Background
Pyotr Ivanovich Subbotin-Permyak was born December 6, 1886, in Kudymkar, Komi-Permyak, Russian Federation.
Pyotr Ivanovich Subbotin-Permyak
1912
1918
1921
ethnographer graphic artist painter
Pyotr Ivanovich Subbotin-Permyak was born December 6, 1886, in Kudymkar, Komi-Permyak, Russian Federation.
In 1914 Pyotr Ivanovich finished the Stroganov Artistic and Industrial College (now Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts) in Moscow and lectured there till 1918.
Since 1919 Pyotr Ivanovich worked in Perm Governorate. He founded the artistic workshops in Perm, Kudymkar, and Kungur, which became the basis of artistic education in the region. He was the first director of Perm Artistic Secondary School. Pyotr Ivanovich founded the Komi-Permyak District Museum of Ethnography, which now uses his name.
In his works, Pyotr Ivanovich combined the traditions of Komi-Permyak folk art and the achievements of an avant-garde painting of the beginning of the Twentieth Century. His works are stored in the Komi-Permyak District Museum of Ethnography and Perm State Artistic Gallery.
Pyotr Ivanovich died January 6, 1923, and was buried at Yegoshikha Cemetery in Perm.
