Kulbin Nikolai

April 13, 1868 (St. Petersburg) - 1917 (Petrograd)

painter, graphic artist, art theorist

military doctor, chief physician of the General Staff of the Russian army (since 1903), assistant professor of the Military Medical Academy (since 1907), the actual state councilor (since 1915).

Systematic arts education is not received. In the 1900's, carried away by art. Made friends with many of futurism - V. Khlebnikov, BK Livshits, Vladimir Mayakovsky, DD and ND Burliuk, V. Kamensky, M. Larionov, Natalia Goncharova, EA Guro and others.

In 1908 he debuted as a painter in the exhibition "Major Trends in Art" in St. Petersburg. In the same year he began to read public lectures, drawing on their knowledge in the field of medicine and the latest research in the field of psychology, color perception, with particular attention given to the relationship of color and music. Give the lecture "Modern trends in art" (1908), "Free art as the foundation of life" (1909) in the College Hall of Princess Tenisheva, the report of "Harmony, dissonance in art and in life" (1911) the All-Russia Congress of artists in St. Petersburg, "New Art as a foundation of life" (1912) in the hall of the Polytechnic Museum in Moscow.

lived in St. Petersburg (Petrograd). He was engaged in painting, drawing, lithography. Illustrated futuristic books. In his works he tried to absorb the experience of post-impressionists (V. Van Gogh, Gauguin, PA), the Symbolists (MAVrubel) Fauvism (Henri Matisse), appealed to the Russian icon and primitive. In 1913-1914 made a series of abstract collages, portraits of futurists VV Khlebnikov, DD Burliuk, AE Kruchenykh and others.

Organized exhibition "The Impressionists" (1909), "Triangle" (1910). Participated in the exhibition association "Jack of Diamonds" (1912). Held a solo exhibition in St. Petersburg (1912).

One of the founders of the artistic cabaret "Stray Dog" (1911) created a sketch for the curtain Cabaret (1912). He was the initiator of the invitation to the St. Petersburg leader of the Italian Futurists F.-T. Marinetti (1914). Author of treatises "free creativity" (1909), "Free Music" (1910), the anthology "Studio Impressionists" (1910).

In 1918 in Petrograd, was arranged a memorial exhibition Kulbin. A retrospective exhibition of the artist was held in St. Petersburg (2008).

Kulbin works are in many museum collections, including the Pushkin Museum in them. Pushkin Museum in St. Petersburg avant-garde (at the Museum of the History of St. Petersburg) and others.