Kustodiev was fascinated by the sculpture in the 1900s and was actively engaged in it for a decade. These studies were interrupted by a severe illness that had developed –

Kustodiyev from the first days of the revolution was actively involved with his work in the ranks of artists who took October. His canvases “Stepan Razin”, “Bolshevik”, “Holiday of the

In the late works of Boris Kustodiev paintings shine with more and more life-affirming power. The riot of saturated colors, their diversity and bold play of contrasts is embodied in

Ceremonial portrait – not the most favorite genre of the artist. In this work, Kustodiyev is interested not so much in the status of work as in the model itself.

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiyev – an artist who lived and worked in a rather difficult historical time, when one era replaced another, some changed others. Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev – a great

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

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