Birthday Vasily Surikov (1848-1916)

Today, January 24 is the day of birth of great Russian painter Vasily Surikov (1848-1916).
Vasily Ivanovich Surikov was born in Krasnoyarsk. The desire to paint manifested at the Surikov from an early age. He studied at the Drawing school of the Society for the encouragement of arts, after which he graduated from St. Petersburg Academy of Arts. He was a member of the Peredvizhniki group from 1881 to 1907, then moved to" Союз Russian artists". Since 1895 he became an academician of painting. The works of Vasily Surikov @- top realism in the history of painting of the Russian and world art,
read More about the artist: http://artsurikov.EN/

(Music: Sergey Lyapunov (1859-1924) @- Symphony no 1, h-moll, op.12. Andante sostenuto)

(Music: Napravnik Eduard Frantsevich (1839-1916) @- Intermezzo the night from the Opera Dubrovsky (4. d.)