ARTIST VASILY TROPININ

CLASSICISM

the Famous Russian artist was born in 1776 in a small village Korpovo Novgorod province. Family Munnich, who owned a family Tropinin, gave it as part of the dowry of their daughter in the family Sorokovyh that-видимому and noticed emerging talent and intellect of the young man.

However, wealthy landowners were more interested in culinary delights and Basil was sent to St-Петербург to learn pastry case.

it is Noteworthy that in those days the pastry case required special skills to depict human figures and animals.

In St. Petersburg, the heart of Russian culture, boy-подросток began secretly to attend a free painting class at the Imperial Academy of arts, but only to 1799, the owner was allowed to do it openly.

the First works brush Tropinin was so wonderful that many enlightened people even not believed that the painter was a simple serf, others came in extremely resentment injustice of life itself at the" Руси".

Some nobles, who had with count Morkovin business and personally familiar with the magnificent works of the artist, considered nothing less than my duty publicly to demand the count of the liberation of the talented serf.

# But the path to freedom was very duty and it is very difficult.

Only in 1823, at the age of 47 years, finally Tropin-то was granted freedom. He immediately moved to Moscow, where he founded his own portrait Studio.

In the same year he presented to the Imperial Academy of arts his famous painting" Кружевница" and two other works, and then received the official certificate of the artist. Next year Tropinin received the title of academician, which meant that he could teach painting at the academic level.

One of the most famous portraits Tropinin, famous Russian poet, playwright and novelist Alexander Pushkin is included into this period.

Portrait of Pushkin, 1827