Ivan Kramskoi
Ivan Kramskoi | |
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| Иван Крамской | |
| Born | 27 May [O.S. 8 June] 1837 Ostrogozhsk, Voronezh Governorate, Russia |
| Died | 5 April 1887 (aged 49) St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Resting place | Tikhvin Cemetery, St. Petersburg |
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| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1863) |
| Notable work | The Mermaids (1871) Christ in the Desert (1872) Portrait of an Unknown Woman (1883) |
| Movement | Realism, Peredvizhniki |
| Elected | Member Academy of Arts (1869) |
| Patron(s) | Pavel Tretyakov |
Ivan Nikolayevich Kramskoi (Russian: Иван Николаевич Крамской; 8 June [O.S. 27 May] 1837 – 5 April [O.S. 24 March] 1887) was a Russian Realist painter and art critic. One of the most prominent artisans during Tsar Alexander II's reign, he is remembered as co-founding member and public frontman of the Peredvizhniki movement.