Klavdy Vasiliyevich Lebedev () (October 16 (28), 1852 – September 21 ( N.S. October 4), 1916) was a Russian painter, a member of the realist artist group The Wanderers.

Biography

Lebedev came from a peasant family, studied at the

Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Industrial and Applied Arts (russian: Московская Государственная Художественно-Промышленная Академия им. С.Г. Строганова) informally named S ...

and the

Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture The Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture (russian: Московское училище живописи, ваяния и зодчества, МУЖВЗ) also known by the acronym MUZHZV, was one of the largest educational insti ...

under

Vasily Perov Vasily Grigorevich Perov (russian: Васи́лий Григо́рьевич Перо́в; 2 January 1834 (21 December 1833 O.S.) – 10 June (29 May O.S.) 1882) was a Russian painter, a key figure of the Russian Realist movement and one o ...

and

Evgraf Sorokin Evgraf Semenovich Sorokin, or Yevgraf Semyonovich Sorokin (russian: Евгра́ф Семёнович Соро́кин; 18 December 1821, Nekrasovskoye (Bolshie Soli) – 1892, Moscow) was a Russian artist and teacher; known for historical, reli ...

. From 1890 he taught there. In 1881 he was awarded a large silver medal of 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 Thr ...

and received the title of a class artist. Member of The Wanderers group (1891). The title of academician of painting of the Imperial Academy of Arts (1897). The title of full member of the Academy of Arts (1906). Consisted full-time professor of the Academy of Arts (1894–1898).

Work

Lebedev baptism.jpg, Baptism of Kiev Lebedev Svyatoslavs meeting with Emperor John.jpg, Svyatoslav's meeting with Emperor John, as described by Leo the Deacon Боярская свадьба.jpg, Boyar wedding (1883) LebedevK UnichNovgrodVecha.jpg, '' Martha the Mayoress at the Destruction of the

Novgorod Veliky Novgorod ( rus, links=no, Великий Новгород, t=Great Newtown, p=vʲɪˈlʲikʲɪj ˈnovɡərət), also known as just Novgorod (), is the largest city and administrative centre of Novgorod Oblast, Russia. It is one of the ...

Veche'' (1889) К сыну.jpg, To son (1894) 1900 Lebedev Hagestolz anagoria.JPG, Old bachelor (1900)

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Lebedev, Klavdy 19th-century painters from the Russian Empire Russian male painters Peredvizhniki 20th-century Russian painters 1852 births 1916 deaths Place of birth missing 19th-century male artists from the Russian Empire 20th-century Russian male artists Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture alumni Stroganov Moscow State Academy of Arts and Industry alumni