The ARTIST VERESHCHAGIN, VASILY VASILYEVICH (1842—1904 GG.)

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Born in the city of Cherepovets, Novgorod province (now the Vologda region). The leader of the local nobility, his father lived on the income from the forges of their fortress, and raft, which these places were extremely rich. It was a measured, well-fed and boring life. Remembering his father, Vasily Vereshchagin noted that he was a homebody and had" типично bourgeois mind". The character he inherited from his mother-татарки — women intelligent, educated, extremely beautiful and some are hysterical.

Basil at the age of nine years came in sea cadet corps. At the end of this institution, after a short period of service their newest ensign resigned and entered the St. Petersburg Academy, where he studied from 1860 to 1863. Leaving the Academy, he visited the Caucasus and in Europe, then returned to Tiflis, where he became a painter at General Kaufman"s and do sketches of Central Asia.

Here he found a short, but bloody battle of the Emir of Bukhara with the Russian troops @- along with a garrison of 500 people for one week he fought off the assault a huge army of the Emir. That is Vereshchagin lifted the fallen spirit soldiers to attack, when he was broken to protect their wall. According to the memoirs of the artist, the day he escaped" дешево":" Одна bullet knocked the hat from his head, the other broke the barrel of the gun, just at chest height". For heroism while defending the Samarkand fortress, Vasily Vereshchagin was awarded the George cross. But most importantly, what you learned from this incident, Vereshchagin @- to the end of his days all the forces of his soul hated war.

Turkestan, the Balkans, Palestine, USA, Philippines, Cuba, India, Crimea, Japan — artist was ripe everywhere. And everywhere found the perfect subjects for his paintings — everywhere bloodshed. Vereshchagin was dedicated to the theme of war, but wrote it without the main voluptuousness, the sparkling epaulette and bravura marches. Dirt, fear, death, mountains of skulls — unlike many court battle, he knew the real price of glorious victories.

1900 Vasily Vereshchagin was nominated for the Nobel peace prize — the first in history.

1903-м Vereshchagin, despite" нехорошее sense", took a trip to Japan. Flair did not disappoint the old soldier — in a year began Russian-японская war. Of course, Vereshchagin again failed to stay away, at the end of February 1904-го he left for the front.

March 31 (April 13) battleship" Петропавловск", on Board of which was the artist Vasily Vereshchagin, hit a mine. From the entire crew of 650 people managed to save not more than sixty. According to testimonies of survivors, a few minutes before the explosion Vasily went on deck with a camp album — he died with his main weapon in his hand.

the Apotheosis of war