Kelin Peter Ivanovich (1874-1946)

Twenty young men came from the village of Ryazan Beloomut to Moscow Pyotr Kaelin to get to the Ancient art education.

He studied at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (1894-1904). Among the teachers were AE Arkhipov , A. Corinne , VA Serov . Later he lived and worked in Moscow, participating in exhibitions of the Moscow Society of Arts and the Association of Traveling Art Exhibitions, which became a member in 1911.

In the work of P. Kaelin to 1917 was dominated by household compositions and portraits, "Refused" (1897), "Conversation" (1898), "At the inn" (1901), "The Night" (1906), "Portrait of the Daughter" (1907), "Self-Portrait "(1908)," Late Hour "(1912)," Portrait of a woman "(1912)," The Lady in Blue (Singer Ulinich KV) "(1912)," The Lady in orange "(1913)," In the studio "(1916).

From 1903 to 1917 he taught in his own studio.
After 1917, the work of P. Kalin has not undergone any significant changes. Among his works are dominated by portraits (and other public figures), household composition, and landscapes. Is the series of works created by painter in the 1920-1940's: NI portraits Podvoyskogo (1923), VA Antonov-Ovseenko (1923), A. Lunacharsky, SA Lemesheva, AA Yablochkina (1939), AP Ktorov (1940), VV Mayakovsky (1943), genre scenes and landscapes - "Summer Night" (1918), "Do Piano" (1922), "The collective farm flock" (1930), "Azhurnitsy" (1933), "Noon" (1944).

For a while, PI Kelin taught at the Higher Art and Technical Studios (1918-1922), where, among his many students have been gaining mastery BV Johanson, AD and PD Corina, VV Mayakovsky, DS Moor.