ARTIST IVAN NIKOLAEVICH KRAMSKOY
Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy @- the great Russian artist
genre, portraiture. Born Ivan 8 Jun 1837 in Voronezh province, in the town of Ostrogozhsk, in the family of burghers. One of the first" передвижников", the mastermind of the movement.
In 20 years, without art education, has submitted documents to the St. Petersburg Academy of arts and was accepted. Soon, the Academy awarded him a gold medal for his painting Moses exudes water from the rock. Here he was a member of the famous Revolt of Fourteen, when students rebelled against the imposition of topics for drawing competition based on the sagas Feast in Valhalla. After all 14 people left the Academy, they founded the St. Petersburg artel artists. After the demise of the artists " Union in 1871, Ivan Kramskoy was one of the organizers and ideologists of the Association of traveling Art Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki).
For his life Kramskoy wrote very many outstanding paintings, including the famous painting masters Unknown, Mermaids, portraits of Leo Tolstoy, artist Shishkin, Saltykov-Щедрина and many others. The master of the brush characteristic clear lines, simple movements, easy to understand.
the Great Russian artist died at work. April 5, 1887, when he painted portrait of Dr. K. rauchfuss, Ivan Nikolaevich Kramskoy suddenly turned pale and fell on the easel.
the Great Russian artist Kramskoy paintings:
Alexander III
Astronomer O. V. Struve
a Bouquet of flowers
Girl with scythe dissolved
a Philosopher Soloviev
Christ in the desert 
Artist B. M. Tulinov
Artist Myasoedov
Artist Shishkin
Female portrait
moonlit night
Miller
Mina Moiseev
Unknown 
Inconsolable grief
Insulted Jewish boy
the Writer D. V. Grigorovich
the an unknown lady
Portrait of Leo Tolstoy
the Portrait of Shishkin
Portrait of Sophia Ivanovna Kramskoy
Portrait of Sofia Kramskaya 
Mermaid (may night) 
the artist"s Family
Contemplative
T. G. Shevchenko
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