Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov - Artist Info

About Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov

Name variants

Michel Vassiliévitch Nesteroff, Michel Vassilievitch Netseroff
  • Biography

    Painter, graphic artist, monumentalist. In 1876 he entered the Moscow School of Painting and Painting, where he studied with E.S. Sorokina, V.G. Perova, I.M. Pryanishnikova, V.E. Makovsky. In 1881 – 1884 studied at the Academy of Arts with V.P. Vereshchagina, V.I. Jacobi, P.P.. Chistyakova. Member of the TPHV (since 1896). Founding member of the SRH. Since 1898 - academician, since 1910 - full member of the Academy of Arts. In 1907, the artist’s first personal exhibition was held in St. Petersburg. Retrospective exhibitions of the artist's works were held in Moscow (1943, 1947, 1952, 1962, 1990), Ufa (1962, 1983, 1992), Leningrad (1962), Kyiv (1963). Honored Artist of the RSFSR (1942), laureate of the USSR State Prize (1941). The works are ...

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