RIA Novosti rings in the New Year with a look at masterpieces from Russian and Soviet artists. Today we present Konstantin Korovin.
Konstantin Korovin (1861–1939), an outstanding Russian painter, stage designer and teacher. Photo: “Portrait of the Painter Konstantin Korovin” (1891) by Valentin Serov
Korovin studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His teachers were Alexei Savrasov and Vasily Polenov. Photo: “Paper Lanterns” (1898)
Korovin is often considered the first Russian impressionist. Photo: “Veranda” (1916)
Korovin traveled to turn-of-the-century Paris a number of times. He was fascinated by the French capital, and painted its streets and boulevards blazing with lights. Photo: “Paris. Boulevard des Capucines” (1906)
“Paris at Night. Boulevard des Italiens” (1908)
Korovin’s bright and rich pictures were totally unlike the paintings of the Itinerants. Photo: “Woman with a Guitar” (1916)
“Flowers. Gurzuf, Crimea” (1916)
“Fish, Fruit and Wine” (1916). Oil on canvas
“Still Life with Flowers” (1922)
Korovin’s genre paintings were executed in a temperamental hand. Photo: “Sun Lounge” (1915)
Korovin was a talented portrait painter as well. Photo: “Portrait of Feodor Chaliapin” (1911)
“Portrait of the Painter M.V. Myslina” (1915)
After the October revolution in Russia, Korovin did much to preserve monuments of art and continued his cooperation with theater companies. In 1923, he moved to France. Photo: Set design for Modest Mussorgsky’s opera “Boris Godunov.” Paris. 1934
Korovin died in Paris on September 11, 1939. Photo: “Tower. Paris” (the early 1930s). Oil on cardboard
