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The best paintings of the Russian artist Boris Kustodiev. Opening

Kustodiev could not only see and appreciate the beauty of the natural world, but it was also in his power and in his power to recreate and embody on his artistic canvases this complex world living nature.

Like most of the author's works, Kustodiev's landscape canvases are distinguished by their special brightness, expressiveness and saturation of color plans. In Kustodiev's paintings, nature is always much more than just a landscape image. Kustodiev creates his own artistic description nature, makes it extremely individual, authorial, unlike anything else.

In this regard, one of Kustodiev's works, written by the artist in 1918, "Horses during a Thunderstorm", is especially noticeable.

The painting "Horses during a thunderstorm" is an example of a talented oil painting. IN this moment the painting belongs to the collection visual arts XX century State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg. Central image and the motif of the canvas is already stated in the very title of the picture.

Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich (Kustodiev Boris) (1878-1927), Russian artist. Born in Astrakhan on February 23 (March 7), 1878 in the family of a seminary teacher.

Having visited the exhibition of the Wanderers in 1887 and for the first time seeing the paintings of real painters, the young Kustodiev was shocked. He firmly decided to become an artist. After graduating from the seminary in 1896, Kustodiev went to St. Petersburg and entered the Academy of Arts. Studying in the workshop of I. E. Repin, Kustodiev writes a lot from life, strives to master the skill of conveying the colorful diversity of the world.

Walking on the Volga, 1909

Repin attracted the young artist to co-author the painting "Meeting of the State Council" (1901-1903, Russian Museum, St. Petersburg). Already in these years, the virtuoso talent of Kustodiev, a portrait painter, manifested itself (I. Ya. Bilibin, 1901). Living in St. Petersburg and Moscow, Kustodiev often traveled to the picturesque corners of the Russian provinces, primarily to the cities and villages of the Upper Volga, where the famous images of Russian traditional life (a series of "fairs", "carnivals", "village holidays") and colorful folk types (“merchants”, “merchants”, beauties in the bath - “Russian Venuses”). These series and paintings close to them (portrait of F. I. Chaliapin, 1922, Russian Museum) are like colorful dreams about old Russia.

Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin, 1922, Russian Museum

Although in 1916 paralysis chained the artist to wheelchair, Kustodiev continued to work actively in different types art, continuing their popular "Volga" series.

B.M. Kustodiev in his workshop. 1925

After the revolution, Kustodiev created his best things in the field book illustration("Lady Macbeth Mtsensk district» N. S. Leskova; "Rus" by E. I. Zamyatin; both works - 1923; and other drawings) and scenography (Zamiatin's Flea in the Second Moscow Art Theater, 1925; and other decorations). Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev died in Leningrad on May 26, 1927.

Merchant at tea, 1918 Russian Museum

One of the favorite characters in the works of Kustodiev was a portly, full of health merchant's wife. The artist painted merchants many times - in the interior and against the backdrop of the landscape, naked and in elegant dresses.

The painting "The Merchant at Tea" is unique in its impressive strength and harmonic integrity. In the plump Russian beauty of immense thickness, sitting on the balcony at a table laden with dishes, the image of the merchant's wife acquires a truly symbolic sound. The details in the canvas carry a great semantic load: a fat lazy cat rubbing against the hostess’s shoulder, a merchant couple drinking tea on a neighboring balcony, a city depicted in the background with churches and malls and, in particular, a magnificent "gastronomic" still life. A ripe red watermelon with black pits, a fat cake, buns, fruit, porcelain, a large samovar - all this is written in an unusually material and tangible way and at the same time not illusory, but deliberately simplified, like on shop signs.

In the hungry year of 1918, in the cold and devastation, the sick artist dreamed of beauty, full-blooded bright life, abundance. However, the savoring of a well-fed, thoughtless existence is accompanied here, as in other works by Kustodiev, with light irony and a good-natured smile.

Merchant with a mirror, 1920, Russian Museum

Youth always attracts with its brightness, beauty, freshness. The artist presents us with an ordinary scene from a merchant's life. A young girl tries on a new silk shawl. The picture is full of details that reveal the character of the heroine. Decorations are laid out on the table, a servant girl sorts out furs, a green chest by the stove clearly hides the “wealth” of the heroine. A smiling merchant in a rich fur coat stands at the door. He admires his daughter, who is fascinated by her new wardrobe.

Beauty, 1915, Tretyakov Gallery

Kustodiev always drew his inspiration from Russian lubok painting. Here is his famous "Beauty" as if written off from a popular print or from a Dymkovo toy. However, it is known that the artist painted from nature, and it is also known that a well-known actress of the Art Theater became a model.

