filipp andreevich maliavin
filipp andreevich malyavin (october 22, 1869, kazanki (julian calendar: october 10) – december 23, 1940, nice, france) was a russian painter and draftsman. trained in icon-painting as well as having studied under the great russian realist painter ilya repin, malyavin is unusual among the russian artists of the time for having a peasant background. it is possibly due to this that his paintings often depict peasant life, and his most famous work, whirlwind, shows peasant women dancing.filipp malyavin was born in the large village of kazanki (samara province, now the totsk district, orenburg reg…
The Subject Atlas
A chart of filipp andreevich maliavin's corpus mapped not by date but by subject. Spokes are what they painted; rings are when; and the threads between stars reveal the patrons and places that secretly connect them.
Spokes — Subject
Each arm of the atlas gathers works by what they depict: portraits, sacred scenes, mythologies, and the scientific studies. Click a spoke to swing that cluster to the top.
Rings — Career Period
Distance from the center marks time. The innermost ring is the earliest period; the outermost, the final years. Style matures as you move outward.
Threads — Shared Context
Coloured lines link works bound by the same patron, commission, or theme. Trace a context to watch related clusters light up across subjects.
