boris

grigoriev

B. 1886 Ryabinsk, Russia

D. 1939 Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France

The Artist

Biography

Boris Grigoriev

B. 1886 Ryabinsk, Russia D. 1939 Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France

Boris Grigoriev was a Russian painter and graphic artist.

Grigoriev was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903 to 1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov and Dmitry Kardovsky from 1907 to 1912. He began exhibiting his work in 1909, and became a member of the World of Art movement in 1919.

Grigoriev lived for a time in Paris, where he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. He was also part of the Bohemian scene in St. Petersburg and was close to many artists and writers of the time, such as Sergey Sudeikin, Velimir Khlebnikov and the poet Anna Akhmatova, often painting their portraits.

Grigoriev was also interested in the Russian countryside, its peasants and village life. From 1917 to 1918 he created a series of paintings and graphic works, Russia, depicting the poverty and strength of the Russian peasantry and village life. He also painted many portraits of I. Repin, V. Meirhold, N. Roerich, F. Shaliapin, B. Kustodiev and etc.

From 1919, Grigoriev travelled and lived abroad in many countries including Finland, Germany and France. He participated in many exhibitions of Russian art in Paris, New York, Brussels, Copenhagen, Venice and Prague.

He died in 1939 in Cagnes-sur-Mer.

His works are in the leading museums of Russia, Ukraine, Europe and America.

Available Artwork

Fisherman and a Crab

1922 - 1923, oil on canvas

81.3 x 64.8 cm (32 x 25.5 in.)

Russian Peasant

circa 1917, oil on canvas

56 х 37.7 cm (22 x 14.8 in)

Still-life with Pitcher and Fruits

oil on canvas

49.5 x 59.9 cm. (19.5 x 23.6 in.)

Woman in red

1936, oil on canvas

58.3 x 38.2 cm. (23 x 15 in.)

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