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Vasily Perov
Sign in to saveAlso 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 and visual artist from the Russian Empire. He was educated at the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture and studied under Sergey Zaryanko. Perov worked in Moscow and was associated with the realism movement. He spoke and wrote in Russian and German.
He died of tuberculosis in the Kuzminki District on May 29, 1882, due to natural causes. Perov was born in Tobolsk and is buried at Donskoe cemetery. His works are held in the collections of the Metropolitan Museum of Art, the Rumyantsev Museum, the V. V. Vereshchagin Mykolaiv Art Museum, and the Tretyakov Gallery. He is described by the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, the Russian Biographical Dictionary, and the Granat Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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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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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Family name
- Perov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Tobolsk
- Place of death
- Kuzminki District
- Occupation
- painter
- Languages spoken
- German
- Student of
- Sergey Zaryanko
- Field of work
- visual arts
- Movement
- realism
- Image
- V.Perov by I.Kramskoy (1881).jpg
- Work location
- Moscow
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- Commons category
- Vasilij Perov
- cause of death
- tuberculosis
- date of birth
- 1834-01-02
- date of death
- 1882-06-10
- place of burial
- Donskoe cemetery
- medical condition
- tuberculosis
- Commons Creator page
- Vasilij Perov
- manner of death
- natural causes
- described by source
- Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary
- influenced by
- Édouard Manet
- P8168
- Pale-billed Antpitta
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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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