Konstantin Trutovsky

Konstantin Aleksandrovich Trutovsky was a Russian painter, illustrator, and academic. Among his best-known works are illustrations for the writings of Nikolai Gogol, Mikhail Lermontov, and Ivan Krylov as well as his paintings depicting rural life in Malorossiya. Trutovsky also held positions with the Imperial Academy of Arts in St. Petersburg and the Société Royale Belge des Aquarellistes.