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

Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiyev is an artist of a rare unlimited talent, who, first of all, had a special feeling and perception of his native nature. Kustodiyev could not only see

The pictures of Kustodiev, depicting the ideal scenes of Russian life, are full of the very narrative that struck him so much in Bruegel. The author of one of the

Kustodievsky merchant – the artist’s memories of the past life – well-fed, prosperous, stable. The merchant from the master is huge, full, full. A heavy fur coat with a rich