Viktor Vasnetsov Biography Viktor Vasnetsov was born May

Viktor Vasnetsov

Biography Viktor Vasnetsov was born May 15, 1848 in the Russian village Lopyal Urzhum county Vyatka province, the son of an Orthodox priest. He studied in Vyatka religious school (1858 -1862) and then in the Vyatka Theological Seminary. He took drawing lessons at the gymnasium teacher drawing NG Chernyshev. With the blessing of his father left the seminary to the junior year and moved to St. Petersburg for admission to the Academy of Arts. He studied painting in St. Petersburg - first at Kramskoy the Drawing School Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1867 -1868), then at the Academy of Fine Arts (1868 -1873). After graduation, he went abroad. Exhibit their work started since 1869, first by participating in exhibitions of the Academy, then - in exhibitions Wanderers. In 1893 Vasnetsov became a full member of the Academy of Fine Arts. After 1905 it was close to the Union of the Russian people, although he was not a member involved in the financing and execution of monarchical titles, including "Russian Book of sorrow". In 1912 he was granted the "nobility of the Russian Empire, with all the dignity of a downward offspring. " In 1915, the Company participated in the creation of artistic revival of Russia, along with many other artists of his time. Viktor Vasnetsov died July 23, 1926 in Moscow and was buried at Lazarevskoye cemetery, after the destruction of which the remains were moved to the cemetery Vvedenskoe.

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