Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

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Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin

Russian painter

Also known as: Kuzma Sergeyevich Petrov-Vodkin

Written by Andrei D. Sarabianov

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Last Updated: Nov 1, 2024 • Article History

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In full:: Kuzma Sergeyevich Petrov-Vodkin

Born:: October 24 [November 5, New Style], 1878, Khvalynsk, Saratov oblast, Russian Empire

Died:: February 15, 1939, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia] (aged 60)

Notable Works:: “Bathing the Red Horse”; “The Year 1918 in Petrograd”

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Kuzma Petrov-Vodkin (born October 24 [November 5, New Style], 1878, Khvalynsk, Saratov oblast, Russian Empire—died February 15, 1939, Leningrad, Russia, U.S.S.R. [now St. Petersburg, Russia]) was a Russian painter who combined many traditions of world art in his work and created an original language in painting that was both deeply individual and national in spirit. Petrov-Vodkin’s birthplace was a small town on the banks of the Volga River, where he was born into the family of an impoverished cobbler. He spent his youth there, living in harsh conditions reminiscent of those described by Maxim Gorky in My Universities. But his ...(100 of 405 words)

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