The artist approaches the magnificent forms of his model delicately, with good humor. The beauty herself is not at all embarrassed, she calmly, with some curiosity, watches the viewer, very pleased with the impression she makes. Her posture is chaste. white plump body, Blue eyes, golden hair, blush, scarlet lips - we have a really beautiful woman in front of us.

Provinces. 1919

View from Sparrow Hills. 1919

In old Suzdal, 1914

The exuberant luxury of colors blooms luxuriantly in Kustodiev's paintings, as soon as he turns to his favorite topic: depicting the foundations of life in the hinterland, its foundations, its roots. The colorfully shown tea party in the yard cannot but please the eye with all the love of life that reigns in the picture.

Stately backs, proud posture, obvious slowness of each movement, a conscious sense of self-worth, which is felt by everyone female figures- this is the old Suzdal, the way the artist sees it, feels it, feels it. And he is all in front of us at a glance - alive and bright, real. Warm. Just invites to the table!

Morning, 1904, State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Depicted are Yulia Evstafyevna Kustodieva, the artist's wife, with her first-born son Kirill (1903-1971). The picture was painted in Paris.

Russian Venus, 1925, Nizhny Novgorod Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod

Bathing, 1912, Russian Museum

According to Kustodievsky, a sunny day in the picture is overflowing with saturated colors. The blue sky, the green slope, the mirror-like shine of the water, the sunny-yellow swimming pool - all together make up a warm summer.

The bathers are depicted by the artist schematically, very delicately. Kustodiev, as if he himself takes the viewer’s gaze away from the bath and draws attention to nature, filling it with unnatural bright colors.

On the shore goes usual life. Boatmen offer the public a ride along the river; a laden cart can hardly climb uphill. On the hill is a red church.

Twice the artist depicted the Russian tricolor. A white-blue-red cloth adorns the bathhouse and the side of a large boat. Most likely, before us a holiday. Summer is a holiday for everyone who is able to appreciate it.

The bathers are having a leisurely conversation, enjoying the warmth, the sun, the river. unhurried, measured, happy life.

Merchant and brownie, 1922

A very piquant scene was depicted by the artist. The brownie, bypassing his possessions, froze in amazement before the naked body of the sleeping mistress of the house. But the details still tell the viewer that the heroine of the picture has prepared everything for this scene. The hot stove is left open so that the fire gives light. The pose is carefully thought out. There is a feeling that the dream of the hostess is theatrical. The beauty seems to be luring the brownie herself to look at him. Fairy tale, Christmas story, miracle.

A graceful, white-bodied, dazzlingly beautiful merchant's wife - on the one hand, an eerie, furry, pot-bellied brownie - on the other. They are like the embodiment of merchant female and male beauty. Two different beginnings, opposites.

Trinity Day, 1920, Saratov State Art Museum. A. N. Radishcheva

Portrait of the artist Ivan Bilibin, 1901, Russian Museum

This portrait is early work masters. It was created in the academic workshop of I. Repin. In this work, Kustodiev's manner barely shows through. It just hasn't matured yet. Bilibin is depicted very realistically. Before us is an exquisitely dressed young man: a black frock coat, a snow-white shirt. The red flower in the buttonhole is a detail that characterizes the model. The hero is smart, a lover of women, entertainment. The look is ironic, even funny. Facial features are correct. Before us is a handsome young man.

Portrait of Yu.E. Kustodieva. 1920

Portrait Grand Duchess Maria Pavlovna.1911

Merchant with purchases. 1920

Moscow tavern, 1916, Tretyakov Gallery

The Moscow tavern is a special, difficult place. The main thing in it is communication, relaxation. This is how the tavern appears in the picture. Graceful and graceful sex, serving visitors. Red ceilings and vaults give the work a joyful and festive atmosphere. Judging by the bunch of willow behind the icon, the action takes place on the eve of Easter.

Boris Kustodiev. Merchant for tea. 1918
Canvas, oil. 120 × 120 cm. State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Wikimedia Commons
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"Russian Rubens" Boris Kustodiev, whose paintings in different times sometimes they turned in defense of merchant sybaritism, sometimes against it, in fact, they simply loved life - rich colors, delicious food, portly forms. Already breathtaking, if you imagine depicted in reality. At the same time, the life of Boris Mikhailovich himself was far from the image he created. He painted his most famous canvases from memory: bedridden, he could not go to the open air or look for nature in the cities and towns of the country, which, by the way, was in a revolutionary daze.

