Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (1776–1857)

A serf who secretly studied art and went on to paint over 3,000 portraits — including Russia's greatest poet.

ABOUT

Vasily Andreevich Tropinin (Russian: Васи́лий Андре́евич Тропи́нин; 30 March [O.S. 19 March] 1776 – 16 May [O.S. 4 May] 1857) was a Russian Romantic painter, active in Moscow during Tsars Alexander I and Nicholas I's reigns. Much of his life was spent as a serf, not attaining freedom until he was more than forty years old. Three of his more important works are a portrait of Alexander Pushkin and paintings called The Lace Maker and The Gold-Embroideress. == Biography == Vasil…

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NOTABLE WORKS

The Peasant Boy with a Hatchet 1810 · Ekaterinburg Museum of Fine Arts Boy with an axe 1810 · Belarusian National Arts Museum Portrait of A. V. Tropinin 1818 · Tretyakov Gallery Portrait of Artemy Lazarev (1791-1813), the Poruchik of the Life Guards Hussars Regiment 1819 · Hermitage Museum Portrait of an Ukrainian peasant. 1820 · National Museum in Warsaw Portrait of a man 1820 · National Museum in Warsaw

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INFLUENCES

Influenced by

Dmitry LevitzkyRussian Neoclassical Portraiture Vladimir BorovikovskyRussian Romantic Portraiture Stepan ShchukinRussian Academic Painting Anton Raphael MengsNeoclassicism

Influenced

Pavel FedotovRussian Realism Ilya RepinRussian Realism Nikolai NevrevRussian Realism