Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov (; – 24 May 1945) was a

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painter.Gorbatov, Konstantin Ivanovich

Biography

Gorbatov was born in

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in the Samara province. He lived in

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from 1896 to 1903, and studied civil engineering before painting. Gorbatov moved to

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in 1904 and studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School for Technical Draftsmanship. He initially entered the architecture department of the

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before switching to painting that he studied under Nikolay Nikanorovich Dubovskoy. Gorbatov received a scholarship and studied art in

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and

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. He returned to St. Petersburg and participated in the

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exhibitions. Gorbatov left Russia permanently in 1922 following the

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and settled on the Italian island of

. He moved to

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in 1926, where he remained until his death. Gorbatov became a member of a Russian emgiree artistic circle that included

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, Vadim Falileyev, Ivan Myasoyedov. He became a well-known established artist. Gorbatov traveled throughout Europe during the late 1930s, visited

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and

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in 1934 and 1935, and often came by Italy. Gorbatov's art became unneeded in

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and the family soon became impoverished. As a Russian émigré, he was forbidden to leave Germany during

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. Gorbatov died shortly after the allied victory over Germany on 12 May 1945. His wife committed suicide on 17 June 1945.Biography and works of Gorbatov
Gorbatov bequeathed to the

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. The works were delivered to the Moscow Regional Museum of history and Arts near the

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, where they have since been exhibited.

Selected works

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, 1913 Image:GorbatovKI PotonuvGorodISTR.jpg, The Drowned City, 1933

References

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19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 20th-century Russian painters Post-impressionist painters 1876 births 1945 deaths Soviet emigrants to Germany 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian male artists {{Russia-painter-stub