Kuznetsov Pavel

1878, Saratov - 1968, Moscow. He studied first at the studio in SOLII, then MUZHVZ in VA. Serov, and KA. Lived and worked in Moscow. Member Societies "World of Art", "4 Art", a life - Salon d'Automne in Paris (1906). Exhibitions since 1902. At the invitation of P. Diaghilev made a trip to Paris in connection with the device of the exhibition. Exhibitor of the exhibition "Scarlet Rose" in Saratov. In 1907 became one of the founding group of artists of the Symbolist "Blue Rose". The largest representative of symbolism 1900-10-ies.; Canvases of this period are imbued with the musical rhythms of color and lines, full of insights of the mysteries of life. Impressed travel Zavolzhskiy steppe and Bukhara painted-dreams of a pristine and harmonious world of the East. In 1914 he designed the "Sakuntalu" (Indian mystery in translation Balmont) at the Chamber Theater in Moscow. In the 1930's created the paintings on the industrial and collective farm theme. His works are in the Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow; SRM, St. Petersburg, Saratov Art Museum of. AN. Radishcheva, Musee d'Orsay in Paris, etc.. museums and private collections.