Andrei Andreyevich Popov (Russian: Андрей Андреевич Попов; (13 October 1832 – 1896) was a Russian

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painter in the Realist style.

Biography

He received his first art lessons from his father, who was a local icon painter.Brief Biography
@ RusArtNet. In 1846, he entered the

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, where he studied with

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and

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.Biographical notes
@ Russian Painting. In 1849, he was awarded a grant by the Society for the Encouragement of Artists. For an exhibition there in 1857, he had his first critical success with "Demyan's Fish Soup", based on the fable by

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. From 1858 to 1859, he worked at the Academy as an assistant to Ivan Vistelius (1802–1872), who had been a tutor to the young

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during his stay in Saint Petersburg."Whistler and Russia"
by Galina Andreeva @ the

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Magazine. In 1860, his work, "The Tea Warehouse at the Nizhny Novgorod Fair" earned him a gold medal and the title of "Artist", first-class. He also received a stipend that enabled him to continue his studies in Paris (1863–65) and Rome (1865–67). He returned to Russia in 1867, initially settling in

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but eventually moving to Nizhny Novgorod. In the 1870s, his health began to decline from a chronic lung condition, possibly a form of

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, and he was often too weak to work for long periods. As a result, he painted little and had given up entirely by the early 1880s. His last known showing was at the Pan-Russian Exhibition of Art and Industry in Moscow in 1882. He died in poverty.

Selected paintings

File:Andrei Andrejevits Popov - Farmyard - A-2008-59 - Finnish National Gallery.jpg, Farmyard File:Попов Андрей Андреевич - Школьный учитель (1859).jpg, School Teacher File:Popov-Tea.jpg, Tea File:Попов Балаганы-в-Туле 1873.jpg, Chaos in Tula During Holy Week
(1873 version) File:Popov Eating House.jpg, An "Eating House"

References

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