Russian Symbolist Painter, 1856-1910
Russian painter and draughtsman. He was a pioneer of modernism, and his highly innovative technique broke with the traditions of the Academy of Arts in St Petersburg, where he had been a brilliant student; at the same time he felt dissociated from the social consciousness of The Wanderers.
The Pearl (mk19)
1904
Pastel and gouache on cardboard,55 x 43.7 cm
Tretiakov Gallery,Moscow
