Vasily Perov
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Vasily Grigorevich Perov | |
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Born | Vasily Grigorevich Vasiliev 2 January 1834 |
Died | 26 May 1882 | (aged 48)
Nationality | Russian |
Education | Member Academy of Arts (1866) Professor by rank (1870) |
Alma mater | Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture |
Known for | Painting |
Notable work | Easter Procession (1865) The Hunters at Rest (1871) Portrait of Fyodor Dostoyevsky (1872) |
Movement | Realism, Peredvizhniki |
Awards | Minor silver medal (1856) Grand silver medal (1857) Minor gold medal (1860) Grand gold medal (1861) |
Patron(s) | Pavel Tretyakov |
Vasily Grigorevich Perov (
Life and career
Vasily Perov was born on 2 January 1834 (21 December 1833 Old Style) in
After completing a course at
In 1862, after receiving the right to a state-paid trip abroad together with a golden medal, Perov traveled to Western Europe, visiting several German cities, and then Paris. During this time he created paintings depicting scenes from European streetlife, such as the Vendor of statuettes, the Savoyard, the Organ-Grinder in Paris, the Musicians and the Bystanders, and the Paris Ragpickers. Returning to Moscow early, from 1865 to 1871 Perov created his best known pieces, The Queue at The Fountain, A Meal in the Monastery, Last Journey, Troika, the Lent Monday, Arrival of a New Governess in a Merchant House, the Drawing Teacher, A Scene at the Railroad, the Last Tavern at Town Gate, the Birdcatcher, the Fisherman, and the Hunters at Rest. In 1866, Perov received the title of an academician, and in 1871 the position of a professor at Moscow School of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture. It was around this period that Perov joined the Peredvizhniki, a collective of Russian realist painters formed as an artists cooperative in protest of academic restrictions.
Perov died on 10 June (29 May O.S.), 1882 in the village Kuzminki, now Kuzminki District of Moscow) from tuberculosis, and his body was interred at the Donskoy Cemetery.
Selected works
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Self-portrait (1851)
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Self-portrait (1870)
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Paris Ragman (1864)
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Alexander Ostrovsky (1871)
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Fyodor Dostoyevsky(1872)
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Old man (1868)
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A Scene at the Railroad (1868)
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The Bird-Catcher (1870)
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Sleeping Children (1870)
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Easter Procession
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A Governess Arriving at a Merchant's House
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Pugachev's Judgement (1879)
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Nikita Pustosviat. Dispute on the Confession of Faith (1881)
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Drinking tea in Mytishchi, near Moscow.
References
- ^ "vasily-perov". www.visual-arts-cork.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.
- ^ Perov, Vasily Grigorievich in the Russian Biographical Dictionary in 25 Volumes. Saint Petersburg, 1896—1918.
- ^ "biography/Vasily-G-Perov". www.britannica.com. Retrieved January 2, 2016.