Nikolai Vasilyevich Nevrev (russian: Никола́й Васи́льевич Не́врев; 1830,
Moscow
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– 3 May 1904,
Mogilev Governorate
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The area of the ...
) was a Russian painter who specialized in
genre
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and historical scenes.
Life
Nevrev was born to a family of merchants. His first art lessons came from his stepfather, who was a drawing teacher. At the age of 21, Nevrev entered the
(MSPSA), where he studied under the Russian-Italian painter,
Mikhail Scotti.
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@ RusArtNet. Upon graduating in 1855, he was named a "Free Artist". In the 60s, Nevrev painted one of his masterpieces, "The Bargain" (1866), in which he depicted the sale of a
serf
Serfdom was the status of many peasants under feudalism, specifically relating to manorialism, and similar systems. It was a condition of debt bondage and indentured servitude with similarities to and differences from slavery, which developed ...
. Some other paintings focused on criticisms of the Church.
He temporarily stopped working in the 1870s, for unknown reasons, but began painting historical art in the 80s. In 1881, he became a member of the
Association of Travelling Art Exhibitions. His best work during this time was arguably his genre paintings, each exhibiting a human moral. From 1887 to 1890, he taught at the MSPSA and, in 1889, became curator at the
Tretyakov Gallery
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.
In 1898, following the death of
Pavel Tretyakov
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, he was offered the position of Director at the gallery, but declined, citing old age and poor health. At the age of 74, in great financial distress, he committed
suicide
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by shooting himself at his estate near Mogilev.
On 25 September 1980, the
Soviet Union
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issued a 6
kopek postage stamp commemorating the 150th anniversary of his birth (together with that of
Konstantin Flavitsky
Konstantin Dmitriyevich Flavitsky (russian: Константин Дмитриевич Флавицкий; – ) was a Russian Painting, painter.
Biography
Flavitsky received his art education at the Imperial Academy of Arts, and was a stud ...
).
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An international open-air painting festival is held annually in his honor in the Mogilev Region
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of Belarus
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.
Gallery
Image:Nevrev-Princess.jpg, Princess Praskovya Yusupova before becoming a nun (1886)
Image:NEVREV Torg.jpg, The Bargain (1866)
Image:Nikolaj Wassiljewitsch Newrew 001.jpg, The Ward (1867)
Image:0NevrevNV Oprichniki BISH.jpg, Oprichniki
Oprichnik (russian: опри́чник, , ''man aside''; plural ''Oprichniki'') was the designation given to a member of the Oprichnina, a bodyguard corps
established by Tsar Ivan the Terrible to govern a division of Russia from 1565 to 1572.
Fou ...
(1870s)
Image:Newrew_-_False_Dimitry_I_swearing_Sigismund_III_introduction_of_catholicism_in_Russia.jpg, False Dmitry The generic name False Dmitry (also Pseudo-Demetrius, russian: Лжедмитрий, ''Lžedmitrij'') refers to various impostors who passed themselves off as the deceased Tsarevich Dmitry Ivanovich of Russia, the youngest son of Ivan the Terrible, ...
takes an oath of allegiance to king Sigismund III Vasa
Sigismund III Vasa ( pl, Zygmunt III Waza, lt, Žygimantas Vaza; 20 June 1566 – 30 April 1632
N.S.) was King of Poland and Grand Duke of Lithuania from 1587 to 1632 and, as Sigismund, King of Sweden and Grand Duke of Finland from 1592 to ...
(1874)
Image:NevrevN RGalickiyPrinimMIN.jpg, Roman of Halych receives an ambassador from Pope Innocent III
Pope Innocent III ( la, Innocentius III; 1160 or 1161 – 16 July 1216), born Lotario dei Conti di Segni (anglicized as Lothar of Segni), was the head of the Catholic Church and ruler of the Papal States from 8 January 1198 to his death in 16 J ...
(1875)
Image:Nevrev MochalovSrediPocGRM.jpg, Pavel Mochalov
Pavel Stepanovich Mochalov (1800–1848) was thought to be the greatest tragedian of Russian Romanticism, much admired by Alexander Herzen, Mikhail Lermontov and other contemporaries.
During his prolonged career at the Malyi Theatre of Moscow ...
among his admirers (1888)
Image:Nikolaj Wassiljewitsch Newrew - Philip II, Metropolitan of Moscow and Malyuta Skuratov.jpg, Malyuta Skuratov
Grigory Lukyanovich Skuratov-Belskiy (russian: Григорий Лукьянович Скуратов-Бельский), better known as Malyuta Skuratov () (? – January 1, 1573) was one of the most odious leaders of the Oprichnina during the ...
approaching Metropolitan Philip
Saint Philip II of Moscow (11 February 1507 – 23 December 1569) was the Metropolitan of Moscow and all Rus' from 1567 to 1568. He was the thirteenth Metropolitan in Moscow to be appointed without the approval of the Ecumenical Patriarch of Con ...
in order to kill him (1898)
References
Further reading
* Vladislav Artemov, ''Николай Неврев'' (Masters of Painting series), Белый город, 2004
External links
"Nikolai Nevrev"
by Olga Sarnova @ Moscow Journal
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19th-century painters from the Russian Empire
Russian male painters
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1830 births
1904 deaths
Artists from Moscow
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Russian genre painters
History painters
1904 suicides
Suicides by firearm in Russia
19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire
20th-century Russian male artists
Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni