Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences / Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev’s Paintings from 1917–1922: A Philosophical and Art Historical Analysis

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Issue
Journal of Siberian Federal University. Humanities & Social Sciences. 2023 16 (4)
Authors
Leshchinskaia, Natalia M.; Tarasova, Maria V.; Kolesnik, Maria A.
Contact information
Leshchinskaia, Natalia M.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; ; Tarasova, Maria V.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation; Kolesnik, Maria A.: Siberian Federal University Krasnoyarsk, Russian Federation
Keywords
Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev; russian painting; philosophical and art historical analysis; Maslenitsa; Fyodor Shalyapin; the 1917 Revolution in painting; soviet painting; soviet art
Abstract

The artist, who lived a difficult life, was able to harmonize the opposites in his work in a remarkable manner. The master integrated the traditions of folk art and academicism. His artistic language was formed as a synthesis of realistic style and primitive woodprints. His portraits depicted creative personalities, merchants, Bolsheviks. Equally talented Kustodiev conveyed the atmosphere of folk Maslenitsa festivities, booths and revolutionary holidays. The paper is devoted to the analysis of the artist’s work of 1917–1922, the time when the master, remaining faithful to traditional Russian culture, rethought the new historical reality. The study presents a philosophical and art historical analysis of Boris Mikhailovich Kustodiev’s paintings “Maslenitsa” (1919) and a portrait of “Fyodor Shalyapin” (1922), as well as a description of the main themes in his paintings of this period

Pages
536–550
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MDDBEH
Paper at repository of SibFU
https://elib.sfu-kras.ru/handle/2311/150055

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