Plot

On the balcony, which offers a view of the provincial Empire, a merchant's wife sits at a tea party. The body is white, the face is handsome. Satisfied life. The cat next to him is kind. The table is breaking, and the watermelon competes with the coolness of the sides with the samovar. A woman drinks tea in an expensive brocade dress with a deep neckline. Her sugary shoulders are another sweetness in this celebration of life. Behind her, another balcony is visible, where the same merchant family drinking tea.

Kustodiev wrote out perfect image"Third Estate". The merchant's wife is a natural beauty, whose image has developed in folklore, and in the 19th century was reflected in the heroines of Ostrovsky and Leskov. Her movements are smooth and unhurried - the provincial town lives in the same rhythm.

Boris Kustodiev. Russian Venus. 1926
Canvas, oil. 200×175 cm
Nizhny Novgorod State Art Museum, Nizhny Novgorod, Russia. Wikimedia Commons

Russian women, including merchants, were frequent heroines of Kustodiev's works. They appeared in different entourages, often noblewomen with less magnificent forms posed for them. Boris Mikhailovich wrote out Rus' itself, however, the time when he did this no longer corresponded to the chosen image: burly nurses were replaced by skinny revolutionaries.

Context

It was 1918 outside. There was no money, no food either - damned time. Kustodiev was already seriously ill, and his wife Yulia Evstafyevna bore all the hardships. On Sundays she went to saw firewood, she was paid, like other laborers, with firewood. “We live here unimportantly, it’s cold and hungry, everyone just talks about food and bread ... I sit at home and, of course, work and work, that’s all our news. I yearned for people, for the theater, for music - I am deprived of all this, ”wrote the artist theater director Vasily Luzhsky.

For "Merchant for Tea" Kustodiev was posed by a neighbor in the house, Baroness Galina Aderkas. In life, a first-year student had much smaller forms, but the artist believed that beautiful woman there should be a lot - the thin ones did not inspire creativity. He was even called the Russian Rubens for puffy, portly women, "Volga Danai".

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. Woman drinking tea
1918. Pencil on paper, 66 × 48 cm
State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia. Wikimedia Commons

The picture conditionally divides the audience into two camps: some consider it ironic, others - nostalgic. The first argue that Kustodieva wrote a caricature of the merchant class, the second - that the Russian Titian put into this canvas feelings about the fate of the Motherland, the collapse of traditions and the disappointing results of the revolution.

“A real colorist knows in advance what tone another evokes; one colorful spot is supported by another; one "logically" follows from the other. The Venetians Titian and Tintoretto are great "musicians" of color. A patch of sky, distance and greenery, gold, silk... all this, as in Beethoven's symphony, is "surprisingly played out" (flutes and violins, and then a strong tone, a red spot - corpses, trombone). Color is an orchestra of colors.
Kustodiev's statement, recorded by Voinov

The fate of the artist

Boris Kustodiev studied with Ilya Repin. Being a student of the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, the eminent master invited the student to work on the “Ceremonial meeting of the State Council on May 7, 1901”. At the academy and immediately after graduation, Kustodiev was considered a portrait painter. However, the artist soon switched to subjects close to folklore. He traveled a lot around Russia, watched the fairground commotion, the life of merchants and ordinary people. Everything seen in the future will become the basis of masterpieces.

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. Portrait of F. I. Chaliapin (1921)
Wikimedia Commons

Kustodiev painted his most famous canvases while chained to a bed. “The plans, one more tempting than the other, crowded in my head,” wrote Kustodiev, “Hands are working. And the legs ... Well, they are not particularly needed for work, you can write like that while sitting in a wheelchair. At 34, he was diagnosed with a tumor of the spinal cord. The operations did not give any result, and for the last 15 years of his life the artist was forced to work lying down.

We continue the project "The history of one picture". In it we talk about the most famous canvases from Petersburg museums. Today - "The Merchant for Tea" by Boris Kustodiev, because May 26 is the day of his memory. In 1927 the artist died in Petrograd after a long illness. He was not even 50 years old.

Boris Kustodiev "Merchant for tea"

Canvas, oil. 120x120 cm State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Fact one. Student

Boris Kustodiev is a student of Ilya Repin. It is known that while studying at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts, he took part in the work on the master's painting "The Ceremonial Meeting of the State Council on May 7, 1901" - now it is also exhibited in the Russian Museum. Kustodiev graduated from the Academy with a gold medal. He traveled a lot around Russia, working on a series of paintings "Fairs". And one of his most famous works - "The Merchant for Tea", - he created a few years before his death, in the difficult year of 1918.

