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Viktor Vasnetsov

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in 1848, the second of the seven children (his only sister died 4 months after her birth). His father Mikhail Vasilievich Vasnetsov (1823–1870), known to be philosophically inclined, was a member of the priesthood, and a scholar of the
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The following two decades were productive for Vasnetsov. He increasingly turned to other media during this period. In 1897 he collaborated with his brother Apollinary on the theatrical design of another Rimsky-Korsakov premiere,
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In 1915, Vasnetsov participated in the designing of a military uniform for the Victory parade of the Russian army in Berlin and Constantinopole. Vasnetsov is credited with the creation of the
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Viktor, whose name would subsequently be associated with historical and mythological paintings, initially avoided these subjects at all costs. For his graphic composition of
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In 1876 Repin invited Vasnetsov to join the Peredvizhniki colony in Paris. While living in France, Viktor studied classical and contemporary paintings, academist and
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refused to buy them. The vogue for Vasnetsov's paintings would spread in the 1880s, when he turned to religious subjects and executed a series of icons for
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is anachronistically presented as if it already existed in that Tsar's lifetime, and as being sent by Ivan to England when he offers to marry
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in Vyatka, each summer moving with his family to a rich merchant village of Ryabovo. During his seminary years, he worked for a local
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during his drawing classes before entering the Academy, referring to him as his teacher. He also became very close to fellow student
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labelled them a sacrilegious play with religious feelings of the Russian people. Another popular critic,
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In the late 1870s Vasnetsov concentrated on illustrating Russian fairy tales and the epic narrative poem
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At the turn of the century, Vasnetsov elaborated his hallmark "fairy-tale" style of
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One of Vasnetsov's most famous paintings, depicts mythical Russian knights
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Between 1906 and 1911, Vasnetsov worked on the design of the mosaics for
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he advocated removing some of the religious paintings (notably those by
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Vasnet︠s︡ova, O. A. (Olʹga A.); Васнецова, О. А. (Ольга А.) (2019).
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Vasnet︠s︡ova, O. A. (Olʹga A.); Васнецова, О. А. (Ольга А.) (2019).
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in 1978, is named after Viktor Vasnetsov and Apollinary Vasnetsov.
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in London (1874). During this period he also started producing
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Having graduated from the seminary, Viktor decided to move to
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Viktor Vasnetsov was born in the remote village of Lopyal in
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and historical subjects. He is considered a co-founder of
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architecture. His first acclaimed design was a church in
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painter. Two of Mikhail Vasnetsov's six sons, Viktor and
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A Vasnetsov fresco, St. Vladimir's Cathedral in Kiev.
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shopkeeper. He also helped an exiled Polish artist,
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Two of them ( 65: 45: 1383:Музеи мира и картины известных художников 1192:[Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov]. 402:from 1872) won him a bronze medal at the 359:In August 1867 Viktor tried to enter the 308:From the age of ten, Viktor studied in a 1401: 1399: 1338:Ярославцева, Нина Александровна (1987). 621:; he was also involved in the design of 1172: 1148: 1121: 717: 1316: 1295:. Moskva. pp. 64, 78, 88–89, 98. 1267: 1170: 1168: 1166: 1164: 1162: 1160: 1158: 1156: 1154: 1152: 498:. Even such prominent connoisseurs as 430:alike. During that period, he painted 1422:, Leningrad: Khudozhnik RSFSR, 1990, 1213: 1211: 7: 731:Acrobats. Festival in a Paris suburb 371:. Vasnetsov befriended their leader 1440:Victor Vasnetsov at Tanais Gallery 678:, discovered by Soviet astronomer 623:Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Moscow 619:Alexander Nevsky Cathedral, Warsaw 254:painting, and a key figure in the 107:Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union 14: 1546:20th-century Russian male artists 1342:. Moskva: Iskusstvo. p. 475. 459:. In 1877 he returned to Moscow. 1355:Dictionary of Minor Planet Names 1099: 1082: 1064: 1042: 1020: 999: 982: 964: 947: 929: 911: 894: 879: 862: 847: 832: 814: 797: 782: 760: 745: 723: 221: 1536:Burials at Vvedenskoye Cemetery 1010:'s fight with the seven-headed 903:Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse 453:in Repin's celebrated painting 1481:People from Urzhumsky District 1246:. Moskva. pp. 46–47, 63. 606:(1882), executed jointly with 1: 1501:20th-century Russian painters 1190:"Васнецов, Виктор Михайлович" 1177:Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov 734: 236:Ви́ктор Миха́йлович Васнецо́в 232:Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov 81:Viktor Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov 21:Eastern Slavic naming customs 753:The Knight at the Crossroads 500:Pavel Mikhailovich Tretyakov 473:The Knight at the Crossroads 449:. Vasnetsov was a model for 400:A Boy with a Bottle of Vodka 347:Saint Petersburg (1867–1876) 1486:People from Urzhumsky Uyezd 1219:"Богатырь русской живописи" 708:People's Artist of the USSR 16:Russian painter (1848–1926) 1562: 1353:Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). 1179:. Encyclopaedia Britannica 691:, Vasnetsov's painting of 140:A Knight at the Crossroads 19:In this name that follows 18: 1438:Poem of Seven Fairy Tales 688:Elizabeth: The Golden Age 522:Portrait of Vasnetsov by 284:. His grandfather was an 235: 220: 211: 184: 64: 55: 719:Viktor Vasnetsov's works 361:Imperial Academy of Arts 117:Imperial Academy of Arts 56: 1526:Russian stamp designers 1015:(between 1913 and 1918) 959:(between 1885 and 1896) 638:State Historical Museum 584:Later Years (1890–1926) 572:Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov 536:St Vladimir's Cathedral 410:in oil. 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Eastern Slavic naming customs
patronymic
family name
Vasnetsov

Vyatka Governorate
Imperial Academy of Arts
Bogatyrs
Symbolism
History painting
Peredvizhniki
Apollinary
Pavel Tretyakov
Savva Mamontov

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romantic nationalistic
Russian Revivalist
Vyatka Governorate
natural sciences
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Vladimir Stasov
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