Who painted “The Fair”?

“The Fair” was painted by Boris Kustodiev in 1906. Where to see it: Tretyakov Gallery.

What to look for

Boris Kustodiev: bright, festive Russian provincial life: merchants, fairs and plump beauties in a decorative, folk-like style.

Boris Mikhaylovich Kustodiev (7 March 1878 – 28 May 1927) was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and stage designer during the Modernist period. Wikipedia

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More by Boris Kustodiev

“The Beauty”, 1915
“Merchant wife at tea by B.Kustodiev”, 1918
“Russian Venus”, 1926
“Bolshevik”, 1920
“Portrait of Chaliapin”, 1921
“Shrovetide”, 1919
“Portrait of Professors Kapitsa and Semenov”, 1921
“Mir iskusstva group portrait”, 1920