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KonstantinAlekseyevich Korovin

Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin was a leading Russian Impressionist painter.
Konstantin was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as "peasants of Vladimir Gubernia". His father, Aleksey Mikhailovich Korovin, earned a university degree and was more interested in arts and music than in the family business established by Konstantin's grandfather. Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter. Konstantin's relative Illarion Pryanishnikov was also a prominent painter of the time and a teacher at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
In 1875 Korovin entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Vasily Perov and Alexei Savrasov. His brother Sergei was already a student at the school. During their student years, the Korovins became friends with fellow students Valentin Serov and Isaac Levitan; Konstantin maintained these friendships throughout his life.
In 1881–1882, Korovin spent a year at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg, but returned disappointed to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. He studied at the school under his new teacher Vasily Polenov until 1886.
In 1885 Korovin traveled to Paris and Spain. "Paris was a shock for me … Impressionists… in them I found everything I was scolded for back home in Moscow", he later wrote.
Polenov introduced Korovin to Savva Mamontov's Abramtsevo Circle: Viktor Vasnetsov, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Ilya Repin, Mark Antokolsky and others. The group's love for stylized Russian themes is reflected in Korovin's picture A Northern Idyll. In 1885 Korovin worked for Mamontov's opera house, designing the stage decor for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, Léo Delibes' Lakmé and Georges Bizet's Carmen.
In 1888 Korovin traveled with Mamontov to Italy and Spain, where he produced the painting On the Balcony, Spanish Women Leonora and Ampara. Konstantin traveled within Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia and exhibited with the Peredvizhniki. He painted in the Impressionist, and later in the Art Nouveau, styles.
In the 1890s Korovin became a member of the Mir iskusstva art group.
Korovin's subsequent works were strongly influenced by his travels to the north. In 1888 he was captivated by the stern northern landscapes seen in The Coast of Norway and the Northern Sea.
His second trip to the north, with Valentin Serov in 1894, coincided with the construction of the Northern Railway. Korovin painted a large number of landscapes: Norwegian Port, St. Triphon's Brook in Pechenga, Hammerfest: Aurora Borealis, The Coast at Murmansk and others. The paintings are built on a delicate web of shades of grey. The etude style of these works was typical for Korovin's art of the 1890s.
Using material from his trip, Korovin designed the Far North pavilion at the 1896 All Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod. He painted ten big canvasses for the pavilion as well, depicting various aspects of life in the northern and Arctic regions. After the closure of the Exhibition, the canvasses were eventually placed in the Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. In the 1960s, they were restored and transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery.
In 1900 Korovin designed the Central Asia section of the Russian Empire pavilion at the Paris World Fair and was awarded the Legion of Honour by the French government.
In the beginning of the 20th century, Korovin focused his attention on the theater. He moved from Mamontov's opera to the Mariinsky Theatre in St. Petersburg. Departing from traditional stage decor, which only indicated the place of action, Korovin produced a mood decor conveying the general emotions of the performance. Korovin designed sets for Konstantin Stanislavsky's dramatic productions, as well as Mariinsky's operas and ballets. He did the stage design for such Mariinsky productions as Faust (1899), The Little Humpbacked Horse (1901), and Sadko (1906) that became famous for their expressiveness.
In 1905 Korovin became an Academician of Painting and in 1909–1913 a professor at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.
One of the artist's favourite themes was Paris. He painted A Paris Cafe (1890s), Cafe de la Paix (1905), La Place de la Bastille (1906), Paris at Night, Le Boulevard Italien (1908), Night Carnival (1901), Paris in the Evening (1907), and others.
During World War I Korovin worked as a camouflage consultant at the headquarters of one of the Russian armies and was often seen on the front lines. After the October Revolution Korovin continued to work in the theater, designing stages for Richard Wagner's Die Walküre and Siegfried, as well as Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky's The Nutcracker (1918–1920).
In 1923 Korovin moved to Paris on the advice of Commissar of Education Anatoly Lunacharsky to cure his heart condition and help his handicapped son. There was supposed to be a large exhibition of Korovin's works, but the works were stolen and Korovin was left penniless. For years, he produced the numerous Russian Winters and Paris Boulevards just to make ends meet.

