![]() ![]() One of the artist's favourite themes was Paris. ![]() In 1905 Korovin became an Academician of Painting and in 1909–1913 a professor at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. 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. Korovin designed sets for Konstantin Stanislavsky's dramatic productions, as well as Mariinsky's operas and ballets. Departing from traditional stage decor, which only indicated the place of action, Korovin produced a mood decor conveying the general emotions of the performance. He moved from Mamontov's opera to the Mariinsky Theatre in St. In the beginning of the 20th century, Korovin focused his attention on the theater. 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 1960s, they were restored and transferred to the Tretyakov Gallery. After the closure of the Exhibition, the canvasses were eventually placed in the Yaroslavsky Rail Terminal in Moscow. He painted ten big canvasses for the pavilion as well, depicting various aspects of life in the northern and Arctic regions. Using material from his trip, Korovin designed the Far North pavilion at the 1896 All Russia Exhibition in Nizhny Novgorod. The etude style of these works was typical for Korovin's art of the 1890s. The paintings are built on a delicate web of shades of grey. Triphon's Brook in Pechenga, Hammerfest: Aurora Borealis, The Coast at Murmansk and others. Korovin painted a large number of landscapes: Norwegian Port, St. His second trip to the north, with Valentin Serov in 1894, coincided with the construction of the Northern Railway. In 1888 he was captivated by the stern northern landscapes seen in The Coast of Norway and the Northern Sea. Korovin's subsequent works were strongly influenced by his travels to the north. ![]() In the 1890s Korovin became a member of the Mir iskusstva art group. He painted in the Impressionist, and later in the Art Nouveau, styles. Konstantin traveled within Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia and exhibited with the Peredvizhniki. In 1888 Korovin traveled with Mamontov to Italy and Spain, where he produced the painting On the Balcony, Spanish Women Leonora and Ampara. 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. The group's love for stylized Russian themes is reflected in Korovin's picture A Northern Idyll. Polenov introduced Korovin to Savva Mamontov's Abramtsevo Circle: Viktor Vasnetsov, Apollinary Vasnetsov, Ilya Repin, Mark Antokolsky and others. "Paris was a shock for me … Impressionists… in them I found everything I was scolded for back home in Moscow", he later wrote. In 1885 Korovin traveled to Paris and Spain. He studied at the school under his new teacher Vasily Polenov until 1886. Petersburg, but returned disappointed to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1881–1882, Korovin spent a year at the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. During their student years, the Korovins became friends with fellow students Valentin Serov and Isaac Levitan Konstantin maintained these friendships throughout his life. His brother Sergei was already a student at the school. In 1875 Korovin entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Vasily Perov and Alexei Savrasov. 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. Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter. 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 was born in Moscow to a merchant family officially registered as "peasants of Vladimir Gubernia". Konstantin Alekseyevich Korovin was a leading Russian Impressionist painter. ![]()
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