Dmitry Anfimovich Shcherbinovsky (Russian: Дмитрий Анфимович Щербиновский; 13 January 1867, Petrovsk - 27 November 1926,

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) was a Russian

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painter and art teacher; associated with the

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Biography

He was born to a family of merchants. His first art lessons were at the "реальном училище" (

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) in

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. In 1885, at the insistence of his parents, he entered the law school at

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and graduated in 1891.Brief biography
@ PomniPro. While there, however, he had also taken lessons from

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, who encouraged him to become an artist.Brief biography
@ Maslovka. He went almost directly from the University to the

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, where he studied with

Pavel Chistyakov Pavel Petrovich Chistyakov (russian: Павел Петрович Чистяков; 5 July 1832, Prudy, Vesyegonsky Uyezd, Tver Governorate — 11 November 1919, Saint Petersburg) was a Russian Imperial painter and art teacher; known for historical ...

and

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, becoming one of the latter's favorite students. In 1896, his painting of lawyers during recess earned him the title of "Artist" and a stipend for further study abroad. As a result, he went to Paris, where he enrolled at the

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and worked with

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. After travelling throughout Northern Europe, he returned in 1900, settled in Saint Petersburg and taught at the studio operated by

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. Four years later, he moved to the Stroganov Moscow State University of Arts and Industry. He also gave private lessons. In recognition of his pedagogical efforts, he was awarded the

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. In 1914, he became a member of the Peredvizhniki, participating in their 42nd, 44th, 45th and 46th exhibitions.Товарищества передвижных художественных выставок:
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was his best-known student at the State University. After the

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, in addition to his usual employment, he taught at several handicraft schools and workers' associations and was a member of the "Council of Trade Union Painters" (SOZHIV).

Selected paintings

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References

External links

An appreciation
@ Vesti online {{DEFAULTSORT:Shcherbinovsky, Dmitry 1867 births 1926 deaths 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters 20th-century Russian painters Russian Impressionist painters Soviet Impressionist painters Académie Julian alumni Recipients of the Order of St. Anna, 3rd class People from Petrovsk Peredvizhniki Academic staff of Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry