# Apollinary Vasnetsov > Mediated Wiki article. Canonical URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Apollinary_Vasnetsov > Markdown URL: https://mediated.wiki/source/Apollinary_Vasnetsov.md > Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinary_Vasnetsov > Source revision: 1345293148 > License: Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/) Russian painter (1856–1933) Apollinary Vasnetsov Аполлинарий Васнецов Portrait by Nikolai D. Kuznetsov, 1897 Born 6 August [O.S. 25 July] 1856 Ryabovo, Vyatka Governorate, Russian Empire Died 23 January 1933(1933-01-23) (aged 76) Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union Education Member Academy of Arts (1900) Alma mater Moscow School of Painting Known for Painting Movement Peredvizhniki Relatives Viktor (brother) **Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov** (Russian: Аполлина́рий Миха́йлович Васнецо́в; 6 August [[O.S.](/source/Old_Style_and_New_Style_dates) 25 July] 1856 – 23 January 1933) was a Russian painter and graphic artist.[1] He specialised in scenes from the medieval history of Moscow. Vasnetsov did not receive a formal artistic education. He had studied under his older brother, [Viktor](/source/Viktor_Vasnetsov), also a famous painter. From 1883, he along with his brother lived and worked in [Abramtsevo](/source/Abramtsevo_Colony) where he fell under the influence of [Vasily Polenov](/source/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](/source/Peredvizhniki) (Peredvizhniki) from 1899, and an [academician](/source/Imperial_Academy_of_Arts) from 1900. He became one of the founders and supervisors of the [Union of Russian Artists](/source/Union_of_Russian_Artists). ## Early life Vasnetsov had three elder and two younger brothers. His only sister died at the age of four months. Vasnetsov's father played an important role in the upbringing and education of his sons, teaching them to love nature and to become familiar with the life of birds and animals. Vasnetsov's father died in 1870, which came as a terrible blow for him. ## The Caucasus and the Urals In 1890, Vasnetsov made a journey across the North of the [Russian Empire](/source/Russian_Empire) and was able to record beautiful views of [Siberia](/source/Siberia) and the [Urals](/source/Ural_Mountains), including the paintings: - Forest on the Slopes of Mount Blagodat, Mid-Urals (1890) - [Boreal forest](/source/Boreal_forest) in the Urals (1890) - Mountain lake in the Urals (1892) - The Steppes of [Orenburg](/source/Orenburg) (1895) - "Koma" (1895) In 1895, Vasnetsov visited [the Caucasus](/source/The_Caucasus). He was deeply impressed by the beauty of the rugged Caucasus mountains. While there, he climbed the glaciers of Mt. [Elbrus](/source/Elbrus), visited [Tiflis](/source/Tiflis) and lived in the [Darial Gorge](/source/Darial_Gorge). He created a great number of his [sketches](/source/Sketch_(drawing)) during this period, including: - View of Elbrus from Bermomut (1895) - Red [Cliffs](/source/Cliffs) in [Kislovodsk](/source/Kislovodsk) (1896) - Elbrus before Sunrise (1897) - Darial (1897) In 1890, Vasnetsov made a journey across Europe, visiting France and Italy, where he studied the works of famous masters. At the beginning of 1920, the Committee of Archaeology (the predecessor of the Community for the Saving of Art Monuments) invited Vasnetsov and several other painters (including [Vikentii Trofimov](/source/Vikentii_Trofimov)) to draw the old places of [Voronezh](/source/Voronezh). A minor planet, [3586 Vasnetsov](/source/3586_Vasnetsov), discovered by Soviet astronomer [Lyudmila Zhuravlyova](/source/Lyudmila_Zhuravlyova) in 1978, is named after [Viktor Vasnetsov](/source/Viktor_Vasnetsov) and Apollinary Vasnetsov.[2] ## Gallery - Boreal forest in the Ural mountains (1890) - Mountain Lake (1892) - [Kremlin](/source/Moscow_Kremlin) (1892) - Set for the opera *[The Oprichnik](/source/The_Oprichnik_(opera))* by [Tchaikovsky](/source/Pyotr_Tchaikovsky) (1911) - In the Moscow Kremlin - [Novgorod](/source/Novgorod) marketplace - [Red Square](/source/Red_Square) in the second half of the 17th century - Kama River - Painting of "Old Moscow" by Vasnetsov, depicted on a 1947 stamp ## See also - [List of Russian artists](/source/List_of_Russian_artists) ## References 1. **[^](#cite_ref-1)** ["Apollinary Mikhaylovich Vasnetsov"](https://www.britannica.com/biography/Apollinary-Mikhaylovich-Vasnetsov). *Encyclopædia Britannica*. Retrieved 18 August 2018. 1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Schmadel, Lutz D. (2003). *Dictionary of Minor Planet Names* (5th ed.). New York: Springer Verlag. p. 301. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-540-00238-3](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-540-00238-3). ### Sources - *Apollinary Vasnetsov* by Vasnetsova, Yekaterina & Schmidt, Igor (eds.), Izobrazitelnoye Iskusstvo, Moscow, 1980, (Russian/English), Book ID V 1121 31. - *Great painters* by Gordeeva M., "Direct media", Kyiv, 2011, (Russian) ## External links Wikimedia Commons has media related to [Apollinary Vasnetsov](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Apollinary_Vasnetsov). - [Short biography 1](https://web.archive.org/web/20070927005217/http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/Exhibitions/Horizons/En/bio-505.html) - [Short biography 2](https://web.archive.org/web/20120217135232/http://www.artfact.com/features/viewArtist.cfm?artistRef=1QFQKYMCYG) Authority control databases International ISNI VIAF GND FAST WorldCat National United States Italy Czech Republic Russia Netherlands Norway Israel Academics CiNii Artists ULAN MusicBrainz RKD Artists Musée d'Orsay People Deutsche Biographie Other IdRef Open Library 2 SNAC --- Adapted from the Wikipedia article [Apollinary Vasnetsov](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinary_Vasnetsov) by Wikipedia contributors ([contributor history](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollinary_Vasnetsov?action=history)). 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