Ilya Mashkov
1881-1944

Born in a Cossack village near Volgograd, Mashkov entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in 1900 where his teachers included Konstantin Korovin and Valentin Serov. In 1909 he was expelled for ‘artistic free thinking’ and travelled abroad. He was a leading member of the World of Art movement and one of the ‘Big Four’ at the head of the ‘Knave of Diamonds’ group with Lentulov, Konchalovsky and Falk. Mashkov exhibited at the Salon d’Automne ‘Exposition de l’Art Russe’ at the Salon des Indépendants in Paris in 1911, and in 1913 at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. In 1924 his work was included in exhibitions in the US. >> Read more

RECENTLY SOLD WORKS BY THIS ARTIST

Nude. Study for a Head