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Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev. To the 145th anniversary of his birth
The virtual exhibition is prepared for the 145th anniversary of the outstanding Russian artist Boris Kustodiev (1878-1927), which is celebrated on March 7, 2023. It has combined more than 100 paintings, drawings, book and print graphics, theatrical and sculptural works of the master from the collection of the Russian Museum. The virtual exhibition was created based on the materials of the catalog that accompanied the exhibition held in the halls of the Russian Museum in 2003 for the 125th anniversary of the artist.
Portrait of Ivan Bilibin
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 142 х 110
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1876
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876–1942), graphic artist, theatre artist and painter. He graduated from the Law Department of St Petersburg University (1896–1900) and studied at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1895–1900), at Anton Ažbe’s school in Munich (1898) at the Princess Maria Tenisheva Art School (1898–1900) under Ilya Repin, and at the Higher Arts Institute of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1900–1904). He was a founding member of the World of Art union (1900–1917) and drew pictures for the journals Mir iskusstva (World of Art), Adskaya pochta (Hell’s Mail), Zhupel (Bugbear), Zolotoye runo (Golden Fleece) and others. From 1907 he worked in theatre. He illustrated and designed children’s books for St.Petersburg publishers such as bylinas, folk tales and tales from Pushkin (1900s), and in the 1930s he illustrated tales from Pushkin for the State Literature Publishers. He had his own profoundly individual way of designing books, at whose heart lay motifs from Russian folk art and from the Middle Ages.
Портрет Д. С. Стеллецкого
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 96 х 98
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1885
Портрет З. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 66,9 x 46,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13500
Портрет М. И. Хейлика
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 103 х 87
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1893
Портрет Ю. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- Cardboard, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 48 х 33,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6043
Portrait of Vasily Mahté
- Canvas, oil. 125 х 151
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4360
Boris Kustodiev painted a vast portrait gallery of his contemporaries. He was the first to describe himself as a portraitist, as he considered this genre to be his calling. Kustodiev, who was taught by Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1896 until 1903 and who was close to him in many ways, took a step further in the evolution of the portrait painting. He painted with a free dynamic touch, which preserved the vigour of his first impressions.
Vasily Vasilyevitch Mahté (1856-1917) was an engraver, an art head teacher and an academician (1899). Kustodiev was his student in etching. In this painting, it is Mahté ’s wife, Ida Mahté , who is sitting at the table.
Портрет Д. Ф. Богословского
- 1902
- Canvas, oil. 69,5 х 108
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1894
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- Canvas, oil. 139 х 133,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1860
Портрет Н. В. Муравьева
- Canvas, oil. 54 х 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1881
Портрет Н. И. Бобрикова
- 1902–1903
- Canvas, oil. 60,5 х 43
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1887
Портрет П. А. Шевелева
- 1903
- Canvas, oil. 114 х 86
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1880
Портрет П. И. Саломона
- 1902–1903
- Canvas mounted on cardboard, oil. 61,7 х 46,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8111
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- 1903
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 36,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60792
Morning
- 1904
- Canvas, oil. 108 х 126,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4356
This poetic work of plein-air painting is one of Boris Kustodiev’s earliest family portraits. Painted in Paris, Morning depicts the artist’s young wife Yulia (1880–1942) and their eldest son Kirill (1903–1971), who later became a painter.
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours. 31,3 x 20,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53189
Танцовщица в кабаре
- 1904
- Canvas, pastel. 88,5 х 71,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5943
Self-Portrait (Out Hunting)
- 1905
- Canvas, oil. 70 х 109
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-6384
Hunting was one of the artist's favourite pastimes. In one of his early self-portraits, he appears at a hunt. Originally the figure was portrayed in full, with a dog and hunting trophies. He later cut off some of the canvas, leaving only the upper part of the body. The portrait was painted in September. It wonderfully conveys the lyrical feeling of late autumn. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 294.
Акакий Акакиевич на Невском проспекте
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-999
Акакий Акакиевич у Петровича
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5000
Будочник
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5003
Возвращение Акакия Акакиевича из гостей. „Вдали, бог знает где, мелькал огонек в какой-то будке…“
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5001
Деревня Маурино Костромской губернии
- 1905
- Canvas, oil. 23 х 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-6980
Портрет Л. П. Альбрехта
- 1905
- Cardboard, pastel. 67 х 76,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4361
Сжатое поле со снопами
- 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,7 х 49,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-45793
Lilac
- 1906
- Canvas, oil. 183 х 136
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-6174
The painting "Lilac" was painted at the estate Pavlovskoe, where the artist’s family lived. Depicted is the artist’s wife, Yulia, and their newborn daughter Irina. This portrait, tending toward genre painting, is painted in a manner characteristic of the artist, preserving the charm of his first impression and possessing a light painting style.
