{"title":"Grigoriev, Boris","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eBoris Grigoriev (\u003cspan\u003eБори́с Дми́триевич Григо́рьев)\u003c\/span\u003e (1886-1939)\u003c\/strong\u003e was a Russian painter, graphic artist, and writer.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrigoriev was born in Rybinsk and studied at the Stroganov Art School from 1903 to 1907 with Dmitry Shcherbinovsky. Grigoriev went on to study at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg under Alexander Kiselyov, Dmitry Kardovsky and Abram Arkhipov from 1907 to 1912. He began exhibiting his work in 1909 as a member of the Union of Impressionists group, and became a member of the World of Art movement in 1913. At that time he also wrote a novel, Young Rays.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eAfter 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrigoriev was also interested in the Russian countryside, its peasants and village life. From 1916 to 1918 he created a series of paintings and graphic works, Russia (Raseja, Russian: Расея), depicting the poverty and strength of rural Russia. The album started with Grigoriev's poem To her stepsons. The album won 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. The leaderless workshop he organised in September 1919 led to the creation of the Society of Young Artists.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eHowever, in 1919, Grigoriev travelled and lived abroad in many countries, including Finland, Germany, France, the United States, and Central and South America. 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. It was either at this time, or while he lived in New York, that he had an affair with the young painter Martha Visser't Hooft, then Martha Hamlin.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eIn 1934, he published his poem Russia (Расея) in the American Russian-language newspaper Novoye Russkoye Slovo. The poem was a poetic reflection of his famous Russia series of paintings. He also wrote a poem, America, which was not published until 2003.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eGrigoriev died in Cagnes-sur-Mer in 1939.\u003c\/p\u003e","products":[{"product_id":"grigoriev-boris-1886-1939-portrait-of-vsevolod-meyerhold-1916","title":"Grigoriev, Boris (1886-1939) - Portrait of Vsevolod Meyerhold 1916","description":"\u003cp\u003ePicture by the Russian artist Boris Grigoriev.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThis download consists of 1 image, in JPEG format, that is 600dpi and 3224 pixels wide by 4752 pixels tall.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe picture is out of copyright and in the public domain, so you are free to use it in whatever way you'd like, including commercial use.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRead more about \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/grigoriev-boris\" title=\"Boris Grigoriev\"\u003eBoris Grigoriev\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Digital Download - 1 image","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53681780326730,"sku":null,"price":0.8,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/files\/Grigoriev_Boris_1886-1939_-PortraitofVsevolodMeyerhold1916_main.jpg?v=1767152532"}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0776\/7965\/7290\/collections\/Grigoriev_Boris_1886-1939-7245678.jpg?v=1768960165","url":"https:\/\/www.publicdomainimagelibrary.com\/collections\/grigoriev-boris.oembed","provider":"Public Domain Image Library","version":"1.0","type":"link"}