Konstantin Chebotaryov

"Chebotar" is a Ukrainian word for "cobbler", but his father had risen in his family from peasant to land surveyor and eventually estate steward.

His early paintings were a homage to Impressionism, but soon his work began to shift into the modern era.

In the 1920s, an artistic almanac, The Rider, began to be published, and upon his return Chebotaryov actively contributed to it.

In 1926, he moved to Moscow, when the transform to Socialist Realism began to take place and stifle the revolutionary avant-garde.

Being braided as a bourgeois and reactionary for his art, and enemy of the people for his participation in the White Army, Chebotaryov met with hard times, bringing a fall from his position as leading artist in Kazan.