Boris Kustodiev1878–1927Портрет девушки
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Where is “Портрет девушки” now? Collection: Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts, Kazan. Unknown.
Kazan, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
About the painting
Museum text in Russian
Поясной, 3/4 вправо. На белом фоне молодая женщина в светло-желтом платке с цветами.
Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts
Details
- Accession number
- Ж-114
In the catalog
Sources
- The State Catalogue of the Museum Fund of Russia
- Image: Tatarstan State Museum of Fine Arts — © Государственный музей изобразительных искусств Республики Татарстан · Госкаталог музейного фонда РФ
In the life of Boris Kustodiev
The whole lifec. 1901
Assists Repin on “The State Council”
“I have great hopes for Kustodiev,” Repin wrote, and when commissioned to paint a huge canvas for the centenary of the State Council, he invited his pupil to assist him: together they made portrait studies, and Kustodiev then executed the right-hand side of the final work (other accounts say about a third of the portraits).
1903
Grand gold medal in Munich
Even before finishing his studies, Kustodiev showed at international exhibitions in St Petersburg and Munich, winning the grand gold medal of the International Association — the Grand Prize of the Association of Viennese Artists at the International Art Exhibition in Munich.
8 January 1903
Marries Yulia Proshinskaya
Kustodiev and Yulia Proshinskaya were married in a small church on the Catherine Canal in St Petersburg; she took her husband's name, and he later painted several portraits of her.
30 October 1903
Graduates with a gold medal for “At the Market”
Kustodiev completed the course with a gold medal: for his competition picture “At the Market” (now lost) he received the title of artist and the right to a year's travel abroad and around Russia on an Academy grant.
December 1903
Academy travel grant: Paris
Kustodiev arrived in Paris with his wife and son and joined René Ménard's studio; during the trip he visited Germany, Italy and Spain, studying and copying the old masters.
1905–1907
Cartoonist for Zhupel, Adskaya Pochta and Iskry
Kustodiev worked as a cartoonist for the satirical magazine Zhupel — home of his well-known drawing “Introduction. Moscow” — and after it was closed drew for Adskaya Pochta and Iskry.
