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Girl gathering flowers in the wood, att. V.Vasnetsov (1876, priv.coll)
Summary
GIRL GATHERING FLOWERS IN THE WOODS
signed in Cyrillic and dated 1876 Fr l.l.
oil on panel
94 by 60cm, 37 by 23 1/3 in.
Painter, author of pictures on themes of Russian history and folklore, genre artist, portraitist, theatrical designer. Studied under Nikolai Chernyshev at the Vyatka Theological Seminary (1860s) and under Ivan Kramskoi (1867-68), Pyotr Basin (1868-75, with intervals), Vasily Vereschagin and Pavel Chistyakov at the School of Drawing, Society for the Encouragement of Artists. Contributed to exhibitions (from 1869). Member of the Abramtsevo circle (from 1881). Visited Paris (1876-77) and Italy (1885).
Date
1876
Source
Sotheby's
Copyright info
public domain
