Vasily Surikov
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Vasily Ivanovich Surikov (Василий Иванович Суриков) (January 241848 (Julian calendar: January 12) – March 19 1916 (Julian calendar: March 6)) was the foremost Russian painter of large-scale historical subjects. His major pieces are among the best-known paintings in Russia.
Biography
Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk, Siberia, where a monument to him was recently opened by his great grandsons, Nikita Mikhalkov and Andrei Konchalovsky. In 1869-1871 he studied under Pavel Chistyakov at the Imperial Academy of Arts.
In 1877, Surikov settled in Moscow, where he contributed some imposing frescoes to the Cathedral of Christ the Savior. In 1878 he married Elizabeth Charais, a granddaughter of decembrist Svistunov. In 1881 he joined the Peredvizhniki movement. Since 1893 he is a full member of St.Petersburg Academy of arts. Surikov was interred at the Vagankovskoye Cemetery in Moscow.
Vasily Surikov painted images from Russia's past that focused on the lives of ordinary people. His works are remarkable by an original way to represent space (see non-linear perspective) and movements of people.
Main works
Template:Commons- Morning of Streltsy's execution (1881, Tretyakov Gallery) - featured in the article on Streltsy Uprising;
- Menshikov in Berezov (1883, Tretyakov Gallery) - featured in the article on Alexander Menshikov;
- Boyarynya Morozova (1887, Tretyakov Gallery) - featured in the article on Old Believers;
- Conquest of Syberia by Ermak (1895, Russian Museum) - featured in the article on Yermak Timofeyevich;
- March of Suvorov through the Alps (1899, Russian Museum)) - featured in the article on Alexander Suvorov;
- Stepan Razin (started in 1910, Russian Museum) - featured in the article on Stenka Razin.
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