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Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (1878 - 1927) was active/lived in Russian Federation.  Boris Kustodiev is known for Portrait, figure and landscape painting, book illustration, set design.

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Boris Kustodiev was born in Astrakhan into the family of a professor of philosophy, history of literature, and logic at the local theological seminary.  His father died young, and all financial and material burdens fell on his mother's shoulders.  The Kustodiev family rented a small wing in a rich merchant's house.  It was there that the boy's first impressions were formed of the way of life of the provincial merchant class.  The artist later wrote, "The whole tenor of the rich and plentiful merchant way of life was there right under my nose... It was like something out of an Ostrovsky play."  The artist retained these childhood observations for years, recreating them later in oils and water-colours.

Between 1893 and 1896, Boris studied in theological seminary and took private art lessons in Astrakhan from Pavel Vlasov, a pupil of Vasily Perov.  Subsequently, from 1896 to 1903, he attended Ilya Repin's studio at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St.&n   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 6884 characters.]  Artist bio

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Facts about Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev

   Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev  Born:  1878 - Astrakhan, Russia
Died:   1927 - Leningrad, Russia
Known for:  Portrait, figure and landscape painting, book illustration, set design

Boris Kustodiev was born in Astrakhan into the family of a professor of philosophy, history of literature, and logic at the local theological seminary.  His father died young, and all financial and material burdens fell on his mother's shoulders.  The Kustodiev family rented a small wing in a rich merchant's house.  It was there that the boy's first impressions were formed of the way of life of the provincial merchant class.  The artist later wrote, "The whole tenor of the rich and plentiful merchant way of life was there right under my nose... It was like something out of an Ostrovsky play."  The artist retained these childhood observations for years, recreating them later in oils and water-colours.

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