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Viktor Vasnetsov




 

 

Viktor Vasnetsov

 

(b Lop’yal, Vyatka province [now Kirov region], 15 May 1848; d Moscow, 23 July 1926).

Painter, designer and graphic artist. He played a leading role in the evolution of Russian art from 19th-century realism towards Art Nouveau with a national historical slant. The son of a priest, he studied at a theological seminary in Vyatka (1862–7); then, developing a passion for drawing, he entered the drawing school of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, St Petersburg, and studied under Ivan Kramskoy in 1867–8. He perfected his skills at the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, in 1869–75 and joined the WANDERERS in 1878.

 

 
 
 Portrait of O.V Vasnetzova, the Artist's Daughter


 

Portrait of Tatyana Vasnetsova, the Artist's Daughter


 

Portrait of Boris Vasnetsov, the Artist's Son


 

Portrait of Vladimir Vasnetsov, the Artist's Son


 

Portrait of Elena Prakhova


 

Portrait of Vera Mamontova


 
 
 A mighty leap


 

Alyonushka


 

Knight at Crossroads


 

Prince Ivan Riding Gray Wolf


 

Sirin and Alkonost


 

The Bogatyrs


 
 
 Psaltery Players



 

The Sleeping Beauty


 

The Princess Who Never Smiled


 

Prince Ivan's Battle with the Three-Headed Serpent


 
 
 The Hero Dobrynia Nikitich Fights the Seven-Headed Dragon


 

Three Tsarevnas of the Underground Kingdom


 

Battle of Slavs and Scythians


 

 Gamayun - a Prophetic Bird


 

The Princess Frog


 

Tsar Ivan Vasilyevich Grozny
1897


 

 Bayan
1910


 

The Magic Carpet


 

After Prince Igor's Battle with the Polovtsy


 
 
  Prince Oleg Meets the Prophet
1899
 Illustration for "A Song about Oleg's Prophecy" by A.S.Pushkin.


 

 Prince Oleg Bids his Horse Farewell
 1899
  Illustration for "A Song about Oleg's Prophecy" by A.S.Pushkin.


 
 
 Prince Oleg at the Bones of his Horse
 1899
  Illustration for "A Song about Prophetic Oleg's Prophecy" by A.S.Pushkin.
 

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