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Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (
March 7,
1878–
May 28,
1927) was a
Russian
painter and
stage designer.
Early life
Boris Kustodiev was born in
Astrakhan into the family of a professor of
philosophy,
history of
literature, and
logic at the local theological
seminary. Subsequently, from 1896 to
1903, he attended
Ilya Repin’s studio at the
Imperial Academy of Arts in
St. Petersburg. When Repin was commissioned to paint a, he invited Kustodiev to be his assistant. The painting was extremely complex and involved a great deal of hard work. Together with his teacher, the young artist made portrait studies tor the painting, and then executed the right-hand side of the final work. Also at this time, Kustodiev made a series of portraits of contemporaries whom he felt to be his spiritual comrades. These included the artist
Ivan Bilibin (
1901,
Russian Museum), Moldovtsev (1901, Krasnodar Regional Art Museum), and the engraver Mate (
1902, Russian Museum). Working on these portraits considerably helped the artist, forcing him to make a close study of his model and to penetrate the complex world of the human soul.
He visited
France and
Spain on a grant from the Imperial Academy of Arts in
1904. Also in 1904, he attended the private studio of
René Ménard in
Paris. After that he traveled to Spain, then, in
1907, to
Italy, and in
1909 he visited
Austria and
Germany, and again France and Italy. During these years he painted many portraits and genre pieces. However, no matter where Kustodiev happened to be – in sunny
Seville or in the park at
Versailles – he felt the irresistible pull of his
motherland. After five months in France he returned to Russia,
In the first years after the
Russian Revolution of 1917 the artist worked with great inspiration in various fields. Contemporary themes became the basis for his work, being embodied in drawings for calendars and book covers, and in illustrations and sketches of street decorations. His covers for the journals
The Red Cornfield and
Red Panorama attracted attention because of their vividness and the sharpness of their subject matter. Kustodiev also worked in
lithography, illustrating works by
Nekrasov. His illustrations for
Leskov's stories
The Darner and
Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District were landmarks in the history of Russian book designing, so well did they correspond to the literary images.
[
]Stage design
The artist was also interested in designing stage scenery. He first started work in the theatre in 1911, when he designed the sets for Alexandr Ostrovskv's An Ardent Heart. Such was his success that further orders came pouring in. In 1913, he designed the sets and costumes for The Death of Pazukhin at the Moscow Art Theatre. His talent in this sphere was especially apparent in his work for Ostrovsky's plays; It's a Family Affair, A Stroke of Luck, Wolves and Sheep, and The Storm. The milieu of Ostrovsky's plays—provincial life and the world of the merchant class—was close to Kustodiev's own genre paintings, and he worked easily and quickly on the stage sets.[ ]
In 1923, Kustodiev joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia. He continued to paint, make engravings, illustrate books, and design for the theater up until his death on May 28, 1927, in Leningrad.[
]Selected works
Image:Kustodiev pushkina.jpg|Portrait of Elizabeth Grigorievna Pushkina (Early 1900s).
Image:Kustodiyev Mate.JPG|Portrait of Vasiliy Mate (1902).
Image:Kustodiev Portrait Of Wife.jpg|Portrait of Julia Kustodieva (wife) (1903).
Image:Kustodiev irina.jpg|Irina (daughter) (1906).
Image:Kustodiev promenade Volga.jpg|Promenade Along Volga River (1909).
Image:Kustodiyev fair.JPG|Fair (1910).
Image:Paskhakustodiev.jpg|Easter Greetings (1912).
Image:Kustodiev Renee Notgaft.jpg|Portrait of Renee Notgaft (1914).
Image:Tsar nikolai.jpg|Tsar Nicholas II (1915)
Image:Kustodiyev maslenitsa.JPG|Maslenitsa Tuesday (1916).
Image:Kustodiyev world of the art.JPG|Mir Iskusstva Members (1916–1920).
Image:Kustodiev razin.jpg|Stepan Razin (1918).
Image:KustodievB Provinc.jpg|Country 1919
Image:Kustodiev GoluboyDomik.jpg|Blue House 1920
Image:Kustodiyev bolshevik.JPG|Bolshevik (1920).
Image:Isaak Brodsky by Kustodiev.jpg|Isaak Brodsky (1920).
Image:Kustodiyev Shalyapin.JPG|Shalyapin (1921).
Image:KustodiyevSemenov Kapitsa.JPG|Kapitsa and Semenov (1921).
Image:Kustodiev Zamyatin.jpg|Yevgeny Zamyatin (1923).
Image:Kustodiev Voloshin.jpg|Maximilian Voloshin (1924).
Image:Kustodiev russian venus.jpg|Russian Venus (1926).
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