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Today is the birthday of the beautiful Russian artist Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev.
      
      He was born in Astrakhan on February 23 (7 March) in 1878 in a family of teachers of the seminary. He studied at the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts (1896-1903), where his mentor was Ilya Repin. Member of the World of Art "and" Union of Russian Artists "

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Repin has attracted the young artist to co-authorship in the film "The meeting of the State Council" (1901-1903, RM). Already in these years, manifested Kustodiev virtuoso talent as a portrait ( "Portrait of Ivan Bilibin, 1901).

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Later (in 1908) enthusiastically worked well in the genre of sculptural portraits. During the First Russian Revolution 1905-1907 acted as a cartoonist in the magazines "Bugbear" and "Hell-mail.

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B. Kustodiev left us a wonderful gallery of portraits of his contemporaries.

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Living person of his contemporaries look to us.
It is alive!

Repin has attracted the young artist to co-authorship in the film "The meeting of the State Council" (1901-1903, RM). Already in these years, manifested Kustodiev virtuoso talent as a portrait ( "Portrait of Ivan Bilibin, 1901).

Later (in 1908) enthusiastically worked well in the genre of sculptural portraits. During the First Russian Revolution 1905-1907 acted as a cartoonist in the magazines "Bugbear" and "Hell-mail.

B. Kustodiev left us a wonderful gallery of portraits of his contemporaries.

Living person of his contemporaries look to us.
It is alive!

Today for us the most interesting portraits of familiar and dear to the artist to the people. These portraits, spectacular and profound at the same time, the Kustodiev prevail. Especially glad he wrote of creative people: actors, artists, musicians.

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What a riot of colors and lights at its fairs and festivals!

What a riot of colors and lights at its fairs and festivals!

Looking at these pictures, never thought his teacher was Repin.A in paints and in a "decorative" transformation of nature and perhaps the best the French at that time our Kustodiyev be higher.

I am sure that every collector wants to get at least one work of B. Kustodiev!
Interest among collectors of the works Kustodiev not wasted.
This is evidenced by rising prices for its work.
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I remember at the Christie was a scandal. Buyer argues that the work is not genuine.
 Who knows what it was all over, and ended it?

Very much, yes :)