ACADEMIC PAINTING Pimen Nikitich Orlov (1812 farm Little-Фощеватый, Ostrogozhsk district, Voronezh province, Russian Empire — on 24 September (6 October), 1865, Rome, Papal States) — Russian artist, painter-портретист, a master at creating genre scenes.

Pimen Orlov was born in a very poor family, was the son of a Miller. From early childhood the boy showed extraordinary ability and love of drawing, and, receiving some-какое the basics of the profession, in...