24.10.1875 – 11.04.1958

October 24, 1875 was born a famous painter, theater artist, art critic and teacher Konstantin Fedorovich Yuon. He was the third son of the director of the insurance company Theodore Yuon, whose ancestors were from Switzerland. The artist’s mother was fond of music, however, the fine art attracted Constantine more strongly, at the age of 17 he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. His teachers were such well-known artists as the Peredvizhniki as K.A. Savitsky, N.A. Kasatkin, A.E. Arkhipov.

After graduation, Konstantin Yuon worked in the studio of the famous Valentin Serov. From 1900 to 1917 years. Konstantin Fedorovich supervised his own workshop. Among his pupils – Vera Mukhina, Vladimir Favorsky, Alexander Kuprin.

In 1900, Konstantin Yuon married a peasant woman from the Ligachevo village near Moscow, Claudia Nikitina, with whom the artist lived a long and happy life.

After the marriage, the artist often lived and worked in Ligachevo, and the village was a frequent plot of his paintings. Despite the fact that the artist painted both portraits and historical scenes, participated in the design of the performances, his landscape remained his favorite genre.

Konstantin Yuon is an outstanding colorist. A vivid example of this is the picture kept in the Voronezh Regional Museum. I.N. Kramskoy “The outgoing province.” Cheerful bright colors, balanced composition create a feeling of light sadness over the rapidly passing time.

In 1943 Konstantin Yuon was awarded the Stalin Prize, in 1950 he was awarded the title of People’s Artist.

In 1948-1950 Konstantin Yuon headed the Research Institute of History and Theory of Fine Arts of the Academy of Arts of the USSR. In 1952-1955 – taught at the Moscow State Art Institute. IN AND. Surikov. Artist until the last day led an active creative life.

Konstantin Yuon died on April 11, 1958 at the age of 82 years.