- Alexei Korzukhin
Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin (1835–1894) was
Russia n painter.Korzukhin was born inYekaterinburg onMarch 23 ,1835 . In 1858 he began his studies in theSt. Petersburg in theImperial Academy of Arts . In 1860, Korzukhin won his first award for the painting his "The Drunken Father".In 1864, he help found Petersburg’s Artel of Artists - the "Revolt of Fourteen". Korzukhin has received a rank of the artist of the "First Degree" for his painting "Commemoration on a Rural Cemetery" (1865). For "The Return of the Father from Fair", he received a rank of the academician. In 1870, he became a founding member of the art group "'The Wanderers".
In 1891 he painted "The Lord's Supper" for a cathedral in
Riga . Korzukhin is perhaps most famous for his many portraits, each of which is characterized to have a subtle psychological depth. For this reason they are generally accepted as masterpieces of Russian portrait painting.Alexei Korzukhin died in
St. Petersburg onOctober 30 1894 .External links
* [http://www.web-gallery-1.com/Korzukhin/Bio-en.htm Biography of Korzukin]
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