17 Facts About Konstantin Korovin

Konstantin's older brother Sergei Korovin was a notable realist painter.

Konstantin Korovin's relative Illarion Pryanishnikov was a prominent painter of the time and a teacher at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture.

In 1875 Konstantin Korovin entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied with Vasily Perov and Alexei Savrasov.

Konstantin Korovin studied at the school under his new teacher Vasily Polenov until 1886.

In 1885 Konstantin Korovin worked for Mamontov's opera house, designing the stage decor for Giuseppe Verdi's Aida, Leo Delibes' Lakme and Georges Bizet's Carmen.

In 1888 Konstantin Korovin traveled with Mamontov to Italy and Spain, where he produced the painting On the Balcony, Spanish Women Leonora and Ampara.

Konstantin Korovin traveled within Russia, the Caucasus and Central Asia and exhibited with the Peredvizhniki.

Konstantin Korovin painted in the Impressionist, and later in the Art Nouveau, styles.

Konstantin Korovin painted a large number of landscapes: Norwegian Port, St Triphon's Brook in Pechenga, Hammerfest: Aurora Borealis, The Coast at Murmansk and others.

Konstantin Korovin painted ten big canvasses for the pavilion as well, depicting various aspects of life in the northern and Arctic regions.

In 1900 Konstantin 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.

Konstantin Korovin moved from Mamontov's opera to the Mariinsky Theatre in StPetersburg.

Konstantin Korovin did the stage design for such Mariinsky productions as Faust, The Little Humpbacked Horse, and Sadko that became famous for their expressiveness.

Konstantin Korovin painted A Paris Cafe, Cafe de la Paix, La Place de la Bastille, Paris at Night, Le Boulevard Italien, Night Carnival, Paris in the Evening, and others.

In 1923 Konstantin Korovin moved to Paris on the advice of Commissar of Education Anatoly Lunacharsky to cure his heart condition and help his handicapped son.

Konstantin Korovin was buried in Sainte-Genevieve-des-Bois Russian Cemetery, in the southern suburbs of Paris.

Konstantin's son Alexey Korovin was a notable Russian-French painter.