Pyotr Petrovich Vereshchagin (Russian: Пётр Петрович Верещагин; 14 January 1834/36 in

Perm Perm or PERM may refer to: Places *Perm, Russia, a city in Russia ** Permsky District, the district **Perm Krai, a federal subject of Russia since 2005 **Perm Oblast, a former federal subject of Russia 1938–2005 **Perm Governorate, an administra ...

– 16 January 1886 in Perm) was a Russian landscape and cityscape painter in the

Academic An academy (Attic Greek: Ἀκαδήμεια; Koine Greek Ἀκαδημία) is an institution of secondary education, secondary or tertiary education, tertiary higher education, higher learning (and generally also research or honorary membershi ...

style. He was the first to paint

plein-air ''En plein air'' (; French for 'outdoors'), or ''plein air'' painting, is the act of painting outdoors. This method contrasts with studio painting or academic rules that might create a predetermined look. The theory of 'En plein air' painting ...

in the wilderness of the

Urals The Ural Mountains ( ; rus, Ура́льские го́ры, r=Uralskiye gory, p=ʊˈralʲskʲɪjə ˈɡorɨ; ba, Урал тауҙары) or simply the Urals, are a mountain range that runs approximately from north to south through European ...

Biography

His father, Pyotr Prokopovich (1795–1843) and grandfather, Prokopy Danilovich (1764-c.1811) were painters. His brothers,

Vasily Vasili, Vasily, Vasilii or Vasiliy ( Russian: Василий) is a Russian masculine given name of Greek origin and corresponds to ''Basil''. It may refer to: *Vasili I of Moscow Grand Prince from 1389–1425 *Vasili II of Moscow Grand Prince fr ...

and Mitrofan (1842–1894) became painters as well. He was not related to the well-known military painter, Vasily Vasilyevich Vereshchagin. His father was his first teacher. Later he studied with his maternal grandfather, a local icon painter named Ivan Babin. From 1858 to 1865, he was enrolled 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 ...

, where his most influential instructor was

Sokrat Vorobiev Sokrat Maksimovich Vorobyov (russian: Сократ Максимович Воробьёв; 12 February 1817, in Saint Petersburg – 9 September 1888, in Turmantas) was a Russian landscape painter, engraver and art teacher. Biography He was an ...

, a landscape painter who had spent many years in Italy.Biography and appreciation
@ Академик. His first exhibition came at the Academy in 1860 and he later received several silver medals. During these years, he also exhibited paintings of cityscapes, ranging from Moscow to

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. He graduated as an "Artist, 3rd Degree" and worked as a teacher in

Ludza Ludza (; pl, Lucyn, german: Ludsen, russian: Лудза, ''Ludza'') is a town in the Latgale region of eastern Latvia. Ludza is the oldest town in Latvia and this is commemorated by a key in its coat of arms. Ludza is the administrative centre o ...

; then part of the

Vilna Governorate The Vilna Governorate (1795–1915; also known as Lithuania-Vilnius Governorate from 1801 until 1840; russian: Виленская губерния, ''Vilenskaya guberniya'', lt, Vilniaus gubernija, pl, gubernia wileńska) or Government of V ...

. In 1870, he gave up teaching and travelled for a year, painting. After that, he returned to Saint Petersburg. In 1873, he was named an "Academician". He later exhibited internationally, as well as in Russia, participating in the

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in Philadelphia and the

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in Paris. In 1875 and 1876 he also worked for the Ural Railway Network, sketching scenes along the

Chusovaya River The Chusovaya (russian: Чусова́я) is a river flowing in Perm Krai, Sverdlovsk Oblast and Chelyabinsk Oblast of Russia. A tributary of the Kama, which in turn is a tributary of the Volga, it discharges into the Chusovskoy Cove of the Kamsk ...

, in preparation for extending the railway there. During the

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, he painted with Russian troops in the

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and, on his return, created a panorama of the bombardment of the fortress at

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Selected paintings

П. Верещагин. Вид Баку. 1872 год.jpg, View of Baku from the sea (1872) Petr Vereschagin - Naberjnaya Nevy.jpg, Neva Embankment Petr Vereschagin - Suhum Cale.jpg,

Sukhumi Sukhumi (russian: Суху́м(и), ) or Sokhumi ( ka, სოხუმი, ), also known by its Abkhaz name Aqwa ( ab, Аҟәа, ''Aqwa''), is a city in a wide bay on the Black Sea's eastern coast. It is both the capital and largest city of ...

Piotr Veretschagin-Tiflis.jpg, Viceroy's Palace,

Tiflis Tbilisi ( ; ka, თბილისი ), in some languages still known by its pre-1936 name Tiflis ( ), is the capital and the largest city of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Kura River with a population of approximately 1.5 million pe ...

Petr Vereschagin - Rynock v N.Novgorode.jpg, The Market in

Nizhny Novgorod Nizhny Novgorod ( ; rus, links=no, Нижний Новгород, a=Ru-Nizhny Novgorod.ogg, p=ˈnʲiʐnʲɪj ˈnovɡərət ), colloquially shortened to Nizhny, from the 13th to the 17th century Novgorod of the Lower Land, formerly known as Gork ...

Petr Vereshchagin - View of Moscow Cremlin, 1879.jpg, View of the Moscow Kremlin (1879)

References

Literature

External links

ArtNet: More paintings by P.P. Vereshchagin
{{DEFAULTSORT:Vereshchagin, Pyotr 1830s births 1886 deaths Russian painters Russian male painters Landscape painters Cityscape artists People from Perm, Russia 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire