Mstislav Valerianovich Dobuzhinsky was born on August 14, 1875 in Novgorod into the family of an army officer. From 1885 to 1887, he attended the Drawing School of the Society for the Promotion of the Artists. Between 1895 and 1899, he studied law at the University of St. Petersburg, studying simultaneously in private studios. After graduating from the university, he, from 1899 to 1901, was trained under Anton Azbè in Munich and under Simon Hollósy in Nagybánya (Austria-Hungary).
1905. Illustration from the magazine "Zhupel" No.2, 1905.
1905. Pastel and gouache on paper mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1905. Pastel, gouache, pencil on paper mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1905-06. Charcoal and watercolor on paper mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1906. Watercolor, gouache, and charcoal on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1906. Watercolor, lead pencil, whitewash on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1907. Pastel on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1907-09. Watercolor and pencil on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1907. Watercolor heightened with white on paper with pasted-on strip of gold tinfoil and touched up with bronze paint. The Theater Museum of A. A. Bakhrushin, Moscow, Russia.
1908. Watercolor and gouache on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1909. Gouache, watercolor, and pencil with silver powder on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1909. Watercolor, gouache, and pencil on paper mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1910. Sketch. Oil on paper mounted on cardbord. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1910s. Pastel on paper mounted on cardboard. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1912. Gouache and lead pencil on gray paper mounted on cardboard. The Pushkin Museum of Fine Art, Moscow, Russia.
1914. Blacklead of paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1915. Mixed media on paper mounted on cardboard. The Picture Gallery of Armenia, Erevan, Armenia.
1915. Blacklead on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1916. Lead pencil and red chalk on cardboard. Private collection.
1917. Watercolor, lead pencil, India ink, pen, and brush on paper. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
M.V. Dobuzhinsky. 1875-1757. Catalogue. Moscow. 1975.
Mstislav Dobuzhinsky. Paintings. Drawings. Moscow. 1982.
M.V. Dobuzhinsky. by G. Chugunov. Leningrad. 1984.