Konstantin Somov

Konstantin Somov

Country

Russia

Birth - Death

1869 - 1939

Occupation

Artist

Description

Symbolist painter and illustrator, notable for his masterpiece 'Lady In Blue'. Member of the St Petersburg Academy of Fine Art 1913; professor at the Academy of Arts from 1918. Left Russia in 1924.

Further Reading/Research

• http://www.russianpaintings.net/doc.vphp?id=621
• http://www.tate.org.uk/art/artists/konstantin-somov-1962

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