Кабак

1881–1923 · Virkested

Moscow

1888

A journey with Mamontov to Italy and Spain

Korovin travels with Savva Mamontov to Italy and Spain; in Spain he paints On the Balcony. Spanish Women Leonora and Ampara.

1894

A northern journey with Serov

With his friend Valentin Serov, Korovin travels to the North — the Kola Peninsula, northern Norway and Swedish Lapland; the trip yields the landscapes Norwegian Port, St. Triphon’s Brook in Pechenga, Hammerfest: Aurora Borealis, The Coast at Murmansk and Arkhangelsk Port on the Dvina. Other accounts call it his second northern trip, coinciding with the construction of the Northern Railway.

1900

The Russian display at the World’s Fair in Paris

Korovin takes part in designing the Russian section: as an architect he designs the building of the Handicraft department, and as author of the exposition he paints 31 decorative panels (now in the Russian Museum). The fair awards him two gold and seven silver medals; other accounts say he designed the Central Asia section of the Russian Empire pavilion.

1910–1922

Chief decorator and artist of the Moscow theatres

Korovin becomes the chief decorator and artist of the Moscow theatres, a post he holds from 1910 to 1922.

1923

Leaves for France on Lunacharsky’s advice

On the advice of the People’s Commissar for Education Anatoly Lunacharsky, Korovin moves to Paris to treat his heart condition and to help his handicapped son. Other accounts say he left the country in 1922.