Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky - Artist Info

About Pyotr Petrovich Konchalovsky

Name variants

Peter Petrovitch Kantchalovskij, Pjotr Petrovitsj Konchalovski, Petr Petrovich Konchalovsky, Piotr Konczalowski, Piotr Petrovitch Kontchalovski, Petr Petrovich Kontchalovsky
  • Biography

    Pyotr Konchalovsky was born in the village of Slavianka, Kharkov gubernia (currently Ukraine) on February 21, 1876. His father was an art publisher. In 1889, the Konchalovskys moved to Moscow and their house became a part of the Moscow art scene of 1890s. Their house was often visited by Valentin Serov, Mikhail Vrubel, Vasily Surikov. Later, Pyotr married a daughter of Vasily Surikov, who always praised the art of his son-in-law.

    During his gymnasium years Konchalovsky attended classes of Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. In 1896-1898 he traveled to Paris and studied at the Académie Julian. In 1899, he returned to Russia and entered the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg, graduating in 1907....

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