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A gifted artist of outstanding personality,
Pavel Shcherbov had a sharp eye to perceive banality and absurdity
of the real world (including world of art with its frequent
storms in a teacup) and parody it in the characters of his
cartoons.
Pavel Shcherbov was born on June 3, 1866
into a well-to-do family of a St.Petersburg official. After
graduating from the famous Wideman's private gymnasia he entered
the Academy of Arts but studied for only two years there.
Romantically tuned young people prone to adventures and escapades
centered around him in the "Roaring Camp" circle.
Pavel Shcherbov was the first Russian cartoonist
to exhibit magazine illustrations at art shows. He was a welcome
participant of the Society of Russian Aquarellists and "World
of Art" group shows.
His works are deposited in the State Russian
Museum in St.Petersburg and Tretyakovsky Gallery in Moscow.
His art was highly valued by his famous contemporaries like
Valentin Serov, Ilia Repin, Aleksandr Benois. Konstantin Sunnerberg
wrote of wisdom revealed in his cartoons showing "by
no means funny but terrible in a human…" in renowned
"Zolotoe Runo (the Golden Fleece)"art magazine in
1907.
Pavel Shcherbov traveled a lot, visiting
Africa, Iran, China, Japan, the Caucasus.
He has been the deputy curator of the Gatchina
Palace Museum since 1919. Shcherbov died in Gatchina in January
1938 and was buried in the town.
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