Kulbin N.I. (1868-1917), Artist

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KULBIN Nikolay Ivanovich (1868, St. Petersburg - 1917, Petrograd) painter, graphic artist, art theorist; actual privy counsellor (1915), lecturer at the Army Medical College (from 1907), a doctor of the General Staff (from 1903). He inspired and arranged exhibitions, public debates and publications of the literary and artistic avant-guard. He wrote manifestos and theoretical articles dealing with problems of art. He received no special artistic education; was influenced by various contemporary artistic trends - symbolism, impressionism, cubism etc. He organised the artistic and psychological group the Triangle in 1908. He was a co-founder of the artistic cabaret Stray Dog (1912). He wrote a number of research works in the field of medicine. He lived at 9 Syezzhinskaya Street (1909-12), 16 Maximilianovsky Lane (1913-14) and in 17 Maximilianovsky Lane (1914-17). He was buried in Mitrofanyevskoe Cemetery (the tombstone has not survived).

References: Ковтун Е. Ф. Портретная графика Н. И. Кульбина // Памятники культуры: Новые открытия: Ежегодник, 1984. Л., 1986. С. 358-364; Калаушин Б. М. Николай Кульбин: Поиск: Из истории рус. авангарда. СПб., 1994-1995. Т. 1, кн. 1-2.

A. V. Krusanov. Kulbin Nikolay Ivanovich
Pirogova Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 16
Pirogova Lane/Saint Petersburg, city, house 17
Syezzhinskaya St./Saint Petersburg, city, house 9
Ковтун Е. Ф. Портретная графика Н. И. Кульбина // Памятники культуры: Новые открытия: Ежегодник, 1984. Л., 1986
Калаушин Б. М. Николай Кульбин: Поиск: Из истории рус. авангарда. СПб., 1994-95 Army Medical Academy
Main Headquarters
Main Headquarters
Treugolnik, creative association
Stray Dog, Cabaret