Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin

The pinnacle of the artist's work is the "Portrait of Fyodor Chaliapin". Boris Kustodiev loved this brilliant artist from a young age. In turn, Fyodor Chaliapin highly appreciated the art of B. Kustodiev, whom he called "wonderful" and "immortal". But Fyodor Chaliapin appreciated not only a great master in the artist: he saw in him a remarkable person, worthy of admiration. In his autobiographical book "Mask and Soul" the famous singer tells about his meetings with the artist: "I knew a lot of interesting, talented and good people in my life. But if I ever saw a really great spirit in a person, it was in Kustodiev.