Boris Grigoriev [1886-1939]

Бори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903-1907. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Aleksandr Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907-1912.

Scialiapin, Fiodor 1873-1938

He began exhibiting his work in 1909 as a member of Union of Impressionists group, and became a member of the World of Art movement in 1913. At that time he also was interesting in literature, writing novel Young Rays. Grigoriev lived for a time in Paris, where he attended the Académie de la Grande Chaumière. In Paris he was strongly influenced by Paul Cézanne. After his return to Saint Petersburg in 1913 he became part of the Bohemian scene in St. Petersburg and was close to many artists and writers of the time, such as Sergey Sudeykin, 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 1916-1918 he created a series of paintings and graphic works, Russia, depicting the poverty and strength of the Russian peasantry and village life. The alboum was started by a Grigoriev's poem To her stepsons. The alboum won a praise from influential art-critic Alexandre Benois. According to Benois Grigoriev had shown the very essence of Russia in the period before the revolutionary upheaval. From 1919, Grigoriev travelled and lived abroad in many countries including Finland, Germany, France, USA, Central and South Americas. In 1934 he published his poem Russia in American Russian-language newspaper Novoye Russkoye Slovo. The poem was a poetic reflection of his famous Russia series of paintings. He also wrote poem America published only in 2003. Grigoriev died in Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1939.

Sergei Rachmaninoff 1873-1943

Maksim Gorkij 1868-1936

Boris Grigoriev è stato uno dei più noti pittori Russi della prima metà del ventesimo secolo. Era una parte del movimento russo Avant Garde. Nato a Mosca nel 1886, studiò pittura a St Petersburg prima di partire per Parigi. In Francia, fu particolarmente influenzato dal lavoro di Paul Cézanne. Dopo la rivoluzione bolscevica, lasciò la Russia per girare il mondo, senza mai fermarsi. I suoi ritratti sono pieni di una luce meravigliosa.