Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov

Aristarkh Vasilyevich Lentulov (born Jan. 4 [Jan. 16, New Style], 1882, Nizhneye Lomovo, Penza oblast, Russia—died April 15, 1943, Moscow, Russia, U.S.S.R.) was a Russian painter who was one of the foremost representatives of the Moscow School of Art. Lentulov studied at the art institutes in Penza (1898–1900) and Kiev (now Kyiv, Ukr.; 1903–05) and in St. Petersburg at the studio of Dmitry Kardovsky from 1906 to 1907. In the winter of 1911–12, Lentulov traveled...