Александр I
- 1906
- Canvas, oil. 340 х 172
- The State Russian Museum
- ЖБ-964
Манифестация
- 1906
- Paper, . 33,9 х 27,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5008
Портрет Н. А. Подсосова
- 1906
- Canvas, oil. 99 х 125
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5519
Портрет Д. С. Стеллецкого
- 1907
- Graphite pencil, sanguine. 36,6 x 26,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5006
Групповой портрет семьи Шварц
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 54 x 71
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1872
Монахиня
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 195 х 134
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1879
Портрет А. Д. Романовой
- 1908
- Canvas, tempera, pastel. 136,6 х 121 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1884
Портрет Д. М. Сольского
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 139 х 99
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8306
Children in Mascarade Costumes
- 1909
- Paper, pastel. 115 x 97
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1890
Kustodiev loved painting portraits, especially of his children Irina and Kirill. Here they are pictured wearing costumes sewn by their mother for a New Year's party. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 39.
Depicts: Kustodiev Kirill Borisovich (1903-1971) - the son of the artist B. M. Kustodiev. Kustodieva Irina Borisovna (1905-1981) - daughter of the artist B. M. Kustodiev.
Portrait of René Nothaft
- 1909
- Canvas, pastel. 133 x 115
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1877
Laconic sculptural forms, austere draughtsmanship and light tones were all features of Boris Kustodiev’s Neoclassical quests of the 1910s. René Nothaft (née Kestlin) often sat for the artist, who was drawn to the Swisswoman’s original beauty and grace. She was married to his friend Fyodor (Friedrich) Nothaft, a leading Russian collector and publisher who later worked at the Hermitage.
Гулянье на Волге
- 1909
- Canvas, oil. 100 х 125
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1873
Пасущиеся лошади
- 1909
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, сharcoal . 24,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53035
Портрет М. В. Добужинского
- 1909
- Gypsum. 37,5 x 27,5 x 26
- The State Russian Museum
- СК-1239
Портрет Я. И. Лаврина
- 1909
- Canvas, oil. 64 х 59
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-11871
Still-Life. Pomegranates
- 1910
- Canvas, oil. 53 х 64
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-12069
Голова Петра Великого
- 1910
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , . 52,7 х 34,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56343
Групповой портрет художников «Мира искусства»
- 1910
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 26 x 30
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60071
Деревенский праздник
- 1910
- Cardboard, tempera. 34,2 х 101
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5511
Портрет В. Н. Аргутинского-Долгорукова
- 1910
- Paper, tempera. 35 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1814
Peter the Great
- 1911
- Canvas, oil. 388 х 319
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5736
Bathing
- 1912
- plywood, oil. 35 х 40
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8011
Boris Kustodiev acquired a virtuoso mastery of painting in a wide Impressionist manner in the early 1900s. The artist employed this knowledge in his own effective portraits and lyrical landscapes painted in delicate tones.
Автопортрет
- 1910–1914
- сharcoal , chalk. 50,1 х 45,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8127
Автопортрет (в шубе)
- 1912
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 25,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-49274
В ложе
- 1912
- Cardboard, pastel. 33,6 х 47,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8027
Из книг Р. Нотгафт. Экслибрис
- 1912
- Цинкография. И.: 5,1 х 7,4; л.: 7 х 7,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-49194
Портрет Федора Сологуба
- 1912
- Bust., . 41 х 21,5 х 24
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-1249
Хоровод
- 1912
- Cardboard, gouache. 23,1 x 37
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13503
Цветущая глициния
- 1912
- Cardboard, pastel. 49,5 x 63,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-7706
Portrait of Nicholas Roerich
- 1913
- Cardboard, pastel. 60 х 52,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1861
Portrait of Yevgeny Lanceray
- 1913
- Cardboard, tempera. 65,5 х 51
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1865
Зал Дворянского собрания в Петербурге
- 1913
- Canvas, oil. 51,5 х 62,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1891
Изба. Костромская губерния
- 1909–1917
- Canvas, oil. 53 х 64
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1871
Портрет М. В. Добужинского
- 1913
- pastel, cardboard. 60 х 72
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1863
Портрет М. В. Добужинского за столом
- 1913
- Canvas mounted on cardboard, oil. 53 х 64,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1892
Портрет С. М. Сомова
- 1913
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 47,7 x 31,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6046
Kustodiev Boris Mikhailovich
1818, Astrakhan - 1927, LeningradPainter. Studied under Vasily Savinsky and Ilya Repin at the Higher School of Art, Imperial Academy of Arts (1896-1903). Fellow of the Imperial Academy of Arts in France and Spain (1903-1904). Academician of painting (1909). Founding member of the New Society of Artists (1904) and member of the Union of Russian Artists (1907), World of Art (1910) and the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (1923). Contributed to exhibitions (from 1900). Contributed to the periodical exhibitions of the Moscow Society of Lovers of the Arts (1900-1901), Spring Exhibitions of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1900-1903) and the exhibitions of the New Society of Artists (1904-1908), Union of Russian Artists (1907-1910), World of Art (1910-1924), Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (1923, 1925) and the International Exhibitions in Munich (1901, gold medal; 1909) and Malmo (1914, gold medal). Designed for theatres in Moscow and St Petersburg (from 1911).
