Город

1922–1923

Illustrates Leskov

With his fine feeling for line, Kustodiev illustrated Leskov's “The Darner” (1922) and “Lady Macbeth of the Mtsensk District” (1923); he also worked in lithography and linocut.

1923

Joins the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia

Kustodiev joined the Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia, and continued to paint, make engravings, illustrate books and design for the theatre until his death.

1925

Designs Zamyatin's “The Flea”

The productions of “The Flea” at the Second Moscow Art Theatre (1925) and the Leningrad Bolshoi Drama Theatre (1926) were a success. The director A. D. Diky recalled that he had nothing to correct in the designs: “The artist led the whole production.”

March 1927

Permission to seek treatment in Germany

The People's Commissariat for Education allowed Kustodiev to go to Germany for treatment at O. Förster's clinic, and the government provided the money, but the journey never took place: in May he died of acute pneumonia (other accounts say tuberculosis).

28. maj 1927

Died