Savva Yamshchikov

Savva Yamshchikov
Essayist
Years active	1958–2009
Spouse	Valentina Ganibalova

Savva (Savely) Vasilyevich Yamshchikov (Russian: Са́вва (Саве́лий) Васи́льевич Ямщико́в; October 8, 1938 – July 19, 2009) was a leading expert on Russian provincial art, particularly medieval icon painting and portrait painting of the 18th and 19th centuries.^[1][2]

Yamschikov graduated from the

and worked at the All-Russian Art Restoration Center in Moscow. He went from one province to another in order to find medieval icons that required cleansing.

Yamshchikov curated over 300 art exhibitions and first brought to light a number of provincial portraits from

Yamshchikov spent much of his later life in

Pushkinskie Gory

.

Works

• Yamshchikov, Savva (1966). Древнерусская живопись: Новые открытия (Drevnerusskaya zhivopis': Novye otkrytiya) [Old Russian Painting: Current Findings] (in Russian). Moscow: Sovetsky hudozhnik (Советский художник).

• Yamshchikov, Savva (1976). Русский портрет XVIII—XIX веков в музеях РСФСР (Russkii portret XVIII—XIX vekov v muzeiah RSFSR) [Russian portrait of the 18th–19th centuries in the RSFSR museums] (in Russian). Moscow: Izobrazitel'noe iskusstvo (Изобразительное искусство). pp. 1–248.

• Yamshchikov, Savva (2003). Мой Псков (Moy Pskov) [My
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  )

References

1. ^ ^{a b c} "Ушел из жизни Савва Ямщиков (Savva Yamshchikov passed away)". Rossiyskaya Gazeta (in Russian). July 20, 2009. Archived from the original on March 3, 2016. Retrieved June 5, 2012.
2. ^ ^{a b c} Анастасия Соловьёва (Anastasia Solovyova) (July 23, 2009). "Прощай, боец Савва (A farewell to a fighter, Savva Yamshcikov)" (in Russian). Cultural Evolution. Retrieved June 5, 2012.