Boris Kustodiev [Shrovetide] 1916

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◧ Artist: Boris Kustodiev (1878–1927) 
◧ Country: Russia
◧ Title: [Shrovetide]      
◧ Medium: Oil painting on canvas
◧ Painting Size: 89 × 190.5 cm (35.03" × 75")
 
◧ Museum: Russian Museum, Saint Petersburg, Russia

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◧ County of Stamp Issue: Russia
◧ Date of Issue: March 3, 1978
◧ Face Value: 6 Russian Kopek
◧ Issued to commemorate the Centennial of Kustodiev's birth

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The Much of this defined the style of his works — decorative, gaudy colours and somewhat simplified interpretation of form. Such employment of the devices of folk art was typical of the masters of the World of Art. Stepan Krachkovsky wrote to Kustodiev on 22 March 1916: “Repin wrote to me that he is in raptures over your Shrovetide."(excerpt from Google Arts & Culture)
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