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Day in Memory of Vladimir Mayakovsky dedicated.

In the biography of Mayakovsky has not studied the period: between 1909 and receipt of arrests in the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1911. Documentary evidence has left almost no exception it autobiographical information that he withdrew from party work and devoted himself to "drawing of" preparing to enter the MUZHVZ. (Incidentally, arts education - the only professional education, which was a famous poet). It is known that at this time he visited the studio SY Zhukovsky and PI Kalin. Unfortunately, memories Kälin extremely stingy, but about what happened in the studio Zhukovsky There are no more memories.

But modern researchers have reason to believe that Vladimir Mayakovsky was a frequent guest in the studio II Mashkov. Studio Mashkova (periodically changing the name) had a solid reputation through her, as he wrote the artist himself, it took about 3000 people. Just the latest evidence of communication "canonized" the poet with the "Left" artists, for obvious reasons preferred to hush up. But obviously, Mayakovsky had been there not once, but in the company of his countryman and contemporary of - Georgian poet Paolo Iashvili.

This is evidenced by two portraits, attributsii which paid much attention to the known art Pospelov and I. Bolotin.
As GRM kept "Portrait of a boy in a painted shirt." Gleb Pospelov believes that this portrait - "nothing like the image of fifteen Mayakovsky" (shared this view and NV Reformed). Indeed, one has only to compare the portrait with an early photograph. March 1909, which marked a portrait - this time, when Mayakovsky went outside after the second arrest.

Perhaps the studio Mashkova became one of the first with which acquaintance Mayakovsky searching private studio for training MUZHVZ. And when in the studio appeared regular teenager, to handle the conditions of occupation in the studio, he planted as a contribution to pose. Moreover, when you come differed so expressive appearance, as Mayakovsky and Yashvili. Iashvili, arrived in Moscow in 1910 to study painting, first of all had to find his friend Kutaisi Mayakovsky. And inevitably found himself in the studio Mashkov. Thus arose the famous "Portrait of the Poet", 1910, which is now on display in the main exhibition GTG.

This portrait is sometimes termed a "Portrait of the Poet Rubanovich" But some people, quite independently of each other have suggested that the portrait depicts not Rubanovich, and Georgian poet Paolo Iashvili. The first was an employee GTG EA Lebedinskaya, which in 1910 lived in Tiflis and was acquainted with the young Iashvili. According to Lebedinsky she knew it would not only face, but also very broad, big neck, which is depicted in the portrait. Iashvili was not destined to become a famous poet, as he subsequently was arrested, and any mention of his name was taboo.

Unfortunately, it should be noted that so far despite years of research portraits have not received the names of persons depicted (even in brackets).

More information can be read: Pospelov Jack of Diamonds. M., 1990.