Artist
Vasily Polenov
Russian, 1844–1927
Vasily Polenov was a Russian Impressionism painter. 41 works are cataloged here, principally at Tretyakov Gallery, most of them oil paintings. Vasily Polenov was born in Saint Petersburg.
Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov (Russian: Василий Дмитриевич Поленов; 1 June 1844 – 18 July 1927) 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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