CLASSICAL 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 means....