Portrait of Ivan Bilibin
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 142 х 110
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1876
Ivan Yakovlevich Bilibin (1876–1942), graphic artist, theatre artist and painter. He graduated from the Law Department of St Petersburg University (1896–1900) and studied at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Arts (1895–1900), at Anton Ažbe’s school in Munich (1898) at the Princess Maria Tenisheva Art School (1898–1900) under Ilya Repin, and at the Higher Arts Institute of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1900–1904). He was a founding member of the World of Art union (1900–1917) and drew pictures for the journals Mir iskusstva (World of Art), Adskaya pochta (Hell’s Mail), Zhupel (Bugbear), Zolotoye runo (Golden Fleece) and others. From 1907 he worked in theatre. He illustrated and designed children’s books for St.Petersburg publishers such as bylinas, folk tales and tales from Pushkin (1900s), and in the 1930s he illustrated tales from Pushkin for the State Literature Publishers. He had his own profoundly individual way of designing books, at whose heart lay motifs from Russian folk art and from the Middle Ages.
Портрет Д. С. Стеллецкого
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 96 х 98
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1885
Портрет З. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 66,9 x 46,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13500
Портрет М. И. Хейлика
- 1901
- Canvas, oil. 103 х 87
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1893
Портрет Ю. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- Cardboard, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 48 х 33,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6043
Portrait of Vasily Mahté
- Canvas, oil. 125 х 151
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4360
Boris Kustodiev painted a vast portrait gallery of his contemporaries. He was the first to describe himself as a portraitist, as he considered this genre to be his calling. Kustodiev, who was taught by Repin at the Imperial Academy of Arts from 1896 until 1903 and who was close to him in many ways, took a step further in the evolution of the portrait painting. He painted with a free dynamic touch, which preserved the vigour of his first impressions.
Vasily Vasilyevitch Mahté (1856-1917) was an engraver, an art head teacher and an academician (1899). Kustodiev was his student in etching. In this painting, it is Mahté ’s wife, Ida Mahté , who is sitting at the table.
Портрет Д. Ф. Богословского
- 1902
- Canvas, oil. 69,5 х 108
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1894
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- Canvas, oil. 139 х 133,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1860
Портрет Н. В. Муравьева
- Canvas, oil. 54 х 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1881
Портрет Н. И. Бобрикова
- 1902–1903
- Canvas, oil. 60,5 х 43
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1887
Портрет П. А. Шевелева
- 1903
- Canvas, oil. 114 х 86
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1880
Портрет П. И. Саломона
- 1902–1903
- Canvas mounted on cardboard, oil. 61,7 х 46,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8111
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- 1903
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 36,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60792
Morning
- 1904
- Canvas, oil. 108 х 126,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4356
This poetic work of plein-air painting is one of Boris Kustodiev’s earliest family portraits. Painted in Paris, Morning depicts the artist’s young wife Yulia (1880–1942) and their eldest son Kirill (1903–1971), who later became a painter.
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours. 31,3 x 20,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53189
Self-Portrait (Out Hunting)
- 1905
- Canvas, oil. 70 х 109
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-6384
Hunting was one of the artist's favourite pastimes. In one of his early self-portraits, he appears at a hunt. Originally the figure was portrayed in full, with a dog and hunting trophies. He later cut off some of the canvas, leaving only the upper part of the body. The portrait was painted in September. It wonderfully conveys the lyrical feeling of late autumn. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 294.
