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Siena. Porta Fontebranda. 1912
Konchalovsky Pyotr,
Oil on canvas
96,2 x 81
State Russian Museum
Author's Biography
Konchalovsky Pyotr
Konchalovsky, Pyotr Petrovich (1876, Slavyansk (Kharkiv Gubernia) - 1956, Moscow)
Painter. Studied at a school of drawing in Kharkiv, evening classes at the Stroganov Central School of Technical Drawing in Moscow, Academic de Rodolphe Julian in Paris (1897-98) and the Higher School of Art, Imperial Academy of Arts (1898-1905). Attended Konstantin Korovin's studio at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (until 1909). Helped to organise the first Jack of Diamonds exhibition (1910) and contributed to all other Jack of Diamonds exhibitions (1912-1927). Contributed to the exhibitions of the Golden Fleece (1910), Salon d'Automne (1908, 1910), Salon des Independants (1910-1912) and the Moscow Fellowship of Artists (1911). Founding member of the Moscow Painters (1924-1925).