Vasily Perov

Vasily Grigor'evich Perov ( _ru. Василий Григорьевич Перов) (January 2 1834 (December 21 1833 Old Style) - June 10 (May 29 Old Style) 1882) was a Russian painter and one of the founding members of Peredvizhniki, a group of Russian realist painters.

Vasily Perov was born January 2 1834 (December 21 1833 Old Style) in Tobolsk. After completing a course at Arzamas uezd school, he was transferred to the "Alexander Stupin art school" also located in Arzamas. In 1853 he was admitted to the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he learned from several renowned artists.

In 1856 he was awarded with a minor silver medal for his sketch of a boy's head, presented to the Imperial Academy of Arts. Later the Academy awarded him many other awards: in 1857 a major silver medal for "Commissary of Rural Police Investigating", a minor golden medal for the "Scene on a Grave" and the "Son of a dyak promoted to first rank", in 1861 a major golden medal for "Sermon in a Village".

After receiving the right to a state-paid trip abroad together with a golden medal, in 1862 Perov went to Western Europe, visiting several German cities, and then Paris. During this time he created paintings depicting scenes from European street life such as the "Vendor of statuettes", the "Savoyard", the "Organ-Grinder in Paris", the "Musicians and the Bystanders", the "Paris Ragpickers".

Returning to Moscow early, from 1865 to 1871 Perov created his masterpieces "The Queue at The Fountain", "A Meal in the Monastery", "Last Journey", "Troika", the "Lent Monday", "Arrival of a New Governess in a Merchant House", the "Drawing Teacher", "A Scene at the Railroad", the "Last Tavern at Town Gate", the "Birdcatcher", the "Fisherman", the "Hunters at Rest".

In 1866 he received the title of an academician, and in 1871 the position of a Professor at Moscow School of Arts, Sculpture and Architecture. It was around this period that he joined the Peredvizhniki.commonscat|Wassilij Grigorjewitsch Perow

Perow died on June 10 (May 29 Old Style), 1882 in the village Kuzminki (now part of Moscow) from tuberculosis. His body was interred at the Donskoe Cemetery.

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External links

* [http://www.abcgallery.com/P/perov/perov.html Perov at Olga's Gallery]
* [http://histclo.hispeed.com/art/ind/art-perov.html Artists Illustrating Boys Fashions: Vasily Perov (Russia, 1834-82)]