Kustodiev biography
Kustodiev biography
Kustodiev biography documentary...
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev (February 23 (March 7) 1878, Astrakhan - May 26 1927, St. Petersburg) – was an artist who captured the scenes of Russian everyday life and holidays on his bright and cheerful canvases.
Features of the artist Boris Kustodiev: he loved the portrait genre, when a human subject was revealed through the surrounding landscape, interior or even a genre scene serving as the background.
He did not spare such important things as spectacle and decorativeness when depicting everyday scenes; with great sympathy he painted the life of the province.
Famous paintings by Boris Kustodiev: “Pancake week”, “Merchant’s wife at tea”, “Russian Venus”, “Palm Sunday Near the Spassky Gate on the Red Square in Moscow”, “Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin”.
Fate wasn’t too supportive of the artist Boris Kustodiev.
He survived the hungriest days and got through a lot of trouble - two revolutions and a civil