Grigory Grigoryevich Myassoedov

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Mjassojedow, portrait by Ilya Repin (1886)

Grigoriy Myasoyedov ( Russian Григорий Григорьевич Мясоедов ; born April 7, jul. / 19th April  1834 greg. In Pankowo , Oryol Governorate , † December 17 . Jul / thirtieth December  1911 . Greg at Poltava ) was a Russian painter and sculptor and one of the leading representatives of the Peredwischniki .

Mjassojedows was the son of a small country nobleman. He attended the Russian Art Academy in Saint Petersburg from 1853 to 1863 and then toured France and Germany , where he moved around the Düsseldorf Art Academy between 1863 and 1868 . He also went to Spain and Italy , but always kept his residence in Saint Petersburg. Myassoyedov spent his last days on his country estate near Poltava .

His best-known pictures relate to life in the country, such as The Diet Dines and The Mower .

Web links

Commons : Grigori Mjassojedow  - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. Bettina Baumgärtel , Sabine Schroyen, Lydia Immerheiser, Sabine Teichgröb: Directory of foreign artists. Nationality, residence and studies in Düsseldorf . In: Bettina Baumgärtel (Hrsg.): The Düsseldorf School of Painting and its international impact 1819–1918 . Michael Imhof Verlag, Petersberg 2011, ISBN 978-3-86568-702-9 , Volume 1, p. 436