Victor Vasnetsov

Name

Victor Vasnetsov

Birth Year

1848

Death Year

1926

Country

Russia

Movement

Art Nouveau

Victor Vasnetsov Biography

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.

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Victor Vasnetsov 84 Most Important Paintings and Artworks

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  Three Tsarevnas Of The Underground Kingdom.
  

  1879-81. First version. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  After Prince Igor's Battle With The Polovtsy.
  

  1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.

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  Portrait Of Tatyana Mamontova.
  

  1884. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.

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  Princess Olga.
  

  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.

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  Ivan Tsarevich Riding The Grey Wolf.
  

  1889. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.

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  The Chronicler Nestor.
  

  1919. Watercolor on paper. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia. Read Note.

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  Savka The Hunter.
  

  1889. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

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  Interior Of The Cathedral Of St. Vladimir, Kiev, View Of The Apse.
  

  . Kiev, Ukraine.

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  Dulcimer Players.
  

  1899. Oil on panel. The Perm Art Gallery, Perm, Russia.

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  A Knight At The Crossroads.
  

  1878. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.

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  Prince Andrei Bogoliubsky.
  

  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.

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  Tea-Drinking In A Tavern.
  

  1874. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Visual Arts, Kharkov, Ukraine.

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  Moving House.
  

  1876. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  At A Bookseller's.
  

  1876. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Peasant With A Pole.
  

  1877. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  The Church In Abramtsevo.
  

  1881-1882. Moscow region, Russia.

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  Sketch For A Church In An Old Russian Style.
  

  1882. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia.

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  Dressed As A Buffoon.
  

  1882. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  A Knight At The Crossroads. Detail.
  

  1882. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Alionushka.
  

  . Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.