Boris Kustodiev1878–1927Приказчик
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Unknown
Where is “Приказчик” now? Collection: State Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg. Unknown.
Saint Petersburg, Russia
The owner is known; whether it is on view today is not.
- In this state since
- Source
- The museum
Details
- Accession number
- РС-8735
What it shows
In the catalog
Sources
- State Russian Museum
- Image: State Russian Museum — © State Russian Museum
In the life of Boris Kustodiev
The whole lifesummer 1917
A summer at the Konkala sanatorium in Vyborg
After his second operation Kustodiev spent the summer at the Konkala sanatorium in Vyborg, painting there portraits of Countess S. A. Grabowska against a pine park, of Lopatina and of Anita Budengof, the picture “On the Bridge” and the landscapes “Konkola (Finland)” and “Forest Lake at Konkola”.
1918
Decorates Petrograd for the first anniversary of October
After the Revolution Kustodiev helped decorate Petrograd for the first anniversary of the October Revolution, and drew posters, popular prints and pictures on revolutionary themes.
1918–1921
Opera designs: “The Snow Maiden”, “The Tsar's Bride”
His opera designs were a success: “The Snow Maiden” for the Bolshoi Theatre (1918, never staged), “The Tsar's Bride” at the Bolshoi Opera Theatre of the People's House (1920), and set and costume designs for Serov's “The Power of the Fiend” at the former Mariinsky Theatre (1921).
