KONSTANTIN GORBATOV 1876 – 1945

Konstantin Ivanovich Gorbatov was a Russian Post-Impressionist painter.

Gorbatov was born in Stavropol, Russia. In 1904 he moved to St. Petersburg and studied at the Baron Stieglitz Central School for Technical Draftsmanship. In 1911 the artist won a prize that allowed him to travel abroad and an International Gold Medal of the Munich exhibition. He traveled all around Europe during 1912. Gorbatov returned to St. Petersburg and worked as a professor at the art university. In 1916 he received Kuindgi award.

Gorbatov left Russia permanently in 1922 following the Russian Revolution of 1917 and settled on the Italian island of Capri.

He moved to Berlin in 1926 and remained there until his death. Gorbatov traveled throughout Europe during the late 30s, visited Palestine and Syria in 1934 and 1935, and often visited Italy.

His works are in the State Russian Museum, St. Petersburg; Tretyakov gallery, Moscow and many western museums and private collections.