Surikov V.I. Self-Portrait

Surikov V.I.

1848, Krasnoyarsk - 1916, Moscow

Self-Portrait

1915

oil on canvas. 91 x 73
Ж-6667
Received in 1928 from O. Konchalovskaya

Location in museum The St Michael’s Castle Open the panorama of the hall in the virtual tour
Room 208
Period Late 19th century – Early 20th century
CategoryPortrait
Keywords The Epoch of Nicolas II (1894-1917) | The Peredvizhniki, Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions | male portrait | self-portrait | Artists | secular costume | male costume
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Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (1848–1916), historical painter, portraitist and landscapist. He studied in Krasnoyarsk under the artist N. Grebnev, at the Drawing School of the Society for the Encouragement of Artists (1869) and at the Imperial Academy of Arts (1869–1875, 1873 under Pavel Chistyakov). He was an active member of the Imperial Academy of Arts (from 1893), and an Academic (from 1895). He was a member of the Society of Travelling Art Exhibitions (from 1881) and the Union of Russian Artists and took part in exhibitions from 1870. He systematically completed trips to Siberia and spent time on the Don (1893) and the Volga (1901–1903). He also visited Germany, France, Austria (1883–1884), Switzerland (1897), Italy (1900) and Spain (1910).

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