Nikolay Vasilievich Nevrev Biography

Nikolai Vasilievich Nevrev - a painter, master of historical and household genre, May 3, Moscow - May 3,, the estate of Lyskovschina, Mogilev province, was born in Moscow in a merchant family. In his youth, he earned a living as a clerk. Only at the age of 21 he entered the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture, where he studied for five years in the workshop of historical and genre picturesque M.

unexpectedly left the school, becoming a free artist.

At first, he painted portraits, discreet in color, but characterized by truthfulness and elements of psychologism “M. Tretyakov ”, widely fame for the artist came in the middle of the X with his performance of a number of genre paintings from Russian life“ Protodeacon, proclaiming many years on merchants ”,“ Pupil ”and the famous“ Torg. From the recent past, ”special success among contemporaries fell to the share of this work, which received the first prize of the Society of Art Lovers.

Written after the abolition of serfdom, the picture paints the plot “from the recent past”: there is a bargain in the landowner house. The owner, an educated person, a lover of painting and literature, a fan of freedom -loving ideas about what books say, paintings, among which the engraving of the French Revolution Forest Revolution, calmly discusses with another landowner, probably his neighbor, the conditions of the transaction on the sale of peasants.

In the show of the everyday life of the event, a powerful revealing power of the work is contained. The subtle master of picture drama and satire, nevrev proved himself in these canvases as a representative of the realistic art of the “Wanderers”, who expressed his attitude to the savagery of morals, the tyranny and cruelty of his modern society. In the years, the artist turned to the plots of the Russian past, creating several outwardly restrained, but sharp, dramatic paintings “Roman Galitsky expelled papal ambassadors”, e; “Patriarch Nikon before the court”, “Princess P.

Yusupov before tonsure”, both in the year he became a member of the partnership of mobile art exhibitions. In the later years, the artist lived in solitude in his estate Lyskovl in the Vitebsk province, experiencing oblivion of his work and financial difficulties. Probably due to a nervous disorder, nevrev committed suicide on May 3 of year. Nikolai Norrev - a collection of the best works.

The number of works presented depends on the significance of the artist. From the paintings of good up to 20 paintings by great geniuses. To view a large image, click on a small picture. The image will open in a new window. Bridegrooms,