Chaos 1906

Epitaph 1904

Café 1925

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Kuzma Sergeevich Petrov-Vodkin (1878 - 1939) was a Russian, later Soviet, painter and writer. He was first exposed to art as a child, when he took a few lessons from a local sign maker and icon painter. After secondary school, however, he wanted to join a railroad college, abandoning the artist life. He failed the entrance exams to the college, however, and instead began “Art Classes of Fedor Burov,” in his late teens. After the death of Burov two years later, Petrov-Vodkin took odd jobs painting in the city. Through his jobs and with his mother’s help, he was able to get an invitation to study in St. Petersburg, from 1895 to 1897. In art school, he later moved to Moscow and then Munich, graduating in 1904.After contracting pulmonary tuberculosis in 1927, Petrov-Vodkin was forced to quit painting. He thusly turned to writing, completing a number of works, including three semi-autobiographical novels, the first two of which are considered some of the finest Russian literature of the time. Petrov-Vodkin’s works were largely ignored after his death of tuberculosis, until the mid-1960’s when there came a renewed interest in both his artistic and literary works

Bathing Boys 1921 (sold at auction Sotheby's)

Bathing a red horse 1912 State Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow

The boy-rider 1912 State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Etude for the painting Bathing the

Red Horse 1912

Etude for the painting Bathing the Red Horse 1912

Fantasy 1925 State Russian Museum, St.

Petersburg

Bathing boys 1926 State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg

Boys (Playing Boys) 1911 State Russian Museum,

St. Petersburg

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Youth (Kiss) 1913

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Hurricane 1914 State Russian Museum,

St. Petersburg

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Sketch of Satan's makeup for the staging of Diary of Satan

(L.Andreev) 1922

Duo1917

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Presentation: Sanda Foişoreanuhttps://plus.google.com/+SandaMichaela

Sound: The legend of the twelve robbers – Male choir of St.Petersburg and Vladimir Miller; Vladimir Pasjukov 2017