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Nikolai Konstantinovich Kalmakov

Nikolai Konstantinovich Kalmakov (1873 - 1955) was active/lived in Russian Federation.  Nikolai Kalmakov is known for Symbolist, mystical painting.

Branded a decadent and an eccentric, over fifty years after his death Nikolas Kalmakoff remains a fascinating figure.  A Russian aristocrat by birth, Kalmakoff was born in Nervi on the Italian Riviera, the son of a Russian General.  The actor Alexander Mgebrov, who became acquainted with Kalmakoff in St Petersburg, recalled the artist's fascination with the devil and his insistence that he appeared to him late at night. 

Given the consistent blurring of the sexes as a prevalent theme in his work, including Les femmes des Nadjis in which two beautiful women are surrounded by malevolent asexual heads, it is interesting to note the testimony of Kalmakoff's contemporaries of his membership of the Skoptzy movement.  The sect called for abstinence and castration where necessary; Kalmakoff appears to have interpreted this stance to indicate that women as a source of temptation should be condemned.  Much of his work, particularly from   ...  [Displaying 1000 of 5023 characters.]  Artist bio

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