Портрет Л. П. Альбрехта
- 1905
- Cardboard, pastel. 67 х 76,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4361
Александр I
- 1906
- Canvas, oil. 340 х 172
- The State Russian Museum
- ЖБ-964
Портрет Н. А. Подсосова
- 1906
- Canvas, oil. 99 х 125
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5519
Портрет Д. С. Стеллецкого
- 1907
- Graphite pencil, sanguine. 36,6 x 26,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5006
Групповой портрет семьи Шварц
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 54 x 71
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1872
Монахиня
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 195 х 134
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1879
Портрет А. Д. Романовой
- 1908
- Canvas, tempera, pastel. 136,6 х 121 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1884
Портрет Д. М. Сольского
- 1908
- Canvas, oil. 139 х 99
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8306
Children in Mascarade Costumes
- 1909
- Paper, pastel. 115 x 97
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1890
Kustodiev loved painting portraits, especially of his children Irina and Kirill. Here they are pictured wearing costumes sewn by their mother for a New Year's party. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 39.
Depicts: Kustodiev Kirill Borisovich (1903-1971) - the son of the artist B. M. Kustodiev. Kustodieva Irina Borisovna (1905-1981) - daughter of the artist B. M. Kustodiev.
Portrait of René Nothaft
- 1909
- Canvas, pastel. 133 x 115
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1877
Laconic sculptural forms, austere draughtsmanship and light tones were all features of Boris Kustodiev’s Neoclassical quests of the 1910s. René Nothaft (née Kestlin) often sat for the artist, who was drawn to the Swisswoman’s original beauty and grace. She was married to his friend Fyodor (Friedrich) Nothaft, a leading Russian collector and publisher who later worked at the Hermitage.
Портрет М. В. Добужинского
- 1909
- Gypsum. 37,5 x 27,5 x 26
- The State Russian Museum
- СК-1239
Портрет Я. И. Лаврина
- 1909
- Canvas, oil. 64 х 59
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-11871
Голова Петра Великого
- 1910
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , . 52,7 х 34,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56343
Групповой портрет художников «Мира искусства»
- 1910
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 26 x 30
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60071
Портрет В. Н. Аргутинского-Долгорукова
- 1910
- Paper, tempera. 35 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1814
Peter the Great
- 1911
- Canvas, oil. 388 х 319
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5736
Автопортрет
- 1910–1914
- сharcoal , chalk. 50,1 х 45,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8127
Автопортрет (в шубе)
- 1912
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 25,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-49274
Портрет Федора Сологуба
- 1912
- Bust., . 41 х 21,5 х 24
- The State Russian Museum
- Ск-1249
Portrait of Nicholas Roerich
- 1913
- Cardboard, pastel. 60 х 52,5 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1861
Portrait of Yevgeny Lanceray
- 1913
- Cardboard, tempera. 65,5 х 51
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1865
Портрет М. В. Добужинского
- 1913
- pastel, cardboard. 60 х 72
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1863
Портрет М. В. Добужинского за столом
- 1913
- Canvas mounted on cardboard, oil. 53 х 64,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1892
Портрет С. М. Сомова
- 1913
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 47,7 x 31,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6046
Портрет графа В. Н. Коковцова
- 1913
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 52,2 x 30,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6047
Portrait of Georgy Narbut
- 1914
- Cardboard, pastel. 68,5 х 45
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1866
Portrait of Ivan Bilibin
- 1914
- Cardboard, pastel. 67 х 43 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5667
Portrait of Konstantin Somov
- 1914
- Cardboard, pastel. 75 х 62
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1862
Portrait of René Nothaft
- 1914
- Canvas, oil. 110 х 82
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8516
Laconic sculptural forms, austere draughtsmanship and light tones were all features of Boris Kustodiev’s Neoclassical quests of the 1910s. René Nothaft (née Kestlin) often sat for the artist, who was drawn to the Swisswoman’s original beauty and grace. She was married to his friend Fyodor (Friedrich) Nothaft, a leading Russian collector and publisher who later worked at the Hermitage.
Merchant’s Wife
- 1915
- Canvas, oil. 204 x 109
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1870
Boris Kustodiev continued to paint moving and colourful images even after illness had deprived him of the power to move independently. As the artist himself correctly noted, he inhabited a magical kingdom of recollections, daydreams and nostalgic visions. Kustodiev’s motifs and subjects symbolised a life that had disappeared irrevocably into the past, yet had still lost none of its tart aroma. With their portly figures, ruddy cheeks and flowing movements, his haughty merchant’s wives personified the Russian national ideal of health and beauty. They were often the heroines of Boris Kustodiev’s half-ironic, halfadmiring picture panels. After the revolution, the artist’s images of merchant’s wives were perceived as a vision of a life that had slipped irrevocably into the past — the comfortable and regulated lifestyle of the merchant class, which had existed in Russia for centuries and had now vanished forever.