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Still Life 1

Brook

Oriental Slave Market

Portrait of a Woman 2

Konchakovna

Costume design for Arrigo Boito's opera Faust

View of Paris by Night

Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin 1

In a Room 1

Soldier

Autumn. On Bridge

Paris. Boulevard des Capucines 1

Winter 1

Portrait of the Actress T. S. Lobatovich

Costume design for Polovtsian girl in ''Prince Igor''

Fruit Seller

Hotel in Sunshine

At a Tea Table

Place de la Bastille, Paris

Prince Igor

Stage Design for Don Quixote

Village Procession

Tsar Dodon in Military Suite

Portrait of a Woman 1

Prince Khovansky's Maid

A Parisian boulevard at night

A couple on promenade

South of France

A Brook

Moonlight Walk

A Boulevard

A donkey and cart at a farmhouse in winter

A ballerina at her toilette

The Forest

Design for the Ballet ('The Corsair')

The River Vorya at Abramtsevo

Summer - Apple Harvest

French Harbour-front by Night

Paris by Night - Boulevard des Italiens

Promenade in the Sun

Spring landscape in the suburbs of Paris

Gudal's Castle

Still life with fan

Landscape. Before the Storm

Rural Scene in France

Russian Marriage

In villigiature in Summer

The Aragva Bank

The meeting

A basket of flowers

Night time before the Café Mandolin, Paris

Canal Saint-Martin

Two groups of costume designs for Khovanshchina. Male and female boyars

Buying a Dagger

View of the River

Nocturnal Landscape with a Group round a Fire

Paris by Night 2

Paris View

Sketch of a Russian Village

Trading Pier in the Capital City

View of Gurzuf

Brook of St. Trifon in Pechenga

A woman reading by the hearth

An Artist's Studio

At the Tavern

Two costume designs; one for Demon; Prince Sinodal

Arkhangelsk Port on Dvina

Arkhangelsk

View of a Parisian street corner

Bridge

Beach at Dieppe. Study

Before the Hotel Bourgondie, Paris

Moonlit Night. Winter

A winter scene with a horse-drawn sled

Celebration in the Country-side

Paris by Night 3

Paris by Night

A troika in the snow

Winter Landscape with two wooden Huts

Pushkin and Muse

Paris by Night 1

Study for 'The Paper Lanterns'

Stage design depicting a Wooded Landscape by the Sea

The Bridge across the River

Afternoon tea on the terrace

A Russian maiden

Dancers in the snow

Bath-Houses

View of a coastal village

Winter

Abramtsevo

Winter Landscape

Stage design

Study of a rocky seascape

At the Window

Winter Landscape with a Hunter

On the Road. Study

Winter Landscape with a small Church

Paris at night; Italian boulevard

Winter Landscape at Night

By the Window

Portrait of a Woman

Paris. Saint Denis Arc

Portrait of the Actress Tatiana Lyubatovich.

Norwegian Harbour.

Lady with Guitar

Crimean Landscape

Flowers and Fruit

Parisian Cafe

Pushkin and the Muse

A Pair of Winter Landscapes

A Street in Pereslavl

Woman in White Sitting in the Garden

Paris by Night

Roses in Blue Jugs

On the Beach in the Crimea

Roses and Violets

Lilacs. Still Life

Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin

In Front of the Open Window

Russian Village under Snow

A Florence Street in the Rain.

Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin

Winter scene with Troika Winter Sleigh Ride

A Ballerina In Her Boudoir

Still Life with Z. Pertseva's Portrait

Hammerfest. The Nothern Lights.

