On June 11, a souvenir sheet dedicated to the 150th Birth Anniversary of Konstantin Gorbatov, a painter, was put into postal circulation

Konstantin Gorbatov (1876–1945) was a Russian Impressionist artist, a painter, a landscape artist, and a professor of the Imperial Academy of Arts.

K. Gorbatov was born on May 17 of 1876 in the city of Stavropol, Samara Governorate (presently, Togliatti of the Samara Region). In the early 1890s, he began studying in Samara under artists F. Burov and A. Egorov. Afterwards, he entered the Baron Stieglitz’s Central School of Technical Drawing, and in later years, the construction department of the Riga Polytechnic Institute, continuing his studies in painting at John Clark’s studio. In 1903, he moved to St. Petersburg and a year later entered the architecture department at the Higher Art School at the Imperial Academy of Arts. From 1905 to 1911, he studied in the painting department of the Higher Art School under A. Kiselev and N. Dubovskiy.

The central theme of his creative work was cozy provincial Russian towns with their narrow streets, churches, and harmonious landscapes. His paintings are notable for their expressiveness, airiness, and lightness. The artist’s style is characterized by a mosaic-like brushstroke and a sketch-like quality. Travels are also reflected in K. Gorbatov’s works. In Italy, he experimented with vivid color combinations, complex lines of sight, and composition. Numerous seascapes, mountains, rural buildings, and enchanting views of Venice are filled with picturesque decorativeness and a cheerful ring, which is eloquently presented in his paintings Italian House (1926), Blue Sea. Capri (1925), and Venetian Night (1930s). Among his outstanding works there are Uglich. Winter (1910s), Trinity-St. Sergius Lavra (1910), Pskov (1913), The Province (1915), Novgorod (1918), and Flowers (1925). K. Gorbatov’s works may be found in many collections, including those of the Tretyakov Gallery, the Russian Museum, and others.

The postage stamp features K. Gorbatov’s painting The Province (1915, New Jerusalem Museum); the margins of the souvenir sheet provide a portrait of the artist in his studio.

In addition to the issue of the souvenir sheet, JSC Marka produced First Day Covers and special cancels for Moscow and Samara, as well as a souvenir pack in an illustrated cover with a souvenir sheet, a label and a First Day Cover with a cancel for Samara inside.


Design Artist: N. Karpova.
Face value: 250 rubles.
Souvenir sheet size: 124×83 mm, stamp size in the souvenir sheet: 50×37 mm.
Quantity: 15 thousand souvenir sheets.

« back