Apollinary Vasnetsov, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Apollinary Vasnetsov

Russian artist

Date of Birth: 25-Jul-1856

Place of Birth: Ryabovo, Russia

Date of Death: 23-Jan-1933

Profession: painter, local historian

Zodiac Sign: Leo

Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov (Russian: ????????´??? ????´?????? ???????´?; (August 6, 1856 in the village of Riabovo, Vyatka Governorate – January 23, 1933 in Moscow) was a Russian painter and graphic artist whose elder brother was the more famous Viktor Vasnetsov.
He specialized in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow. Vasnetsov did not receive a formal artistic education.
He studied under his older brother, Viktor Vasnetsov, the famous Russian painter.
From 1883, he and his brother lived and worked in Abramtsevo where he fell under the influence of Vasily Polenov.
In 1898–1899, he travelled across Europe.
In addition to epic landscapes of Russian nature, Apollinary Vasnetsov created his own genre of historical landscape reconstruction on the basis of historical and archaeological data.
His paintings present a visual picture of medieval Moscow.
He was a member of the Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions (Peredvizhniki) from 1899, and an academician from 1900.
He became one of the founders and supervisors of the Union of Russian Artists.



Alternative names	Russian: ??????? ?????????? ????????
Description	Russian painter
Date of birth/death	14 December 1850 (2 December 1850 in Julian calendar)	2 March 1929
Location of birth/death	Kherson Governorate	Sarajevo
Work location	Saint Petersburg, Odessa
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