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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  Portrait Of The Artist Arkhip Kuinji.
  

  1869. Oil on canvas mounted on panel. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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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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  Acrobats (Festival In A Paris Suburb).
  

  1877. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.

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  Peasant With A Pole.
  

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

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  News From The Front.
  

  1878. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Kars Is Taken.
  

  1878. Oil on canvas. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.

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  A Knight At The Crossroads.
  

  1878. Oil on canvas. The History and Art Museum, Serpukhov, Moscow Region. Read Note.

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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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  Three Tsarevnas Of The Underground Kingdom.
  

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

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  A Game Of Preference.
  

  1879. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.

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  Akhtyrka.
  

  1879. Oil on canvas. Museum-Estate of V. Polenov, Tula region, 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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  After Prince Igor's Battle With The Polovtsy. Detail.
  

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

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  After Prince Igor's Battle With The Polovtsy. Detail.
  

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

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  The Magic Carpet.
  

  1880. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. Read Note.

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  The Magic Carpet. Detail.
  

  1880. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.

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  The Voria River's Valley Near The Village Of Mutovka.
  

  1880. Oil on canvas. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia.

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  Pond In Akhtyrka.
  

  1880. Oil on canvas. The State Art Museum Abramtsevo, Moscow region, Russia.