Son of a village clergyman, Victor Mikhailovich Vasnetsov prepared himself for the same career, but the passionate love for art brought the 19-year-old student of ecclesiastical seminary to St. Petersburg's Academy of Arts. During his years (1868-75) in the Academy Vasnetsov got a thorough professional training; an especially big role in his education was played by professorPavel Tchistyakov.
1879-81. First version. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1884. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1885-96. Sketch for a fresco in the Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev. Watercolor, gouache and lead pencil on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1889. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1919. Watercolor on paper. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia. Read Note.
1889. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
. Kiev, Ukraine.
1899. Oil on panel. The Perm Art Gallery, Perm, Russia.
1878. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.
1885-96. Sketch for a fresco in the Cathedral of St. Vladimir in Kiev. Watercolor, gouache and lead pencil on paper. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1874. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Visual Arts, Kharkov, Ukraine.
1876. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1876. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1877. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1881-1882. Moscow region, Russia.
1882. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia.
1882. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1882. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
Victor Vasnetsov by A. Lazuko. Russian Painters. Leningrad. 1990.
The Art and Architecture of Russia (Pelican History Art) by George Heard Hamilton. Yale Univ Pr, 1992.
A Dictionary of Russian and Soviet Artists 1420-1970 by John Milner. Antique Collectors' Club, 1993.