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.
1869. Oil on canvas mounted on panel. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
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. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1877. Study. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1878. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1878. Oil on canvas. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.
1878. Oil on canvas. The History and Art Museum, Serpukhov, Moscow Region. Read Note.
1878. Oil on canvas. The Museum of Russian Art, Kiev, Ukraine. Read Note.
1879-81. First version. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1879. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1879. Oil on canvas. Museum-Estate of V. Polenov, Tula region, Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia. Read Note.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia. Read Note.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Nizhniy Novgorod, Nizhniy Novgorod, Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The Victor Vasnetsov Memorial Museum, Moscow. Russia.
1880. Oil on canvas. The State Art Museum Abramtsevo, Moscow region, Russia.
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.