RIA Novosti rings in the New Year with a look at masterpieces from Russian and Soviet artists. Today we present Konstantin Korovin.
© RIA Novosti . Igor Mikhalev / Go to the mediabankKonstantin Korovin (1861–1939), an outstanding Russian painter, stage designer and teacher. Photo: “Portrait of the Painter Konstantin Korovin” (1891) by Valentin Serov
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Konstantin Korovin (1861–1939), an outstanding Russian painter, stage designer and teacher. Photo: “Portrait of the Painter Konstantin Korovin” (1891) by Valentin Serov
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Artamonov / Go to the mediabankKorovin studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His teachers were Alexei Savrasov and Vasily Polenov. Photo: “Paper Lanterns” (1898)
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Korovin studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His teachers were Alexei Savrasov and Vasily Polenov. Photo: “Paper Lanterns” (1898)
© RIA Novosti . Mikhail Ozerskiy / Go to the mediabankKorovin is often considered the first Russian impressionist. Photo: “Veranda” (1916)
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Korovin is often considered the first Russian impressionist. Photo: “Veranda” (1916)
© RIA Novosti . Yuri Artamonov / Go to the mediabankKorovin 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)
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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)
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“Paris at Night. Boulevard des Italiens” (1908)
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankKorovin’s bright and rich pictures were totally unlike the paintings of the Itinerants. Photo: “Woman with a Guitar” (1916)
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Korovin’s bright and rich pictures were totally unlike the paintings of the Itinerants. Photo: “Woman with a Guitar” (1916)
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“Flowers. Gurzuf, Crimea” (1916)
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“Fish, Fruit and Wine” (1916). Oil on canvas
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“Still Life with Flowers” (1922)
© RIA Novosti . Pogotov / Go to the mediabankKorovin’s genre paintings were executed in a temperamental hand. Photo: “Sun Lounge” (1915)
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Korovin’s genre paintings were executed in a temperamental hand. Photo: “Sun Lounge” (1915)
© RIA Novosti / Go to the mediabankKorovin was a talented portrait painter as well. Photo: “Portrait of Feodor Chaliapin” (1911)
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Korovin was a talented portrait painter as well. Photo: “Portrait of Feodor Chaliapin” (1911)
© RIA Novosti . Dmitriy Korobeinikov / Go to the mediabank“Portrait of the Painter M.V. Myslina” (1915)
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“Portrait of the Painter M.V. Myslina” (1915)
© RIA Novosti . Pavel Balabanov / Go to the mediabankAfter 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
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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
© RIA Novosti . Vladimir Fedorenko / Go to the mediabankKorovin died in Paris on September 11, 1939. Photo: “Tower. Paris” (the early 1930s). Oil on cardboard
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Korovin died in Paris on September 11, 1939. Photo: “Tower. Paris” (the early 1930s). Oil on cardboard