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Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin. Boris Kustodiev 1922. The State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia. The complex structure of this painting is typical of Boris Kustodiev ’s...
Alexander Golovin 1912. The State Russian Museum. St. Petersburg, Russia. Alexander Golovin created a series of portraits of Fyodor Chaliapin, conveying both the famous opera singer’s...
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).
Portrait of Chaliapin. The reduced version in the Russian Museum, St. Petersburg. The Portrait of Chaliapin is a painting by Boris Kustodiev, created in 1921 in Petrograd (modern day Saint Petersburg ).
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The complex structure of this painting is typical of Boris Kustodiev’s oeuvre as a whole, combining elements of an easel portrait, decorative panel, genre scene and landscape. The famous Russian operatic bass Fyodor Chaliapin began his career as a fairground singer and always enjoyed performing for the common people. He is depicted in his native environment of a provincial town, with its ...
Alexander Golovin created a series of portraits of Fyodor Chaliapin, conveying both the famous opera singer’s outer appearance and his stage images. Golovin’s theatrical portraits brightly express the theatrical action, conjuring up the musical phrase sounding on stage at that particular moment in time. Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin in the Role of Boris Godunov is majestic and ...
