Painter and stage designer. He worked mostly in the landscape and still life genres and created a number of portraits. In 1875 joined the architecture department at the MSPSA, in 1876 he was transferred to the painting department where his teachers were V.G.Perov, A.K.Savrasov, V.D.Polenov. He was a member of the Abramtsevo circle. 1885 saw the beginning of Korovin’s career as a stage designer. At first he worked at S.I.Mamontov’s private opera, then, in 1900, he became the designer for the Imperial Theatre in Moscow. In 1910 he became the chief designer and the consulting artist for the Imperial Theatres in Moscow and St.Petersburg. Took part in the decorative monumental works: created the pavilion for the Far North Section at the Nizhny Novgorod Trade and Industry Fair in 1896, the Russian Artisan Department Pavilion at the World Exhibition in Paris in 1900 where he was received medals and la Legion d’honour. In 1905 he was elected as a full member of the Academy of Arts. Took part in exhibitions at the STAE, the World of Art group, URA and several abroad. Between 1901-1921 he taught at the MSPSA. In 1923 he moved to Paris. The history of Russian impressionism is associated with K.A.Korovin’s painting. A student of A.K.Savrasov, he felt the poetry in Russian nature, as he described it himself, he "strove to blend with nature, dissolving in its element and intercepting the barely tangible current of space fusing them with his own pulse". His paintings were characterised by their impulsiveness and spontaneity. Many of his works were intentionally incompleted, as if studies. Korovin’s creative road is the charm of transforming the world influenced by the elements of light. In the 1890s his northern soul longed for light where it was most elusive ("Winter", 1894). In his Crimea works between 1900-1910s light acquires a dazzling glare, colours seem to melt giving them a rainbow like quality ("At the Seaside in the Crimea", 1909). In the theatre, Korovin was innovative in the field of stage design. He changed the artist’s role in the theatre turning him from a designer into a real artistic director. His most famous sets included "The Snow Maiden" and "The Woman from Pskov" by N.A.Rimsky-Korsakov and "The Demon" by N.G.Rubinstein. The effects of theatrical gave Korovin a unique "nocturnal" impressionism. His inherent talent as a colourist and the feeling for the decorative helped him to employ the entire colour spectre from tonal hues to the most exotic and conventional contrast combinations. He was the creator of some splendid still life paintings ("Roses and Violets", 1912; "Fish, Wine and Fruit", 1916). Korovin regularly visited Paris and devised his own distinctive image for the city. He creates a series of works on Paris at night ("Paris at Night", "The Italian Boulevard", 1908). While teaching at the MSPSA, many Russian 20th century artists were captivated by Korovin’s Impressionism. Living in Paris as an emigre, the artist remained loyal to Impressionism until he died.