Portrait of Alexander Anisimov
- 1915
- Cardboard, oil. 41,4 х 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1889
Мальчик с собакой (Портрет Кирилла Кустодиева, сына художника)
- 1915
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 26,5 x 20
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57891
Portrait of Igor Grabar
- 1916
- pastel, cardboard. 106 х 71
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4359
Portrait of Nikolai Milioti
- 1916
- Canvas, oil. 88 х 70
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1882
Мужчина со счетами (В. А. Кастальский)
- 1917
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. 34,5 x 21,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56137
Портрет Г. С. Верейского
- 1917
- Paper, graphite pencil. 34,6 х 21,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-49278
Merchant’s Wife at Tea
- 1918
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 120
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1868
Boris Kustodiev continued to paint moving and colourful images even after illness had deprived him of the power to move independently. As commentators and the artist himself correctly noted, he inhabited a magical kingdom of recollections, daydreams and nostalgic visions. Kustodiev’s motifs and subjects symbolised a life that had disappeared irrevocably into the past, yet had still lost none of its tart aroma. Merchant’s Wife at Tea is an excellent example of an artistic recollection of resplendent beauties, azure evenings, unhurried teadrinking ceremonies and a seemingly permanent way of life. The sumptuous still-life on the table, the gleaming samovar, the bright watermelon, the marble shoulders of the heroine — the painterly beauty and expressiveness of every detail fill the canvas with light and colour.
Автопортрет
- 1918
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. И.: 28,8 x 18,2; л.: 31,8 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-801
Два портрета Аннушки
- 1918
- Paper, . 34,7 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-800
Женщина, пьющая чай
- 1918
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, . 66,6 x 48,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-40996
Портрет Ф. Ф. Нотгафта
- 1918
- Cardboard, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours. 50,5 х 65
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-5917
В. А. Кастальский. Три наброска
- 1919
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils. И.: 21 х 30,5; л.: 21,8 х 34,7
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-3069
Молодая купчиха в клетчатом платочке
- 1919
- Paper, , . 30,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-804
Портрет И. Б. Kустодиевой, дочери художника
- 1919
- Paper, , whiting. И.: 38,7 x 30,5; л.: 43 х 33,3
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-791
Портрет З. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 66,9 x 46,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13500
Портрет Ю. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- Cardboard, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 48 х 33,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6043
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- 1903
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 36,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60792
Bathing
- 1912
- plywood, oil. 35 х 40
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8011
Boris Kustodiev acquired a virtuoso mastery of painting in a wide Impressionist manner in the early 1900s. The artist employed this knowledge in his own effective portraits and lyrical landscapes painted in delicate tones.
Merchant’s Wife
- 1915
- Canvas, oil. 204 x 109
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1870
Boris Kustodiev continued to paint moving and colourful images even after illness had deprived him of the power to move independently. As the artist himself correctly noted, he inhabited a magical kingdom of recollections, daydreams and nostalgic visions. Kustodiev’s motifs and subjects symbolised a life that had disappeared irrevocably into the past, yet had still lost none of its tart aroma. With their portly figures, ruddy cheeks and flowing movements, his haughty merchant’s wives personified the Russian national ideal of health and beauty. They were often the heroines of Boris Kustodiev’s half-ironic, halfadmiring picture panels. After the revolution, the artist’s images of merchant’s wives were perceived as a vision of a life that had slipped irrevocably into the past — the comfortable and regulated lifestyle of the merchant class, which had existed in Russia for centuries and had now vanished forever.
Натурщица. Правая нога, левая ступня
- 1915
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil, sanguine. 51,3 x 62,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8125
Merchant’s Wife at Tea
- 1918
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 120
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1868
Boris Kustodiev continued to paint moving and colourful images even after illness had deprived him of the power to move independently. As commentators and the artist himself correctly noted, he inhabited a magical kingdom of recollections, daydreams and nostalgic visions. Kustodiev’s motifs and subjects symbolised a life that had disappeared irrevocably into the past, yet had still lost none of its tart aroma. Merchant’s Wife at Tea is an excellent example of an artistic recollection of resplendent beauties, azure evenings, unhurried teadrinking ceremonies and a seemingly permanent way of life. The sumptuous still-life on the table, the gleaming samovar, the bright watermelon, the marble shoulders of the heroine — the painterly beauty and expressiveness of every detail fill the canvas with light and colour.
