Maslenitsa is a celebration of a wide, colorful, riotous and tasty. That is how Kustodiev portrayed him in the picture. Balagan – an indispensable attribute of Russian folk festivals. As

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

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

One of the favorite characters in the works of Kustodiev was a portly, health-giving merchant. Merchants artist wrote many times – in the interior and against the backdrop of the

This portrait of the artist wrote shortly after the wedding, he is full of tender feelings for his wife. At first he wanted to write it standing, full-length on the

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

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

The picture of Boris Kustodiev “Frosty Day” depicts a small provincial town. In the courtyard, a wonderful, clear, frosty day, the janitor sweeps the snow, the sleigh rushes. The viewer

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

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiyev as an artist highly appreciated the image of Svyatorussky provincial Russia. Merchants, peasants, merchants and ordinary people often became the main characters and heroes of his works.

It seems incredible that this huge picture was created by a seriously ill artist a year before his death and in the most unfavorable conditions. Only the love of life,

One of the areas in which Kustodiev’s talent manifested itself clearly and distinctively is the portrait. Today, portraits of people well-known or dear to the artist are most interesting for

Boris Kustodiyev in the picture “Haymaking” perfectly managed to convey the mood of the summer evening. The girls return home after the mowing, they are tired, they have no time

The same Kustodiyev type of woman repeats itself: a sweet, tender maiden-beauty, about whom in Russia they were said to be “written,” “sugar”. The face is full of the same

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

For the Kustodiyev Theater, there was a lot of talent, both before and after the revolution. Unfortunately, not all the productions, the artist which he performed, were carried out. The

I. E. Grabar, N. K. Roerich, E. E. Lancere, B. M. Kustodiev, I. Ya. Bilibin, A. P. Ostroumova-Lebedeva, A. N. Benois, G. I. Narbut, K. S. Petrov-Vodkin, N. D. Milioti,

Most often Kustodiev’s paintings exposed the joy and bitterness of the Russian people. But one of my favorite paintings by this author is The Portrait of Chaliapin, which depicts the

On the “Portrait of Irina Kustodiyeva with the dog Shumka”, a blonde girl in a white dress, naively and surprised looking at the viewer, stretches a bouquet of bright blue

Kustodiyev was a famous portrait painter, whom the then dignitaries and rich people literally chased after. He gained fame in this capacity even within the walls of the Academy, writing

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev was distinguished by the fact that he created artistic canvases of a special style of creating images. Contrast, bright decorativeness of his works lined up a complex