Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Russian: ????????´??? ????´?????? ???????´?; (August 6, 1856 in the village of Riabovo, Vyatka Governorate – January 23, 1933 in Moscow) was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vasnetsov.

Apollinary had three elder and two younger brothers. Their only sister died at the age of four months. Their father played an important role in the upbringing and education of his sons. He taught them to love nature and to become familiar with the life of birds and animals. The death of his father in 1870 was a terrible blow for the family.

Apollinary specialized in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow. He did not receive a formal artistic educatio...