Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin

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Petrov-Vodkin self-portrait

Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin ( Russian Кузьма Сергеевич Петров-Водкин , scientific. Transliteration Kuz'ma Sergeevič Petrov-Vodkin ; born October 24, jul. / 5. November  1878 greg. In Khvalynsk ; † 15. February 1939 in Leningrad ) was a Russian painter, graphic artist, art theorist, writer and educator.

biography

Petrov-Vodkin was born in 1878 in the city of Chwalynsk (now Saratov Oblast ) in the family of a shoemaker. At the end of the 1890s he studied painting and drawing in Samara and at the Central School for Technical Drawing in Saint Petersburg . In 1901 he continued his studies in Munich with Anton Ažbe . He later moved to Moscow , where he studied with Valentin Serov at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1905 he finished his studies in Moscow and went to Paris to continue studying in private schools. He also visited Italy and North Africa . In 1911 he became a member of the World of Art Association (Мир искусства) and in 1924 of the Four Arts Group (Четыре искусства) . During the Soviet Union , Petrow-Wodkin worked a lot as a graphic artist and playwright. He wrote stories and plays as well as theoretical essays. From 1918 to 1933 he taught in the Free State Art Education Ateliers (Государственные свободные художественные учебные мастерские) in Leningrad. From 1932 to 1937 he was the first president of the Saint Petersburg Artists Association .

literature

  • Kusma Petrow-Wodkin: 10 color and 6 monochrome reproductions Berlin: Henschelverlag 1967.
  • Kuzma Petrow-Vodkin: Painting, graphics, stage design Leningrad: Aurora-Kunstverlag 1986.
  • Борисовская, Н. А. / Гордон, Е. С. (Ed.): Русские художники от А до Я Moscow: Slovo 2000. ISBN 5-85050-231-9 . P. 136. (Russian)

His pictures

  • Bathing the red horse, 1912

  • Kiss, 1913

  • The boys, 1911

Web links

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personal data
SURNAME Petrov-Vodkin, Kuzma Sergeyevich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Russian artist
DATE OF BIRTH November 5, 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH Chwalynsk
DATE OF DEATH February 15, 1939
Place of death Leningrad