Ilya Mashkov

Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov (Russian: Илья Иванович Машков; 1881 – 1944) was a Russian artist, one of the most significant and at the same time most characteristic painters of the circle of "Jack of Diamonds" (Russian: Бубновый Валет).

He was born in the cossack village Mikhailovskaya-on-Don (near Volgograd) 29 July [O.S. 17 July] 1881 in a peasant family. After arriving at Moscow in 1900 he attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, whose teachers included Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. In 1909 he was expelled from the school because of his artistic free thinking. He traveled much as a student, visiting a number of the countries of West Europe, and also Turkey and Egypt. He was the member of associations "Mir iskusstva" (Russian: Мир иску́сства) and "Jack of Diamonds". He lived in Moscow, sometimes visiting his village.

1902: Opened his own artistic school.

He died in Moscow on 20 March 1944.

Some works

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  Landscape with a Town, 1910.

External links

• Ilya Ivanovich Mashkov at Krugosvet.ru

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Name	Mashkov, Ilya
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Date of birth	1881
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Date of death	1944
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