Fact two. Medical

Kustodiev painted “The Merchant for Tea” as a seriously ill person. Back in 1909, he was diagnosed with a spinal tumor. For the last 15 years of his life, he was confined to a wheelchair. This did not prevent Boris Mikhailovich from creating hundreds of works that now adorn museums around the world (for example, the Uffizi Gallery in Venice)

Fact three. Rubensovsky

During his lifetime, Kustodiev was called " Russian Rubens" - thanks to his tendency to draw puffy, portly women, real "Volga Danai". His statement is also known: “Thin women do not inspire creativity.”

Fact four. Revolutionary

When Kustodiev created the picture, the times were not easy. Boris Mikhailovich himself had to decorate the streets of Petrograd for the anniversary of the revolution. There was no other work. His wife was forced to take care of the household and to chop wood herself. In a letter to the theater director Vasily Luzhsky in those days, Kustodiev wrote: “We live here unimportantly, it’s cold and hungry, everyone just talks about food and bread ... I sit at home and, of course, work and work, that’s all our news.”

Fifth fact. Industrial

For "Merchant for Tea", Kustodiev was posed by a housemate Galina Aderkas. She studied at the medical faculty and was familiar with the artist's wife. It was Yulia Kustodieva who brought the model to her husband's house. By the way, in life, a first-year student had much smaller forms. Increased their imagination of the artist. As a rule, Kustodiev worked quickly, and finished this picture in a few days.

Fatk the sixth. Biographical

Later, Galina Aderkas (by the way, a natural baroness from a family that traces its history back to a Livonian knight) graduated from the university and worked as a surgeon for a short time. In the twenties, she quit her profession and took up art: first she sang in a Russian choir, participated in dubbing films, and then she also began to perform in a circus.

Fact seven. Nostalgic

Despite the fact that "The Merchant at Tea" obviously depicts the life of some county town(like those about which Ostrovsky wrote his plays), a picture was created in Petrograd. Kustodiev practically did not leave the house and did not go anywhere. The background with the domes of the churches was recreated from memory. Actually, the picture is kept in memory. After all, she talked about a life that no longer exists. It was 1918 outside. In the country at this time, the revolution, the dictatorship of the proletariat, is thundering, Civil War. And Alexander Blok wrote the poem "12" in the same year.

Fact eight. Exhibition

For the first time, the public saw "The Merchant" on April 13, 1919 at the first free exhibition of works of art in the Palace of Arts (this name was given after the revolution Winter Palace). In the halls where she lived two years ago royal family, hung pictures of three hundred artists of all possible directions. Of course, the main theme of the exhibition was revolutionary. Works with images of factory workers, sailors, soldiers of the Red Army were the majority. But "The Merchant for Tea" occupied a central place in one of the halls. And it was popular with the public.

Fact nine. Ironic

Many viewers looked at a certain irony in the picture, which can no longer always be considered modern man. In 1919, a red-cheeked merchant's wife was even seen as a caricature of the old way of life. However, now most experts agree that this is one of the warmest paintings by Kustodiev, in which he says goodbye to the old world. Yes, and under his work, he draws a certain line.

Fact ten. Tea

Tea drinking has become a tradition in the Russian family since the 18th century. Therefore, one should not be surprised that such masters of painting as Korovin, Kulikov and Makovsky created canvases on this topic. Yes, and Kustodiev himself in 1923 painted another similar picture - "Merchant drinking tea." There is also fat woman, Saucer With Tea, Samovar And Watermelon. Yes, but instead of wide expanses behind you - a cold wall. This painting is now kept in the Nizhny Novgorod state museum. A recent works masters became illustrations for books about Lenin. And this is indicative.

not this way?
Remember that this was created by an artist who by this time had completely paralyzed his legs for 10 years,
who lived with unthinkable pains in the spine and whose whole world, --- for much more than 10 years, --- was
what he saw from his wheelchair through the window. His unbearable pain in the spine (tuberculosis of the spine)
and some SCARY!! operations began 13-15 years before the end of the picture. What strength of mind! And what an imagination of talent!

Most of what he has created over these last 11 years and more, when he was permanently in a wheelchair,
he created from imagination and thanks to talent. Sometimes he had sitters.
But all these cities of the Russian provinces, their squares and fairs, their unforgettable Russian types,
he evoked the power of talent and imagination. Kustodiev continued to create Russia,
which disappeared, also because it was alive in his memory. And he didn't get much new experience.
He was motionless. Although, of course, he also has jobs, contemporary theme revolution and all that
unheard of and unseen that was happening in the country.
But not so much.

