Village Holiday by Kustodiev

Unlike other kustodievskikh holidays, this does not look riotous and noisy. Most likely, we face a village wedding or engagement. Wide panorama includes several groups. Owners of the holiday gathered

On the terrace by Boris Kustodiev

The name of this artist is well known to those who appreciate painting. He unusually conveys images that later make you think about eternal human problems and values, as well

Ball merchant by Boris Kustodiev

Kustodiev’s genre paintings were written from a remote point, representing, for the most part, panoramas in which the “human unit” is lost, merges with its fellows into a kind of

Morning by Boris Kustodiev

The painting was painted in Paris, where Kustodiev arrived with his wife and his newly born son, Cyril, after graduating from the Academy. A woman in whom one can easily

Merchant and Brownie by Kustodiev

The artist depicted a very piquant scene. The brownie, bypassing his possessions, froze in amazement in front of the naked body of the sleeping hostess of the house. But the

Moscow tavern by Boris Kustodiev

In 1915, Kustodiev visited Moscow. He wandered around the city, made sketches. V. Lugsky, the Moscow Art Theater actor, was his constant companion. On the verbal auction at the Spasskaya

Volga. Rainbow by Kustodiyev

The Volga was written by many Russian artists, but at Kustodiev it turned out to be special. Before us is the Volga-worker, the nurse. Tugs are running along the great

Nicholas II by Boris Kustodiev

Here is how he describes his sessions in Tsarskoye Selo, in which Tsar Nicholas II served as a model: “Every day is calculated, vanity, no use: I went to Tsarskoe

After the storm by Boris Kustodiev

Cozy, almost fabulous landscape. Bright blue fills the entire space. The sky echoes the river. A popular, unrealistically beautiful rainbow is placed at the very center of the composition. Blue

Lilac by Boris Kustodiev

Pictures of the artist Boris Kustodiev are not difficult to recognize by his unique style of their execution. When working, he used soft but bright colors, applied whiteness, as a

Blue House by Boris Kustodiev

According to his son, the artist wanted to cover the whole cycle of human life with this picture. Although some connoisseurs of painting claimed that Kustodiev talks about the wretched