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Vasily Vereshchagin
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Russian painter (1842-1904)
OverviewAI-generated
Vasily Vereshchagin was a Russian painter, writer, and military personnel born in Cherepovets in 1842. He received his education at the Naval Cadet Corps and the Imperial Academy of Arts, studying under Jean-Léon Gérôme. His artistic output encompassed military art, landscape painting, genre painting, and portraiture, often associated with the movements of Orientalism and realism. He was a member of the Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts and wrote in Russian.
Vereshchagin died in Lüshunkou District, Dalian, in 1904. His notable works include The Apotheosis of War and 1812 Napoleon I in Russia. His paintings are held in the collections of the Finnish National Gallery, the V. V. Vereshchagin Mykolaiv Art Museum, the State Art Museum of Uzbekistan, and the Victoria Memorial. He is described by sources such as the Nordisk familjebok and the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary.
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Person · Open Library
- Works
- 1
Top works
- 1812 Napoleon I in Russia
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Vasily
- Family name
- Vereshchagin
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire
- Place of birth
- Cherepovets
- Place of death
- Dalian
- Educated at
- Imperial Academy of Arts
- Languages spoken
- Russian
- Notable work
- The Apotheosis of War
- Student of
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- Field of work
- literature
- Genre
- religious painting
- Movement
- realism
- Image
- Vasili Vereshchagin.jpg
- Work location
- United States
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- Commons category
- Vasily Vereshchagin
- date of birth
- 1842-01-01
- date of death
- 1904-01-01
- Commons Creator page
- Vasily Vereshchagin
- name in native language
- Василий Васильевич Верещагин
- has works in the collection
- Kiev National Picture Gallery
- influenced by
- Jean-Léon Gérôme
- member of
- Serbian Academy of Sciences and Arts
- described at URL
- www.biografiasyvidas.com/biografia/v/vereschaguin.htm
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Encyclopedic overview
Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin (Russian: Васи́лий Васи́льевич Вереща́гин; 26 October 1842 – 13 April 1904) was a Russian painter, war artist, and traveller. The graphic nature of his realist scenes led to many of them never being printed or exhibited to the public.
Years of apprenticeship
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