For now, just look.

After this work, Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev had one year to live.
Two works below this one (one below this one), I have already posted on LiveJournal. But they (these two works)
should be with the others.
So I'm posting again.

Merchant on the balcony. 1920

Merchant for tea. 1918
How could he create such a cold-hearted hunger, when in Petrograd they were shooting outside the window all the time,
when not every day there was a herring on the table ---- like him, chained forever to an armchair and in terrible pain, --
how could he create in 1918 this unthinkable merchant's splendor and such a clear, imperturbable Russian beauty,
and even with this amazing color abundance on the table, with a samovar and a PEACE TIME cat?

Look at the work of Kustodiev.
Sit back comfortably, relax (no vulgarity)
and trying not to strain, look like this at each subsequent work.
This applies to any artist. Watch at least 30 seconds or a minute. If work grabs you
then you won't want to leave. You will keep looking and looking,
and you will feel and understand the harmony and talents.

Gorgeous. 1915

Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich (1878--1927)

A lot can be said about this picture. More or less today
there is even a later photo of the actress who posed for him.

For now, just watch.
SHE IS A BEAUTIFUL. As Boris Kustodiev wrote it.
Look at the beauty here!

Bather-2. 1921

English measure. 1924

Look to the right corner of the picture, read the last word and you will understand everything.
And it says: "To the Flea"

Yes, it was made for the production of "Lefty" in the theater. Remember the British offered him to marry in England?

This is what she is. That is, Merya is just an English female name - Mary.
The theater introduced such a heroine.
English Mary --- or in our opinion: "English Merya".

But I think that Kustodiev still turned out to be a Russian BABA. All letters are capital, meaning with respect.
Who sees or feels it?
In my opinion, she is Russian, like the one in the picture below.

Sailor and sweetheart. 1920

Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

Well? What have you decided? Russian MERIA or ENGLISH?

Here, in this picture, Russian Katya!
Such as this one with a sailor, should be Katya "fat-faced",
from the "Twelve" Blok. Only with an appropriate adjustment for the terrible days and events of the revolution.

Stockings, and "... I went for a walk with a soldier ..." Snobs invent about her and

about a poem such that it's simple sexual perversion. Snobs rule the ball!!!

Here she is! Katya is fat-faced!

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Merchants and brownie. 1922

Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

Here you go! We see a hot Russian woman. That's why the fire in the furnace is so raging.

To illuminate the picture, but also to give us the impression
and the feeling of fire, ardor and heat in this lady ..

Details in genre painting are always important. There are almost no leftovers.
In realism, if it is a genre painting, each, even small detail almost always talking about something.
Try to look at the details yourself and evaluate. A lot will open up for you. You will be interested
watch because you will understand.

And then Domovoy came to a simple Russian merchant's wife.

Why not? After all, this is happening in Russia.
Fine!!! Nothing surprising.

Portrait of Irina Kustodieva with the dog Shumka. 1907

What do we see here?

We see LOVE!!!
See how much he loved his daughter.
Kustodiev wrote his love for Irina so clearly that we can see it simply and clearly.

We do not need to know about this from some monograph on Kustodiev.
We see his love in the portrait.

That is the power of art.

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Kustodiev's father, a gymnasium teacher, died when Boris was only two years old.
Therefore, life was not too sweet. You have to pay for sugar.
But the talent brought him to the Academy, where he received gold medal and then he went to Europe.
Received the Gold Medal for international exhibition(joint) Petersburg and Munich.
He became an academician early, and was invited early as a professor
the famous Moscow "School of Painting ... and ...".
He didn't want to tie his creative life.

Everything was fine, and there should have been long years creative talent.
But when he was only 31 years old, in 1909, it turned out that he was sick,
and he has tuberculosis of the spine.

After two and a half years, life turned into a hell of eternal pain.

Kustodiev was one of Repin's most talented students, if not the most talented.
And Kustodiev went further. He did not become an imitator of Repin.
This is Boris Kustodiev, (and another one, Ivan Kulikov) created this gigantic work with Repin,
"The ceremonial meeting of the State Council on May 7, 1901..."

Repin's right hand almost didn't work anymore. And Kustodiev's share was rather big.
Quite big.

There are also a couple of hundred portraits.
Then, as you can see, due to various reasons, Kustodiev came to this, to a new one, ---

to his own, Russian, painted world.

