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Historical-scenes painter, Landscape painter, Portrait painter, Etcher, Genre Painter, b. 1844 - d. 1927

Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1 June 1844 – 18 July 1927) was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the “Knight of Beauty” as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: “Art should promote happiness and joy”. As a painter and a humanist, he would truly believe in the civilizing mission of Art, Culture and Education.

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About Vasilij Dmitrievic Polenov

Historical-scenes painter, Landscape painter, Portrait painter, Etcher, Genre Painter, b. 1844 - d. 1927

Related Styles/Movements

Abramtsevo

Aliases

Vasili Dmitrievich Polenov, Vasilij Dmitrievič Polenov, Vasily Dmitriyevich Polenov, Wassilij Dmitrijewitsch Poljenoff

Biography

Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (1 June 1844 – 18 July 1927) was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the “Knight of Beauty” as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: “Art should promote happiness and joy”. As a painter and a humanist, he would truly believe in the civilizing mission of Art, Culture and Education.