Mikhail Makarovich Sazhin (), born in 1818 in Galich and deceased in 1885 in

Omsk Omsk (; rus, Омск, p=omsk) is the administrative center and largest city of Omsk Oblast, Russia. It is situated in southwestern Siberia, and has a population of over 1.1 million. Omsk is the third largest city in Siberia after Novosibirsk ...

, was a Russian landscape painter.

Life

Sazhin studied at the

Imperial Academy of Arts The Russian Academy of Arts, informally known as the Saint Petersburg Academy of Arts, was an art academy in Saint Petersburg, founded in 1757 by the founder of the Imperial Moscow University Ivan Shuvalov under the name ''Academy of the Thre ...

Saint Petersburg Saint Petersburg ( rus, links=no, Санкт-Петербург, a=Ru-Sankt Peterburg Leningrad Petrograd Piter.ogg, r=Sankt-Peterburg, p=ˈsankt pʲɪtʲɪrˈburk), formerly known as Petrograd (1914–1924) and later Leningrad (1924–1991), i ...

from 1834 until 1840, and became a member of the academy in 1855. In 1844, he moved to Ukraine, and in

Kyiv Kyiv, also spelled Kiev, is the capital and most populous city of Ukraine. It is in north-central Ukraine along the Dnieper, Dnieper River. As of 1 January 2021, its population was 2,962,180, making Kyiv the List of European cities by populat ...

in 1846 he began working with

Taras Shevchenko Taras Hryhorovych Shevchenko ( uk, Тарас Григорович Шевченко , pronounced without the middle name; – ), also known as Kobzar Taras, or simply Kobzar (a kobzar is a bard in Ukrainian culture), was a Ukraine, Ukrainian p ...

, whom he probably knew from Saint Petersburg. Some of his works are kept in the in Kyiv where they worked together. Others are held in the

National Art Museum of Ukraine The National Art Museum of Ukraine ( uk, Національний Художній Музей України) is a museum dedicated to Ukrainian art in Kyiv, Ukraine. History The National Art Museum of Ukraine, which was the first museum in Ky ...

, in the

Russian Museum The State Russian Museum (russian: Государственный Русский музей), formerly the Russian Museum of His Imperial Majesty Alexander III (russian: Русский Музей Императора Александра III), on ...

in Saint Petersburg, and in the

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in Warsaw. A street in Kyiv was named in his honour in 1962.

Works

His works are essentially landscapes mixing the urban and rural in a picturesque perspective. They offer interesting and unexpected views of the city of Kyiv and the neighbourhood of Podil from the surrounding hills before the widespread adoption of photography. File:Sagun.jpg, Kyiv from the

Dnieper } The Dnieper () or Dnipro (); , ; . is one of the major transboundary rivers of Europe, rising in the Valdai Hills near Smolensk, Russia, before flowing through Belarus and Ukraine to the Black Sea. It is the longest river of Ukraine and B ...

. File:Univ1.JPG, Taras Shevchenko National University of Kyiv. File:Вид Владимирской горки в Киеве.jpg, View from Saint Vladimir hill, Kyiv. File:Картина Михайла Сажина, 1846 р.jpg,

Golden Gate, Kyiv The Golden Gate of Kyiv ( ua , Золоті ворота, Zoloti vorota) was the main gate in the 11th century fortifications of Kiev (today Kyiv), the capital of Kievan Rus'. It was named in imitation of the Walls of Constantinople, Golden Gate ...

, 1846. File:Залишки монастиря Св.Ірини, М.Сажин.jpg, with

Saint Sophia Cathedral, Kyiv Saint Sophia Cathedral in Kyiv, Ukraine, is an architectural monument of Kyivan Rus. The former cathedral is one of the city's best known landmarks and the first heritage site in Ukraine to be inscribed on the World Heritage List along with the K ...

, in the background, 1846. File:Краєвид із Щекавиці.jpg, View of Podil from , Kiev. File:Панорама Подолу.jpg, Panorama of Podil. File:Софіївський_монастир_у_Києві._Акварель_М._Сажина._1840-ві_рр..jpg,

. File:Товкучий_ринок_на_Подолі.jpg, The Square of Contracts in Podil with the belltowers of the

Ascension Convent Ascension Convent, known as the Starodevichy Convent or Old Maidens' Convent until 1817 (russian: Вознесенский монастырь, ''Voznesensky monastyr''), was an Orthodox nunnery in the Moscow Kremlin which contained the burials of ...

in the background. File:Краєвид_Києва_з_Куренівки.jpg, View of

Kurenivka Kurenivka or Kurenyovka ( uk, Куренівка; russian: Куренёвка, translit.: ''Kurenyovka'') is a historical neighbourhood in Kyiv, the capital of Ukraine. It is located between the neighbourhoods of Podil, Obolon, Priorka, and Sy ...

. The bell towers of St. Cyril's Monastery, Kyiv are on the right. File:Куренівка.jpg, View of

. File:Краєвид_Подолу_з-за_Дніпра.jpg, View of Kiev and Podil from the Dnieper. File:Схили_Дніпра_(М._Сажин).jpg, View of Podil. File:Краєвид_Старого_Києва_з_Царського_саду.jpg, View of Kyiv from the imperial garden. File:Краєвид_Києва_з_півдня.jpg, View of Kyiv.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Sazhin, Mikhail Imperial Academy of Arts alumni Landscape painters from the Russian Empire 1885 deaths 1818 births