Vasily Surikov
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Vasily Ivanovich Surikov was a Russian Realist painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II's reigns, renowned for his large history pictures. Many of his works have become fam
Self-Portrait (1913, Tretyakov Gallery)
Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877
Vasily Surikov, 1909
The Morning of the Streltsy Execution
Peredvizhniki
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Peredvizhniki, often called The Wanderers or The Itinerants in English, were a group of Russian realist artists who formed an artists' cooperative in protest of academic restrictions; it evolved into
Vasily Surikov
…paintings that would establish his reputation, starting with The Morning of the Streltsy Execution. In 1881, he had his first exhibition with the Peredvizhniki, an artists' cooperative. In 1883, Menshikov in Beryozovo was bought by Pavel Tretyakov for a sum that allowed him to take a European tour. In 1887…
Newcomer at School by Emily Shanks
Ilya Repin, Barge Haulers on the Volga, 1870–1873
Ivan Shishkin and Konstantin Savitsky, Morning in a Pine Forest, 1878
Konstantin Savitsky, Repairing the Railroad, 1874