Ivan Semyonovich Kazakov (Russian: Иван Семёнович Казаков; (1 February 1873 in Kasilova,

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– 16 October 1935 in

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) was a painter and graphic artist; residing in the Russian Empire and later the

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Biography

He was born to a family of farmers. From 1888 to 1894, he studied at the

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. He continued at the

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under

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and was awarded the title of "Artist" in 1898."Artists of Uzbekistan: Ivan Kazakov"
@ Benkovci. His title included a stipend to study abroad so, from 1899 through 1900, he travelled to Italy, France and Germany.Time Line
@ ArtRu.info Upon returning, he settled in Saint Petersburg. For the next decade, he was a frequent exhibitor there and in Moscow. In 1906, he requested and obtained a position as a teacher of drawing and calligraphy at the

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in Tashkent, which he held until 1910. While there he painted architectural landscapes in

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and

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as well as Tashkent. He also created a series of ethnographic sketches. He later taught at a regional art school and, in 1921, established his own studio. On several occasions, he helped organize and design revolutionary celebrations. During this time, he had showings at the first National Free Exhibition of Art in Saint Petersburg (then Petrograd), the 47th (penultimate) exhibit of the

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in Moscow (1922), and the first exhibit of the Tashkent branch of the

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, of which he was one of the founders (1928). From 1926 to 1930, he was an organizing member of the Tashkent branch of the

Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia The Association of Artists of Revolutionary Russia (, ''Assotsiatsia khudozhnikov revolutsionnoi Rossii'', 1922–1928), later known as Association of Artists of the Revolution (Ассоциация художников революции, ''Assots ...

(AKhRR) and headed their studio. Kazakov-Samarkand

In 1930, a

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about Kazakov and his fellow-artist, Yeremey Burtsev (1894–1942), appeared in ''

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''. Its pseudonymous author accused them of having their students paint figures of Christ and Saint Paul and suggested that the AKhRR branch in Tashkent be investigated by "Glavprofobra" (the General Directorate of Vocational Education). This was done and the artists were charged with

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. A special board meeting by local members of the OGPU (

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) sentenced them to three years exile in Stalinabad (

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)."The Kazakov-Burtsev Affair"
@ Live Journal. Burtsev's exile was later extended. Kazakov returned in 1933 and spent his final years teaching at the Tashkent Polytechnic Institute.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Kazakov, Ivan 1873 births 1935 deaths People from Zhukovsky District, Bryansk Oblast People from Bryansky Uyezd Soviet painters Cityscape artists Orientalist painters from the Russian Empire Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni

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