View of Paris by Night

Winter Landscape

Paris by Night

The Moskva River Bridge

Place de la Bastille

Marseilles Quay by Night

Portrait of Sofia Golitsyna.

Portrait of Madame Maria Rubin

Gurzuf Still Life

Winter

In a Room.

On the Shore of the Black Sea

Still-life with a Blue Vase

Two Girls in Peasant Costumes

Roses

Stage Design for le Coq d'Or

The French Midday

Evening Serenade

Paris in Spring

At The Tea-table

La Tour Saint Jacques

At The Window

Gurzuf

Portrait of a Chorus Girl

Paper Lanterns.

A Cafe In Gursuph

Still Life with Lobster

Portrait of Nadezhda Komarovskaya

Moonlit Night. Winter

Portrait of Z. Pertseva

A Nothern Idyll.

Fish

Portrait of an Officer

Pier in Arkhangelsk

Still Life with Roses

Design for the Ballet ('The Corsair')

Farmstead, Ostrovno

The Guitar Player

On a Sea Shore

White Night in Nothern Norway

Vichy at Night

Paris at Night

Still Life, Wine and Fruit

Twilight

Still Life

Sketch For The Opera

Parisian Cafe

Portrait of the Hungarian Artist Jozef Ripple-Ronai

Portrait of Nikolay Chichagov

Portrait of the Artist V. V. Wulf

Paris. Boulevard des Capucines

Venice

In The Boat

Paris. Boulevard des Capucines

Pier in Gurzuf

Spring

Portrait of S. Mamontov in a Theatre Costume

Winter

Still Life with Fruit and Bottle

Sunny Street

Evening Duet

Dachas on the River Bank

The Murman Shore.

Southern Night

The Larin's Garden

Seafront, Promenade

Design for a Ballet

Portrait of Olga Alyabyeva

The Port in Marseilles.

Night View of Paris and Stage Design

Hunter's Tent

In a Boat (Portrait of the Artist Maria Yakunchikova and Self-Portrait)

Sketch of a Russian Village

Merrymakers outside the Tavern

Paris. Cafe de la Paix

Paris

A Street In Vichy

In a Summer Cottage.

Winter Landscape with a Hunter

On Deck.

Self Portrait

In a Room

Sevastopol, Fisher's Bay

A Parisian Balcony

Portrait of Italian Singer Angelo Masini

Portrait of Ivan Morozov

Fishermen in Okhotino

Portrait of Olga Orlova.

Portrait of a Woman

A Courtyard

The Pomors.

Flowers

Nocturnal Landscape with a Group round a Fire

Early spring

A Group of Five Costume Designs Comprising Snegurochka and Babylichka from Snegurochka , A Tartar and Two Polovtsian Girls from Prince Igor

Winter in Lapland.

Fish

The Khan's Wife

Sunset at the Outskirt of the Town

Ships in Marseilles Port.

Winter Landscape with two wooden Huts

In Front of the Balcony: Leonora and Ampara.

In the south

Mistress of the House.

Rivulet in the Menshovo

Cafe in Yalta

Malwas in Saratov's guberniya

Portrait of Fedor Chaliapin

Woman with Guitar

Evening

'i Was Hurrying To See You

'the Shed

Paris at Night

A Picnic.

A Poor Shot.

Portrait Of Feodor Ivanovich Chaliapin

Young Woman in a Garden.

Lady With A Guitar

Winter Landscape with a small Church

At The Open Window

On a Terrace. Evening in the Coutry

Portrait Of The Opera Singer Feodor Ivanovich

The Port in Marseilles

Organ Grinder

Roses

Stage Design for 'The Goldfish' by Minkus

Summertime

Young Woman on the Threshold

Stage Design For The Rimsky-korsakov's Opera

A Muse.

Market

The Russian Winter

Stage Design For The Opera 'siegfried' By R

A Terrace

In the Artist's Studio

Un Know

Northern Idyll

Sketch For The Ballet

The Moskva River Bridge

Winter