Два портрета Аннушки
- 1918
- Paper, . 34,7 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-800
Женщина, пьющая чай
- 1918
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, . 66,6 x 48,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-40996
Молодая купчиха в клетчатом платочке
- 1919
- Paper, , . 30,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-804
Портрет И. Б. Kустодиевой, дочери художника
- 1919
- Paper, , whiting. И.: 38,7 x 30,5; л.: 43 х 33,3
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-791
Portrait of O. Myasoyedova
- 1920
- Paper, . 42 х 38
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-20926
Купчиха с зеркалом
- 1920
- Canvas, oil. 141 x 108
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-7654
Купальщица
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 22 х 29,7; л.: 34 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2715
Купальщица
- 1921
- Canvas, oil. 62,4 х 72
- The State Russian Museum
- ЖС-569
Женский портрет (Портрет невесты барина Лапутина)
- 1922
- Paper, ink, nib. И.: 5,6 x 3,9; л.: 6,6 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-782
Портрет Евдокимовой
- 1925
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils. 33,8 х 27,3
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-6651
Купальщица, сидящая на берегу
- 1926
- Линогравюра. И.: 16,2 х 24,4; л.: 24,2 х 33,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-10568
Осень
- 1926
- Линогравюра. И.: 24,4 х 28,4; л.: 44 х 49
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-10588
Портрет И. Н. Ивановой
- 1926
- Canvas, oil. 67 х 70
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8841
Земляничку я сбирала…
- 1927
- Линогравюра. И.: 34,7 х 23,9; л.: 48,3 х 31,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2743
Под милашкину гармошку…
- 1927
- Линогравюра. И.: 30,7 х 27,8; л: 48,6 х 39,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2723
Деревня Маурино Костромской губернии
- 1905
- Canvas, oil. 23 х 33
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-6980
Сжатое поле со снопами
- 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,7 х 49,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-45793
Гулянье на Волге
- 1909
- Canvas, oil. 100 х 125
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1873
Деревенский праздник
- 1910
- Cardboard, tempera. 34,2 х 101
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5511
Bathing
- 1912
- plywood, oil. 35 х 40
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8011
Boris Kustodiev acquired a virtuoso mastery of painting in a wide Impressionist manner in the early 1900s. The artist employed this knowledge in his own effective portraits and lyrical landscapes painted in delicate tones.
Хоровод
- 1912
- Cardboard, gouache. 23,1 x 37
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13503
Изба. Костромская губерния
- 1909–1917
- Canvas, oil. 53 х 64
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1871
Крестный ход
- 1915
- Paper, gouache. 17,8 x 27,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54734
Торговец шарами
- 1915
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 47 х 15,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54732
Shrovetide
- 1916
- Canvas, oil. 89 x 190,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-4358
Much of Boris Kustodiev’s artistic heritage is given over to pictures depicting all the originality of Russian folk life, with its bright fairs, noisy bazaars and merry public festivities at Shrovetide. The artist loved everything Russian — wooden utensils, painted toys, garish sarafans and headscarfs, peasant huts with traditional carvings. Much of this defined the style of his works — decorative, gaudy colours and somewhat simplified interpretation of form. Such employment of the devices of folk art was typical of the masters of the World of Art. Stepan Krachkovsky wrote to Kustodiev on 22 March 1916: “Repin wrote to me that he is in raptures over your Shrovetide.”
Масленица
- 1916
- Canvas, oil. 47 х 80,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-11161
Fair Booths
- 1917
- Canvas, oil. 80 x 93
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж–4357
This type of scene depicting crowds of people out enjoying themselves and watching a performance by street artists was very much favoured by Kustodiev. The picture gives a sense of the diversity of provincial life. Play and Passion in Russian Fine Art. St-Petersburg. 1999. P. 93.
Закат
- Canvas mounted on cardboard, oil. 32 x 44,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-11160
Merchant’s Wife at Tea
- 1918
- Canvas, oil. 120 x 120
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1868
Boris Kustodiev continued to paint moving and colourful images even after illness had deprived him of the power to move independently. As commentators and the artist himself correctly noted, he inhabited a magical kingdom of recollections, daydreams and nostalgic visions. Kustodiev’s motifs and subjects symbolised a life that had disappeared irrevocably into the past, yet had still lost none of its tart aroma. Merchant’s Wife at Tea is an excellent example of an artistic recollection of resplendent beauties, azure evenings, unhurried teadrinking ceremonies and a seemingly permanent way of life. The sumptuous still-life on the table, the gleaming samovar, the bright watermelon, the marble shoulders of the heroine — the painterly beauty and expressiveness of every detail fill the canvas with light and colour.
