Who painted “Portrait of Vsyevolod Meyerhold”?

“Portrait of Vsyevolod Meyerhold” was painted by Boris Grigoriev in 1916. Where to see it: Russian Museum.

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Expressionism: clashing, unnatural colour, distorted bodies and faces, rough, agitated brushwork and an anxious mood; Fauvism uses colour just as freely but is joyful rather than tense.

Boris Grigoriev (11 July 1886 – 7 February 1939) was a painter, graphic artist, and writer. Wikipedia

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More by Boris Grigoriev

“The Harlot of Marseilles”, 1923
“Peasants playing pipes”, 1924
“Photographer Sherling”, 1916
“The People's Land”, 1917–1918
“Woman Reading”, 1922
“The Model”, 1926
“Sergei Esenin (1895–1925) as a Youth”, 1923
“Portrait of F. Chaliapin.”, 1923