And, I think it will not be an exaggeration to say that this world of his is ---- completely original.
To say the least, unique.

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Kustodiev was a high-class portrait painter.
This was another reason why it was believed that this, at that time, the best student of Repin,
will become his full heir.
And he, Kustodiev, at the beginning of the century, was already becoming, perhaps, more or more interesting than Repin.
Therefore, Repin was so sorry that Kustodiev began to create it merchant Russia.
Repin believed that Kustodiev stopped writing as an artist. Repin did not recognize the merchant
Russia Kustodiev as a real art.
Let's look at a few portraits. I think that Kustodiev, as a portrait painter, was
sometimes more interesting than Repin.

Portrait of a priest and a deacon (Priests. At the reception). 1907

The priest of the church of the village of the Mother of God Peter and the deacon Pavel posed.

Here is a double male portrait..

A village priest, downtrodden and intimidated, not remembering very well even what he was taught in the seminary.
He probably knows how to take on the chest on occasion, and without a case too.

On the other hand, full of dignity, of younger generation, an educated deacon.

They are waiting for a reception from the authorities. And how do they feel before appearing on the carpet to
to the authorities, so Kustodiev wrote them.

They are real. Look at the caption below the picture.

These are actually portraits of a priest and a deacon. This deacon with his intelligent eyes,
possibly approaches the image of deacon Pobedov in Chekhov's "Duel".
Only this is not literary hero. This is a real deacon.

Cool double portrait!

Brodsky Isaac 1920
Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

What a wonderful portrait of Brodsky. Please note that Brodsky is carrying one of Kustodiev's merchants.
I will post this merchant's wife in a continuation blog about Kustodiev. If, of course, at all.
There are no applicants.
Brodsky, after Kustodiev, was Repin's best student. Repin really loved him.
Brodsky was a talent.
But then, almost immediately after the revolution, Brodsky became Soviet artist, and to the thirties -,
maybe by the mid-30s, --- he became the main Soviet artist. Everyone has the right to choose
myself.
But talent is covered with a copper basin, if you write only Stalin and his bandits.

Notgaft, Rene Ivanovna. (1914).

Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)
Attractive lady's portrait.
She is not a beauty. But Kustodiev wrote the intelligent look of a developed woman, and he,
Kustodiev made her attractive. And very successfully she leaned back in her chair.
It's called composition and Kustodiev did it all. That's why it looks so good.

Portrait of the writer A.V. Schwartz. 1906
I haven't read this children's writer.
But what a portrait. What a class!
Then, Kustodiev changed.
And he began to write his own Russia.
This Repin did not accept and did not understand.

Ilya Efimovich Repin (1844-1930)
Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

This is how Kustodiev wrote Repin. Interesting.

Easter rite (Christosovanik). 1916

Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

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To live without love, maybe just

But how can you live without love in the world?

Never live!

The old one is simply thrilled by this kiss!!

See, she gave him an Easter egg first,

and then began to kiss. Everything is as it should be.

It seems to be the last self-portrait
on which Kustodiev is still a healthy and full of strength young man,
who is going to do whatever he wants to do.

Here Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev is 27 years old. Before tuberculosis
4 years left of the spine.
Four years later, he became completely motionless.
And until the end of his life, Kustodiev lived in a wheelchair.
In this state, with immobile legs and constant
terrible pains, he created his painted Russia. And Russian beauties.

Bather-1. 1921

Merchant (Old man with money). 1918

Kustodiev, Boris Mikhailovich. (1878-1927)

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It's certainly not a clerk. This is SAM! That is, MERCHANT.

So he was called by the clerks and all his employees.

For the eyes, of course. The merchant's wife, his employees called --SAMA.

The icon is in place. So that it can be seen that: GOD - GOD ...

Baker. From the series “Rus. Russian types. 1920

Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich (1878-1927)

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Well good!!! Yes, the lady did not want to leave such a clerk !!
What do you think of our beautiful members?
You look at him - FIRE-GUY!!

Pay attention to the date.

Kustodiev has completely paralyzed legs and in Petrograd HUNGRY-COLD!
This is 1920--- HUNGRY year. And famine mowed down the whole of Russia. And Trotsky has already proposed, for salvation, to introduce
similar to the NEP. But Lenin was not yet ready. HUNGER WAS EVERYWHERE.
And in this hungry Petrograd, Kustodiev created such an amazing abundance,
and created a life that (life) in Russia no longer existed at all.

Here is the clerk!!

Good!!