Moscow 1861-1939 Paris

After he attended the Petersburg Academy of Arts in 1882 and studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture with A.K. Savrasov and V.D. Polenov from 1875 to 1886. Konstantin Alekseevich Korovin taught at the School for seventeen years (1901-1918) as well as at the State Free Art Studios (1918-1919). Korovin was a long term member of several art associations, including the Abramtsevo Art Circle, World of Art (1899-1903), and the Union of Russian Artists (1903-1922). He participated in the exhibitions of the Circle of the Itinerants from 1889 to 1899, the Moscow Society of Art Lovers (periodically between 1889 and 1911), and 36 Artists (1901-1902). In 1905 he received the title of a member of the Academy, and five years later he was awarded the Legion of Honor for his creation of the architectural plans and decorative panels for the 1910 World's Fair in Paris.

In addition to painting landscapes, portraits, genre scenes, and still lifes, Korovin worked in the decorative and applied arts. He designed sets for the Bolshoi Theater and private opera in Moscow and for the Marinsky and Alexander Theaters in Petersburg before he moved to Paris in 1923. Korovin is remembered in Russian painting as a particularly talented representative of Impressionism.