Igor Emmanuilovich Grabar was born in Budapest (then the Austro-Hungarian Empire, now Hungary) in 1871. His parents, and grand-parents, were active participants of the Slav liberation movement and were persecuted by the government. The little boy saw his parents very rarely. In 1876 his father had to flee to Russia; his wife and the boy follow in 1880. In 1882, after graduating from a gymnasium in the provincial town of Egorievsk, Grabar studied in the Moscow Lyceum, where, along with academic studies he learnt painting, studied art, visited galleries and exhibitions and made acquaintances with artists, art patrons and critics.
1899. Oil on canvas. Private collection.
1899. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1901. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Lvov Picture Gallery, Lvov, Ukraine.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. Zakarpatskaya Picture Gallery. Uzhgorod, Ukraine.
1904. Oil on canvas. The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg, Russia.
1904. Oil on canvas. 80.5 x 103.0 cm. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum, Yaroslavl, Russia.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia.
1905. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
1905. Oil on canvas. 89.0 x 71.0. Oil on canvas. The A. N. Radishchev Museum of Arts, Saratov, Russia.
1906. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum, Ryazan, Russia.
1907. Oil on canvas. The Art Museum of Sevastopol, Sevastopol, Ukraine.
Igor Grabar by N. Mamontova. Moscow. 2001.
Grabar. By N.Yegorova. Moscow. 1979.
Russian Impressionism: Paintings, 1870-1970 by Vladimir Kruglov, Vladimir Lenyashin. Harry N Abrams, 2000.
Soviet Impressionism by Vern Grosvenor Swanson. Antique Collectors' Club, 2001.
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.