Alexander Alexandrovich Kiselev was born in 1838 and was a Russian landscape painter who studied at the Imperial Academy of Arts in Saint Petersburg during the 1860s. He later became a member of the Peredvizhniki, a group of realist artists who opposed academic restrictions and formalism. By the 1890s Kiselev’s landscapes were highly prized by collectors in Moscow, St. Petersburg, and Odessa, and he received patronage from Grand Duke George Mikhailovich.

Kiselev is known for realist landscape painting characterized by a thin, pasty application of paint, a technique that emphasized atmosphere, natural light, and the quiet structure of rural scenery. His work reflects the Peredvizhniki commitment to direct observation and a rejectio...