Лето (Поездка в „Терем“)
- 1918
- Canvas, oil. 65,5 х 183,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-1867
Shrovetide
- 1919
- Canvas, oil. 88 х 106
- The State Russian Museum
- ЖС-1295
Осень
- 1919
- Paper, . 24,3 х 34,1
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-789
Сельский праздник
- 1919
- Cardboard, oil. 18 х 18
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8020
Архиерей
- 1921
- Литография раскрашенная, пробный оттиск. И.: 21,4 х 28,4; л.: 30 х 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-15454
Весна
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 21,4 х 29,7; л.: 33,2 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2719
Гостиный двор
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 21,2 х 29,7; л.: 34,2 х 48,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2713
Лето
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 25,7 х 21,2; л.: 48,2 х 33,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2716
Лето
- 1922
- Canvas, oil. 51 х 41
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8021
Купчиха с покупками
- 1923
- Paper, ink. И.: 7 x 12,6; л.: 9 х 13,7
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-4398
Лихач
- 1923
- Paper, ink. И.: 4,3 x 7,4; л.: 8,6 х 13,7
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-4399
Деревенская ярмарка
- 1926
- Paper, ink. 26,8 х 26,8
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-3072
Зима
- 1926
- Линогравюра. И.: 28 х 39,6; л.: 29,8 х 41
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-9985
Ярмарка в деревне
- 1927
- Линогравюра. И.: 40,6 х 44,5; л.: 47 х 50,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2724
Танцовщица в кабаре
- 1904
- Canvas, pastel. 88,5 х 71,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-5943
В ложе
- 1912
- Cardboard, pastel. 33,6 х 47,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Ж-8027
Живоедова
- Paper, watercolours, graphite and coloured pencils. 45,6 x 30,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-59943
Улица в Крутогорске
- Cardboard, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 15,1 x 53,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54730
Площадь в Крутогорске
- Cardboard, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 30,1 x 23,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54731
У входа в парк усадьбы Купавиной
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 26,1 x 42,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54733
Эскиз костюмов к комедии А. Н. Островского „Не было ни гроша, да вдруг алтын“
- Paper, watercolours. 34,2 х 48,8
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-5918
Комната в доме Прокофия Пазухина
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 11,6 х 21,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60793
Общественный сад на высоком берегу Волги (Гулянье на берегу Волги)
- Paper, graphite pencil. 21,2 х 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-790
Princess Anfisa. Costume design for Yevgeny Zamyatin’s The Flea
- 1924
- Paper, watercolours. 34 х 25
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-20927
Блоха
- Chromolithography. 90 х 71,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Гр.пл-2160
Блоха
- Chromolithography. 36 х 28,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Гр.пл-1587
Портрет З. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 66,9 x 46,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13500
Портрет Ю. Е. Прошинской
- 1901
- Cardboard, сharcoal , sanguine, chalk. 48 х 33,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6043
Портрет Ю. Е. Кустодиевой
- 1903
- Paper, graphite pencil, . 36,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60792
Автопортрет
- 1904
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours. 31,3 x 20,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53189
Акакий Акакиевич на Невском проспекте
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-999
Акакий Акакиевич у Петровича
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5000
Будочник
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5003
Возвращение Акакия Акакиевича из гостей. „Вдали, бог знает где, мелькал огонек в какой-то будке…“
- 1905
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 20,3 x 32 (очерчен)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5001
Сжатое поле со снопами
- 1905
- Paper, graphite pencil. 33,7 х 49,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-45793
Манифестация
- 1906
- Paper, . 33,9 х 27,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5008
Портрет Д. С. Стеллецкого
- 1907
- Graphite pencil, sanguine. 36,6 x 26,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5006
Пасущиеся лошади
- 1909
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, сharcoal . 24,5 x 35
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53035
Голова Петра Великого
- 1910
- paper mounted on cardboard, сharcoal , . 52,7 х 34,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56343
Групповой портрет художников «Мира искусства»
- 1910
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 26 x 30
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-60071
Автопортрет
- 1910–1914
- сharcoal , chalk. 50,1 х 45,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8127
Автопортрет (в шубе)
- 1912
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 24,3 x 25,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-49274
Из книг Р. Нотгафт. Экслибрис
- 1912
- Цинкография. И.: 5,1 х 7,4; л.: 7 х 7,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-49194
Хоровод
- 1912
- Cardboard, gouache. 23,1 x 37
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13503
Портрет С. М. Сомова
- 1913
