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1835 Perm - 1904 St. Petersburg, Russia. Known for: Portrait, history painting, illustration.
Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to... Read full biography
Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to be confused with the unrelated Russian painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.). His father, Pyotr... Read full biography
Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to be confused with the unrelated Russian painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.). His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795-1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers, Pyotr and Mitrofan (1842-1894) became painters as well. His first art lessons came from his... Read full biography
Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to be confused with the unrelated Russian painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.). His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795-1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers, Pyotr and Mitrofan (1842-1894) became painters as well. His first art lessons came from his father while he was attending the public schools. He also worked with his maternal grandfather, a local icon painter named Ivan Babin. In 1856, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts and studied with Alexey Markov. He remained there for six years... Read full biography
Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to be confused with the unrelated Russian painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.). His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795-1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers, Pyotr and Mitrofan (1842-1894) became painters as well. His first art lessons came from his father while he was attending the public schools. He also worked with his maternal grandfather, a local icon painter named Ivan Babin. In 1856, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts and studied with Alexey Markov. He remained there for six years and was awarded a gold medal for his painting of Sophia of Lithuania at the wedding of her son, Vasily the Blind. Later, thanks to a stipen... Read full biography
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Vessili Petrovitch Vereschaguine, Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin, Vasili Petrovich Verestschagin, Vassily Petrovich Veretshchagin
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Vasily Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: ??????? ???????? ?????????; 13 January 1835 in Perm – 22 October 1909 in Saint Petersburg) was a Russian portraitist, history painter and illustrator. (Not to be confused with the unrelated Russian painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin.)
His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795-1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers, Pyotr and Mitrofan (1842-1894) became painters as well. His first art lessons came from his father while he was attending the public schools. He also worked with his maternal grandfather, a local icon painter named Ivan Babin.
In 1856, he enrolled at the Imperial Academy of Arts and studied with Alexey Markov. He remained there for...But wait, there's more...
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