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With me @maidajulita. Today I will talk about the artist, known for painting religious content - Mikhail Vasilievich Nesterov. Many of his works appear monotonous: pale monks and girls in veils in the background of an unpleasant landscape. But the artist in most of his work worships the beauty of the world fully and loves many women.
The artist was born in 1862 in a merchant family and had to follow in his father's footsteps, but everything was different. When Mikhail was 10 years old, she entered the local gymnasium in Ufa, where she studied for 2 years. However, low grades and bad behavior led to parents sending the boy to Moscow to an engineering school. They believe that independence will make the son more responsible.
Nesterov failed in all tests, except drawing, calligraphy, and God's Law, and therefore entered the original school of KP Voskresensky. There he saw his talent and was invited to the Moscow School of Painting, Statues and Architecture. Vasily Perov is Mikhail's favorite teacher. Nesterov studied at the Academy of Fine Arts at Pavel Chistyakov, but left this course in a year to study again with Perov in Moscow.
After a summer in Ufa, where Nesterov meets his future wife, Maria Martynovskaya, he returns to Moscow and learns with Vladimir Makovsky. During this period, he drew illustrations for the Publishing House of AD Stupin, including a collection of Pushkin tales.
In 1885, Nesterov was awarded the honorary title of "Free Artist" for his painting "Call for Romanov Romance for the Kingdom."
Contrary to the wishes of his parents, Mikhail married. His wife Mary died after the birth of Olga's daughter. In many works the artist of this period recognizes the characteristics he loves.
Nesterov's first major success - the "Hermit" painting, shown at the 17th Wanderers exhibition in 1889. The canvas was bought by Pavel Tretyakov, and the money earned allowed artists to travel to Italy, France, Austria and Germany.
Upon his return, his painting "The Vision of the Bartholomew", the first in a series of works on the life of St. Sergius, was presented at the 18th Wanderers Exhibition and also purchased by Tretyakov. The series eventually includes 15 large canvases and takes about fifty years of life.
Adrian Prahov, who oversaw the paintings of St. Vladimir in Kiev, looked at Mikhail's works and invited him to take part in the creation of frescoes. After some hesitation, the artist agreed and went to Rome and Istanbul to get acquainted with Byzantine art. To complete this project, the artist takes 22 years. Though it gave him immense popularity, he seemed to feel that the required image was too stereotypical, so he sometimes introduced some minor innovations, for example, depictions of saints in the recognizable landscape of the middle band.
In Kiev, where he lived for seven years, he has two novels: Lelia Prakhova and Julia Urusman. Julia gave her a son and a daughter, and Lelia Prakhova was recognized by many at St. Olga in Vladimir Cathedral.
In 1898, Grand Duke George Alexandrovich asked Nesterov to paint Alexander Nevsky's church at Abastumani. He spent six years in this work, created 50 frescoes and iconostasis, but was dissatisfied with the results. When the artist was invited to work at Alexander Nevsky Cathedral in Warsaw, he refused, because he did not approve the construction of an Orthodox cathedral in a predominantly Catholic city.
Nesterov spent some time in the Solovetsky Monastery on the White Sea coast, and the influence of monastic impressions was reflected on his many paintings for many years to come. In 1902, Mikhail married Ekaterina Vasilyeva, a woman of Olga's daughter, who lived together until her death.
In 1905, the artist joined the Unity of the Russians, in the extreme rightist nationalist party.
Immediately Michael moved to Armavir, where he fell severely ill and was unable to work for a long time. The artist returned to Moscow in 1920 and was forced to leave a religious painting, although he continued to work on the series on the life of St. Sergius in secret. From then until his death, he painted most of the portraits. The models are Ivan Ilyin, Otto Schmidt, Sergei Yudin, Ivan Pavlov, Alexei Shchusev and Vera Mukhina.
In 1938, Nesterov's son-in-law, renowned lawyer Vladimir Schreter, was accused of spying and shooting. Princess of artist Olga sent to camp in Dzhambul, where she back with crutches. Mikhail was also arrested, he spent 2 weeks in Butyrka prison.
In 1941, for the portrait of Pavlov, written six years earlier, the artist was awarded the Stalin Prize. In the war years, his health and finances deteriorated rapidly. While working on the painting "Autumn in the Village" Nesterov had a stroke. He died in the Botkin hospital in 1942.
The unfinished artist memoirs, which began in 1926, were published under the title "The Last Days."
All artwork presented in the article is in the public domain
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Another interesting painter we have never heard of. Thank you.