Vasily Perov

Also known as Vassili Grigorievich Perov, Vasilij Grigor'evič Perov, Wassilij Grigorjevitsch Peroff, Vasilij Grigor'evic Perov, Vasili Grigorevich Perov, Vasiliĭ Grigorʹevich Perov, Vasily Grigor'yevich Perov, Perov

Russian painter (1834-1882)

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Vasily Perov was a male painter from the Russian Empire who worked in the realism movement. He was born in Tobolsk and died in the Kuzminki District, where he is buried in Donskoe cemetery. His death resulted from tuberculosis, a medical condition he suffered from, and was classified as natural causes. Perov received his education at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied under Sergey Zaryanko.

His professional work was centered in Moscow, focusing on painting and visual arts. Among his illustrated works are *Bescheidener Vorschlag*, *Modeste Proposition (illustré)*, *Pigeon Book*, *Christmas Tree and a Wedding (illustrated)*, and *Arbre de Noël et le Mariage (illustré)*. Various sources, including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Russian Biographical Dictionary, have documented his life and career.

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Person · Open Library

Works: 8

Top works

Bescheidener Vorschlag (illustrated)
Modeste Proposition (illustré)
Pigeon Book
Christmas Tree and a Wedding (illustrated)
Arbre de Noël et le Mariage (illustré)

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Music · MusicBrainz

Type: Person
Gender: Male
Country: Russia
Active from: 1833
Active to: 1882

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Listeners · Last.fm

Listeners: 3
Total plays: 4

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Recent publications · Crossref

5 total works indexed

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Key facts

Born: Vasily Grigorevich Vasiliev , ( 1834-01-02 ) 2 January 1834, Tobolsk , Tobolsk Governorate , Russian Empire
Died: 26 May 1882 (1882-05-26) (aged 48), Kuzminki , Moscow Governorate , Russian Empire
Education: Member Academy of Arts (1866) , Professor by rank (1870)
Alma mater: Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture
Known for: Painting
Notable work: Easter Procession (1865), The Hunters at Rest (1871), Portrait of Fyodor Dostoevsky (1872)
Movement: Realism , Peredvizhniki
Awards: Minor silver medal (1856), Grand silver medal (1857), Minor gold medal (1860), Grand gold medal (1861)
Patrons: Pavel Tretyakov

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Works in European collections

1 object attributed to Vasily Perov, held across European museums, libraries & archives · via Europeana

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Encyclopedic overview

Vasily Grigorevich Perov (Russian: Василий Григорьевич Перов; 2 January 1834 [O.S. 21 December 1833] – 10 June [O.S. 29 May] 1882) was a Russian painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki.

Life and career

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