Alexei Ivanovich Korzukhin (Russian: Алексей Иванович Корзухин; 1835—1894) was a Russian

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painter.

Biography

He was born into a family of gold prospectors near

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. As a young man, he worked in a local railway factory and the

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/ref> He had started painting when he was still a child so, in 1858, he entered the

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where he studied under

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and

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. In 1861, he was awarded a gold medal and a stipend for travelling expenses. However, in 1863, he became a member of the "

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", a group of students who favored

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and were protesting the Academy's insistence on painting in the Classical style. He and the others withdrew from the Academy, accepting the designation of "Artist Second-Class". Shortly thereafter, he joined the

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, an artistic commune, and remained with them until they disbanded in 1871. He also became a member of the "Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions" (

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) and taught drawing at the "

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".Russian Painting: Biography
/ref> In 1865, his painting "Wake in the Village Cemetery" earned him the rank of "Artist First-Class" and, three years later, he was named an Academician. In addition to his paintings of daily life, he did portraits and religious works. These include icons and depictions of the Four Fathers of the Church at the

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; wall paintings at the ; and thirteen images for the

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. He also exhibited widely, including the Second Annual International Exhibition in London (1872), the Weltausstellung in Vienna (1873) and the

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in Philadelphia (1876). He was a witness to the extremely bloody assassination of Tsar Alexander II in 1881. This resulted in severe nervous shock and he never fully recovered his health.

Selected paintings

File:A Korzukhin 27.jpg, Before Confession (1877) File:A Korzukhin 028.jpg, Petrushka Goes! (1888) File:A Korzukhin z 1.jpg, Girl (1877) File:A Korzukhin 030.jpg, Wake in the Village Cemetery (1865)

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Korzukhin, Alexei 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Russian genre painters Russian realist painters 1835 births 1894 deaths 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire Burials at Tikhvin Cemetery

Biography

Selected paintings

References

Further reading

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