Konstantin Gorbatov
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Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov (
post-impressionist painter.[1]
Biography
Gorbatov was born in
Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy. Gorbatov received a scholarship and studied art in Rome and Capri. He returned to St. Petersburg and participated in the Peredvizhniki exhibitions.[2]
Gorbatov left Russia permanently in 1922 following the
Russian Revolution of 1917 and settled on the Italian island of Capri. He moved to Berlin in 1926, where he remained until his death. Gorbatov became a member of a Russian emgiree artistic circle that included Leonid Pasternak, Vadim Falileyev, Ivan Myasoyedov. He became a well-known established artist. Gorbatov traveled throughout Europe during the late 1930s, visited Palestine and Syria in 1934 and 1935, and often came by Italy. Gorbatov's art became unneeded in Nazi Germany and the family soon became impoverished. As a Russian émigré, he was forbidden to leave Germany during World War II. Gorbatov died shortly after the allied victory over Germany on 12 May 1945. His wife committed suicide on 17 June 1945.[2]
Gorbatov bequeathed to the
Leningrad. The works were delivered to the Moscow Regional Museum of history and Arts near the New Jerusalem Monastery, where they have since been exhibited.[2]
Selected works
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View of an Old Town -
Kitezh, 1913 -
The Drowned City, 1933
References
- ^ Gorbatov, Konstantin Ivanovich (in Russian)
- ^ a b c Biography and works of Gorbatov (in Russian)
External links
Media related to Konstantin Gorbatov at Wikimedia Commons
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