Background
DURNOV, Modest was born in 1868.
DURNOV, Modest was born in 1868.
1887 graduate Moscow College of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. Leading exponent of Modernism in his architectural designs (often utterly distorted by the builders), paintings and graphic works. Subsequently switched from allegory and symbolism to realistic portraiture, landscapes and still-lifes.
Master of water-color technique. Maintained close ties with ’’Union" and "World of Art” groups. After 1917 October Revol specialized in art industry and town planning.
Worked as engineering on "Greater Moscow” plan.