Vasily Polenov
Vasily Polenov | |
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Василий Поленов | |
Portrait by Ilya Repin, 1877 | |
| Born | Vasily Dmitrievich Polenov June 1, 1844 St. Petersburg, Russia |
| Died | July 18, 1927 (aged 83) Polenovo, Russia |
| Education | Member Academy of Arts (1876) Professor by rank (1892) Full Member Academy of Arts (1893) |
| Alma mater | Imperial Academy of Arts (1870) |
| Occupation | Artist |
| Movement | Peredvizhniki |
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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”.