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About Vasily Polenov
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".
Everything about Vasily Polenov →- Occupation
- painter
- Position held
- court painter
- Citizenship
- Russian Empire, Russian Republic, Russian Socialist Federative Soviet Republic, Soviet Union
- Born
- June 1, 1844
- Died
- July 18, 1927
- Website
- http://vasily-polenov.ru/