Abramtsevo Colony
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Abramtsevo is a former country estate and now museum-reserve located north of Moscow, in the proximity of Khotkovo, that became a centre for the Slavophile movement and an artists' colony in the 19th
Abramtsevo manor house
Wooden studio with Mikhail Vrubel's collection of the folk art
Manor House
The crimson living room
Viktor Vasnetsov
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Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov was a Russian painter and draughtsman who specialised in mythological and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of Russian folklorist and romantic nationalis
Abramtsevo Colony
…ceramic tiles, and silks imbued with traditional Russian imagery and themes. Working together in a cooperative spirit, the artists Vasily Polenov and Viktor Vasnetsov designed a plain but picturesque church, with murals painted by Polenov, Vasnetsov and his brother, a gilded iconostasis by Ilya Repin and Mikhail…
Vasnetsov in 1895
Self-Portrait, 1873
Portrait of Vasnetsov by Sergey Malyutin, 1915
Acrobats. Festival in a Paris suburb (c. 1876 – 1877)