- paper mounted on cardboard, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 47,7 x 31,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6046
Портрет графа В. Н. Коковцова
- 1913
- Paper, watercolours, whiting, graphite pencil. 52,2 x 30,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-6047
Композиция с тремя женскими фигурами
- 1915
- Paper, graphite pencil. 20,1 x 26,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57894
Крестный ход
- 1915
- Paper, gouache. 17,8 x 27,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-54734
Мальчик с собакой (Портрет Кирилла Кустодиева, сына художника)
- 1915
- Paper, charcoal pencil. 26,5 x 20
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57891
Натурщица. Правая нога, левая ступня
- 1915
- paper mounted on cardboard, graphite pencil, sanguine. 51,3 x 62,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8125
Одеяло
- 1915
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. 26,3 x 42,9
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-5004
Сидящая женщина с книгой
- 1915
- Paper, , сharcoal , sanguine. 47,8 x 63
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8129
Стоящая женщина с поднятыми руками
- 1915
- Paper, , сharcoal , sanguine. 63 x 48
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-8130
Мужчина со счетами (В. А. Кастальский)
- 1917
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. 34,5 x 21,5
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-56137
Портрет Г. С. Верейского
- 1917
- Paper, graphite pencil. 34,6 х 21,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-49278
Солдат с винтовкой. Эскиз плаката «Заем свободы»
- 1917
- Paper, graphite pencil. 26,8 x 20,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57898
Автопортрет
- 1918
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. И.: 28,8 x 18,2; л.: 31,8 х 21,2
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-801
Два портрета Аннушки
- 1918
- Paper, . 34,7 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-800
Женщина, пьющая чай
- 1918
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils, . 66,6 x 48,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-40996
Портрет Ф. Ф. Нотгафта
- 1918
- Cardboard, graphite and coloured pencils, watercolours. 50,5 х 65
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-5917
Сундучник
- 1918
- Paper, watercolours, gouache, graphite pencil. 22,7 х 35,6
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-5920
В. А. Кастальский. Три наброска
- 1919
- Paper, graphite and coloured pencils. И.: 21 х 30,5; л.: 21,8 х 34,7
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-3069
Весна
- 1919
- Paper, . 21,5 х 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-793
Зима
- 1919
- Paper, graphite pencil. 21,4 х 34,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-1872
Летний пейзаж с женскими фигурами
- Paper, graphite pencil. 20 x 26,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-57907
Молодая купчиха в клетчатом платочке
- 1919
- Paper, , . 30,8 х 27
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-804
Осень
- 1919
- Paper, . 24,3 х 34,1
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-789
Портрет И. Б. Kустодиевой, дочери художника
- 1919
- Paper, , whiting. И.: 38,7 x 30,5; л.: 43 х 33,3
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-791
Портрет Н. А. Кузнецовой
- 1919
- Graphite pencil, sanguine, whiting, . 47,3 x 30 (в свету)
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-13552
Приказчик
- 1919
- Paper, watercolours, graphite pencil. 20,5 х 16,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-8735
Portrait of O. Myasoyedova
- 1920
- Paper, . 42 х 38
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-20926
Интерьер. Женская фигура у окна (В мастерской)
- 1920
- Paper, graphite pencil, watercolours. 20,7 х 17,4
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-808
Портрет Ф. И. Шаляпина
- 1920–1921
- Paper, graphite pencil. 27,8 x 21,6
- The State Russian Museum
- Р-53832
Архиерей
- 1921
- Литография раскрашенная, пробный оттиск. И.: 21,4 х 28,4; л.: 30 х 38,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-15454
Весна
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 21,4 х 29,7; л.: 33,2 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2719
Гостиный двор
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 21,2 х 29,7; л.: 34,2 х 48,3
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2713
Купальщица
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 22 х 29,7; л.: 34 х 48,2
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2715
Лето
- 1921
- Paper, lithography. И.: 25,7 х 21,2; л.: 48,2 х 33,8
- The State Russian Museum
- Сгр-2716
Портрет В. А. Kастальского
- 1921
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. И.: 19 x 12,6; л.: 27,6 х 25,6
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-3077
Портрет В. В. Воинова
- 1921
- Paper, graphite pencil. И.: 17 x 20,5; л.: 27,6 х 25,6
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-3076
Портрет Ф. Ф. Нотгафта
- 1921
- Paper, graphite pencil, sanguine. 28,6 х 26,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-5919
Экслибрис К. Кустодиева
- 1921
- Цинкография. И.: 7,4 х 9; л.: 8,3 х 9,7
- The State Russian Museum
- Аф-49195
Барин Лапутин и швейцар
- 1922
- Paper, ink, nib. И.: 6,3 x 8,6; л.: 6,6 х 13,5
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-783
Вешают вывеску
- 1922
- Paper, ink, nib. И.: 11,5 x 11,7; л.: 13,6 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-1868
Ворота (Улица у домика Лапутина)
- 1922
- Paper, ink, nib. И.: 10,8 x 12,5; л.: 10,8 х 13,9
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-761
Женский портрет (Портрет невесты барина Лапутина)
- 1922
- Paper, ink, nib. И.: 5,6 x 3,9; л.: 6,6 х 14
- The State Russian Museum
- РС-782