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Portrait of Chaliapin
Boris Kustodiev · 1921
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Boris Kustodiev
Russian Empire · 1878–1927
Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and stage designer during the Modernist period.
Known works
Portrait of Chaliapin
Boris Kustodiev · 1921
State Russian Museum
The Portrait of Chaliapin is a painting by Boris Kustodiev, created in 1921 in Petrograd (modern day Saint Petersburg). At this time the opera singer Feodor Chaliapin was preparing to perform in Alexander Serov's opera The Power of the Fiend in the former Mariinsky Theatre. He invited Boris Kustodiev to create artwork for the performance.
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