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VENETSIANOV Alexei Gavrilovich

1780, Moscow - 1847, Poddubie (Tver Province)

Founding father of Russian peasant genre painting. Painter, portraitist, etcher, lithographer. Son of a Moscow merchant, educated at private boarding school, worked as a draughtsman. Moved to St Petersburg (1802) and worked as a land surveyor for the crown properties and forestry departments. Studied painting independently, copied works in the Imperial Hermitage and drew pastel portraits. Academician (1811). Resigned from the civil service, moved to the country and painted genre scenes from life (early 1820s). Exhibited at the Imperial Academy of Arts and the Society for the Encouragement of Artists. Had many students, who formed the Venetsianov school in Russian art. Killed in a road accident at the Milyukov estate.

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Fortune-Telling by Cards
Fortune-Telling by Cards
1842
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Peter th eGreat. The Founding of St Petersburg
Peter th eGreat. The Founding of St Petersburg
1838
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