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Vasily Vereshchagin (Russian: October 26, 1842 - April 13, 1904) was one of the most famous Russian battle painters and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognized abroad. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led many of them to never be printed or exhibited.
Vereshchagin was born at Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia in 1842 as the middle of three brothers. His father was a landowner of noble birth. When he was eight years old he was sent to Tsarskoe Selo to enter the Alexander Cadet Corps, and three years later he entered the Sea Cadet Corps at St Petersburg, making his first voyage in 1858. He served on the frigate Kamchatka, which sailed to Denmark, France and Egypt.
Vereshchagin graduated first in the list at the naval school, but left the service immediately to begin the study of drawing in earnest. He won a medal two years later, in 1863, from the St Petersburg Academy for his Ulysses Slaying the Suitors.
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Painting ID:: 96325 The night of Golgatha
1869(1869)
Medium oil on canvas
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Painting ID:: 96742 Pearl Mosque
late 1880s
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 395 X 500 cm
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Painting ID:: 97135 Portrait of Bachi
1867-1868
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 27 X 20.5 cm
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Painting ID:: 97473 They are triumphant
1872(1872)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 195.5 X 257 cm
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Painting ID:: 97474 Presentation of the trophies
1872(1872)
Medium oil on canvas
Dimensions 67.32 X 94.49 in
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Vasily Vereshchagin
(Russian: October 26, 1842 - April 13, 1904) was one of the most famous Russian battle painters and one of the first Russian artists to be widely recognized abroad. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led many of them to never be printed or exhibited.
Vereshchagin was born at Cherepovets, Novgorod Governorate, Russia in 1842 as the middle of three brothers. His father was a landowner of noble birth. When he was eight years old he was sent to Tsarskoe Selo to enter the Alexander Cadet Corps, and three years later he entered the Sea Cadet Corps at St Petersburg, making his first voyage in 1858. He served on the frigate Kamchatka, which sailed to Denmark, France and Egypt.
Vereshchagin graduated first in the list at the naval school, but left the service immediately to begin the study of drawing in earnest. He won a medal two years later, in 1863, from the St Petersburg Academy for his Ulysses Slaying the Suitors.
. Related Artists to Vasily Vereshchagin: | Gustave Boulanger | Edward Robert Smythe | HOOCH, Pieter de | Jakub Schikaneder | Paul Frederick De Caselli |
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