All Polenov, Vasily's oil paintings
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84843 Early Snow Early Snow 1891(1891) Medium Oil on canvas cyf
19902 In the Park- The Village of Veules in Normandy In the Park- The Village of Veules in Normandy 1874 Oil on canvas The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
19904 Moscow Courtyard Moscow Courtyard 1902 Oil on canvas The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
19903 Overgrown Pond Overgrown Pond 1880 Oil on canvas The Russian Museum, St. Petersburg.
Polenov, Vasily
Russian, 1844-1927 He began a systematic study of drawing in 1856, first with the landscape painter Pavel Cherkasov (1834-1900), then from 1859 to 1861 with Pavel Chistyakov (1832-1919). He also took lessons with Chistyakov, whom he considered his most important teacher, in 1871 and early 1872, after finishing his academic course. From 1863 to 1871 Polenov studied at the St Petersburg Academy of Art, where he met members of the progressive wing of the Russian artistic intelligentsia, and occasionally in the faculty of law at St Petersburg University. The classical education he received at home, his academic training and lessons with Chistyakov led Polenov towards an 'exalted' history painting, although he personally inclined towards landscape. This dualism remained in Polenov's work for the duration, and not until the late 1880s and early 1890s did he achieve a stable relationship between the two forms. The whole of his student career and the initial postgraduate, scholarship period was largely taken up with historical works: from academic compositions, for example the Resurrection of Jairus's Daughter (1871; Pskov, Mus. Hist., Archit. & A.), for which he received the Grand Gold Medal and a travel bursary (in Germany and Italy, 1872-3, and France, 1873-6), to numerous pictures and sketches on subjects from antiquity and medieval history, executed in France or shortly after his departure from there, under the perceptible influence of Paul Delaroche . Related Artists to : | Abraham van der Hecken | CAGNACCI, Guido | Gustavo Simoni | Henry Scott Tuke | Arthur Quartley |