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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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