
SRKh from 1907, the World of Art
group from 1910, and the AKhR
(Association of Artists of the Revolution) from 1923.
Produced
illustrations for satirical magazines "Zhupel" (Bugbear)
and Adskaya Pochta (Infernal Post) in 1905-1907.
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).
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