Sergey Ivanovich Kalmykov (Russian: Серге́й Иванович Калмыков; 6 October 1891 – 27 April 1967) was a Russian painter, draughtsman, and writer. Barely known during his art career and only at the decline of his life, he is currently regarded as one of the most important figures of the Russian open-minded art, an author of exceeding fifteen hundred of paintings, drawings, illustrations, theater decorations, and numerous writings. During his dynamism Kalmykov has developed an original style of painting and draftsmanship that can be described as ‘magical impressionism’.
His eccentric lifestyle matched the originality of his art works. He was walking upon the streets wearing bright, burlesque dresses, had no furniture in his apartment except the piles of the newspapers bundled to resemble a bed, a table and some sort of chairs, and dedicated whatever his time and mental sparkle to develop the art works. He died in a psychiatric clinic where he was placed hastily before his death due to his presumed mental illness.
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