Boris Kustodiyev
Boris Kustodiyev Biography
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev was born in Astrakhan on March 7, 1878 into the family of a professor of philosophy, history of literature, and logic at the local theological seminary. Between 1893 and 1896, Boris 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 Academy of Arts in St. Peterburg. Concurrently he took classes in sculpture under Dmitry Stelletsky and in etching under Vasily Mathé.
He first exhibited
Boris Kustodiyev 73 Most Important Paintings and Artworks
- A Girl.
1897. Sketch. The Kustodiev Picture Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia.
- Portrait Of The Painter Ivan Bilibin.
1901. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Portrait Of Vasily Mathé (1856-1917).
1902. Oil on canvas, 125x151 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Read Note.
- Portrait Of Julia Kustodieva, Nee Proshinskaya (1880-1942), The...
1903. Oil on canvas, 139x133.5 cm. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Morning.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Self-Portrait During Hunting.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Village Boys.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Kustodiev Picture Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia.
- Irina.
1906. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Lilacs. Yu.Ye.Kustodiyeva With Daughter Irina.
1906. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Lilacs. Yu.Ye.Kustodiyeva With Daughter Irina. Detail.
1906. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Abbess / Igumenya.
1908. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- The Fair.
1908. Gouache on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Reading Of The Manifest.
1908-1909. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
- Promenade Along The Volga.
1909. Oil on canvas. The Kostroma District Museum of Visual Arts, Kostroma, Russia.
- Portrait Of E.Kustodieva, Artist's Mother.
c.1910-1926. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
- Fair.
1910. Tempera on cardboard. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.
- Red Tower Of Troitse-Sergeevsky Lavra.
1912. Gouache on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
- Portrait Of N.I. Zelenskaya.
1912. Oil on canvas. The Kustodiev Picture Gallery, Astrakhan, Russia.
- Merchant Wives.
1912. Tempera on cardborad. Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine.
- Self-Portrait.
1912. Oil on canvas. Galleria degli Uffizi, Florence, Italy.
Boris Kustodiyev Bibliography
Kustodiev. His Time, Life and Work. By V.Lebedeva. Moscow, 1984.
Boris Kustodiev. By A. Turkov. 1986, Moscow
Boris Kustodiev. By V. Dokuchaeva. Moscow, 1991.
Russian Painters. Encyclopedic Dictionary. St. Petersburg. 1998.
Boris Kustodiev--paintings, graphic works, book illustrations, theatrical designs by Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. Aurora Art Publishers, 1983.
The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.
