Russian Painter , 1848-1926 Painter, designer and graphic artist. He played a leading role in the evolution of Russian art from 19th-century realism towards Art Nouveau with a national historical slant. The son of a priest, he studied at a theological seminary in Vyatka (1862-7); then, developing a passion for drawing, he entered the drawing school of the Society for the Encouragement of the Arts, St Petersburg, and studied under Ivan Kramskoy in 1867-8. He perfected his skills at the Academy of Arts, St Petersburg, in 1869-75 and joined the WANDERERS in 1878.   Related Paintings of Viktor Vasnetsov :. | Frog Tsarevna. | Ilya Muromets | Tsarevna Frog | Maria Magdalene, | The Baptism of Kievans. |
Related Artists:
Antonio Rotta
painted L'enfant avec les raisins in 1884
Axel Axelson
painted Fiskaregrand, Stockholm in 1854-1892
WERFF, Pieter van der
Dutch painter (b. 1665, Kralingen, d. 1722, Rotterdam)