Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the "Knight of Beauty" as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting.
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Alexander IvanovAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Vasily PerovAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Ilya GlazunovAlso won People's Painter of the RSFSR
Henryk SiemiradzkiAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of Arts
Aleksandr DeynekaAlso won People's Painter of the RSFSR
Nikolai GeAlso won Large gold medal of the Imperial Academy of ArtsAbout this person
Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov was a Russian landscape painter associated with the Peredvizhniki movement of realist artists. His contemporaries would call him the "Knight of Beauty" as he embodied both European and Russian traditions of painting. His vision of life was summarized as following: "Art should promote happiness and joy".
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Artists
Type
Artist
Status
deceased
Dates
Lived 1844 to 1927 · aged 83
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