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RUSSIAN ACADEMIC REALISM Fyodor Alexandrovich Vasilyev was born in Gatchina, February 22, 1850, and later the family moved to Petersburg. Father, a minor official, was a gambler, drank a lot. Small apartment on Vasilievsky island not left need. Twelve-year-old child, the future artist was in the post office, time for drawing found with difficulty, studied in the evenings and Sundays. After his father"s death in 1865, at the age of fifteen years he was the backbone of the family, left without any...

RUSSIAN ACADEMIC PAINTINGSergey Arsenievich Vinogradov was born on 1 (13) July 1869, in the village of Great Salt Kostroma province in the family priest. In 1880—1889 years he studied at the Moscow school of painting, sculpture and architecture and attended classes at E. S. Sorokin, V. E. Makovsky, V. D. Polenov, I. Pryanishnikov. In 1888 he received the title of class artist, joined the Association of traveling art exhibitions. In the late 1880-х — early 1890-х years he served as a lecturer...

RUSSIAN ACADEMIC REALISMMaximov Vasily Maksimovich was born in 1844 into a peasant family. Early deprived parents, was apprenticed to icon-painting workshop, where he received his first painting lessons. In 1863 Maksimov entered the St. Petersburg Academy of Arts as a volunteer. After going through the entire academic course in three years, the artist has abandoned the competition for a gold medal, as once refused group" четырнадцати" headed I. N. Kramskoy." Я against foreign travel,...